Article: Accounting firms go on hiring spree; Mergers, private-equity investments spur growth.(News)

Byline: Tom Henderson

Accounting firms in Southeast Michigan are on a hiring spree, buoyed in part by mergers and acquisitions and by a flurry of investments by private-equity firms who need due diligence before they do their deals and tax advice afterward.

Nine of the 10 largest area firms said they are expanding this year. Most of that is accountants with some addition of support staff. Only the Detroit office of Ernst & Young L.L.P. expects employee totals to remain flat.

"Things went well for us last year and this year we're off to an even better start,'' said Daniel Saint, managing director of the Southfield office of Jefferson Wells ...

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