PKF International Limited has strengthened its global coverage with the admission of William Expertise as an independent member firm in Rouen, France.

William Expertise was founded in September 2017 by Olivier Lefort and Ludovic Adrien. It is a firm of French public accountants offering a wide range of services to French and international businesses. The objective of William Expertise is to provide top management and executives of go-ahead businesses with a wide range of solutions tailored to their specific needs including: traditional accounting services (bookkeeping and accounts, payroll), and further solutions for monthly or periodic management reports, legal and tax advices from the in-house law firm, outsourcing, and internal control.

Olivier Lefort, managing partner of William Expertise said: “We are proud to be part of the PKF Family. We look forward to working with members of PKF to develop our service offerings to the businesses and broaden the expertise available to our clients.”

PKF International CEO, John Sim, said: "We are pleased to welcome William Expertise to the PKF family as we continue to expand and strengthen the PKF brand. William Expertise fits well with our value proposition of Quality with Integrity, and also meets our strategic objective of expanding geographical presence in the region.”

PKF is now represented in France by PKF Gross Hugel in Strasbourg, PKF Audit Conseil in Marseille, PKF Cogeparc in Lyon as well as Fi.Solutions in Paris, who also joined the PKF family this year.

William Expertise rebranded as PKF William with effect from 1 January 2019.