Course Details

In this session we look at how goodwill and accounting businesses are valued in the market place in 2023 and how firm owners can build the value of their firm whether they want to merge or sell or even if they want to just develop their own firm into a saleable scalable asset


Des O’Neill covers the following topics during this session:


An insight into what is happening in the market right now in terms of mergers, acquisitions and firm valuations models.


  • How goodwill is valued in professional services firms
  • The Incorporation of an accounting business.
  • The structure of a an acquisition
  • The challenges and pitfalls of mergers
  • How firm owners can drive valuations

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CPD Course Speaker

Founder, OmniPro and CPD Store

Des O'Neill

Having worked for a number of years in practice, and with one of the profession’s regulatory and support institutes, Des co-founded OmniPro to develop tools, techniques, products and services that make accountancy more profitable and rewarding.

Des is passionate about bringing innovation to the accountancy profession and enabling accountants to achieve what they want from their careers and business. His core belief is that when empowered to achieve their best, accountants can deliver transformative results for clients.

He holds qualifications from the ACCA Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, CPA Institute of Certified Public Accountants and ACIS Association of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators.