Grant Thornton Amyot LLC, Member of Grant Thornton International was founded in early 1990s, bringing to the market the philosophy shared by all member firms - partner-led and personalized services, conformity with high professional standards and dedication to the needs of the public sector and growth-oriented businesses.

For over a decade Grant Thornton Amyot has been providing audit missions, in-depth professional consulting services and specialist advice to mid- and top-level enterprises, governmental organisations, national and commercial banks in Armenia, Georgia, Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. Supported by the depth of the international structure, the strength of the brand and the high standards of quality in the network, we deliver services which meet the toughest expectations of our clients.

Grant Thornton Amyot is a multi-professional group of public accountants and auditors, specialist advisers in finance, business and management, as well as tax and legal advisers. Company’s staff consists of over 120 experienced international and local professionals working at its Yerevan office.

Grant Thornton Amyot is registered with the U.S. PCAOB (Public Company Accounting Oversight Board), which entitles the Company to practice certification of statements of public companies, registered in U.S. exchanges of securities, as well as to perform the audit of their Armenian affiliates.

Grant Thornton Amyot is a member of the Armenian network of the UN Global Compact initiative aiming to enhance the corporate social responsibility of companies and helping the country to further integrate into global economy.

Services

Assurance and audit-related services

Audit of statutory financial statements

Audit of financial statements prepared according to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), US GAAP and other financial reporting frameworks

Review of financial statements

Agreed upon procedures

Specialist advisory services

Business risk services
–advising businesses on the effectiveness of their governance, risk management and internal control including:

- internal audit, internal control reviews, CFO services (financial closing and consolidation, strategic planning, budgeting and forecasting, performance management), CIO services (please see below – IT Governance and Advisory service line).

Mergers and acquisitions (acquisitions and fund-raising, disposals, MBOs, MBIs)

Transaction advisory services (due diligence, post deal services, bid support, public company reporting)

Valuations – advising on business, company, share and asset valuations, either for commercial or statutory purposes.

Recovery and reorganisation – advisory to insolvent companies, restructuring advice to underperforming businesses, strategic performance reviews, exit strategy services and M&A advice to distressed companies.

IT Governance and Advisory

IT assurance

IT security

IT strategy

IT due diligence

IT assessment

Tax advisory

Advising on all aspects of tax strategy and tax planning, on the formation or the acquisition of a company and throughout its existence, especially from the international viewpoint.

Outsource accounting

Setting up the accounting system, providing the company with interim reviews of the accounts, preparing budgets and monthly or quarterly reports, as well as year-end financial statements and all tax and social contribution returns.

Legal and policy advice

Contracts - negotiating and drafting contracts and legal agreements

Legal due-diligence

Litigation

Company registration and re-registration and further support by legislation updates

Labour legislation and customs consulting

Real estate

Managing Partner	Gagik Gyulbudaghyan
Partners	Lilit Arabajyan, Gurgen Hakobyan, Daniel Hilaire, Armen Hovhannisyan, Emil Vassilyan
Address	8/1 Vagharshyan Str., Yerevan 0012, Republic of Armenia
Phone	(10) 26 09 64
Fax	(10) 26 09 61
E-mail	gta@gta.am
Website	http://www.gta.am