Clear Thinking Group, a national bankruptcy and restructuring consultancy based in Hillsborough, NJ, has joined PKF O’Connor Davies, one of the nation’s accounting, tax and advisory firms. The company, which has spent the past two decades supporting clients at various stages of their life cycle with personalized, practical and actionable solutions, joins the PKF O’Connor Davies team as PKF Clear Thinking. The new partnership underscores the firm’s expanding focus on advisory services and strategic insights, particularly dealing with fast-changing trends in complex industries.
“There is a continual shift in the accounting world toward a greater demand for more strategic advisory services,” Jonathan C. Moore, partner-in-charge of advisory at PKF O’Connor Davies, said. “We’ve long structured our firm and our team to provide these sophisticated services, and Stu and the entire team at Clear Thinking are the perfect complement to our organization as we continue to strengthen our advisory offering.”
Clear Thinking joins the firm with a proven track record of providing financial advisory and restructuring, bankruptcy advisory, process and performance improvement and creditors’ rights services. Clear Thinking has also recently expanded its expertise into Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) solutions. Many clients are actively seeking advisory services and guidance around enhancing their ESG actions as the topic gains traction across industries.
“From our earliest meetings with the PKF O’Connor Davies team, we recognized a shared commitment to client service that informs all of our work and our workplace culture,” Stu Kessler, president of the former Clear Thinking Group, said. “The firm’s deep bench of industry experts, comprehensive service offerings and shared network of referrals and clients makes this partnership a promising opportunity for all involved.”
Located throughout the east coast, PKF O’Connor Davies has 14 offices in six states and continues to expand through organic growth and acquisitions. It has supported this growth with a strategic combination of promoting from within coupled with an ongoing focus on top-tier external hires.
