Donovan & Watkins Partners with IASeminars to Offer Training Courses on IFRS

Houston, TX, December 17, 2009 --(PR.com)-- Donovan & Watkins, a subsidiary of Willis Group Companies, is pleased to announce their collaboration with IASeminars, a leading global provider of training courses on International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), in order to offer CPA consultants and other financial professionals a comprehensive range of IFRS training solutions.

“Since IFRS seems destined to become the global standard in financial reporting over the next few years, all CPAs and other financial professionals will need to be trained and advised on this important development,” stated Bryant Miller, president of Donovan & Watkins. “Having IASeminars as our partner will help ensure that our consultant CPAs and other financial professionals will have access to the highest caliber financial training. Our clients will also benefit by having access to competent IFRS-trained CPAs.”

“We are proud to be working with Donovan & Watkins to help provide a solution to the emerging IFRS training requirements of the Greater Houston marketplace,” said IASeminars CEO Marc Gardiner. “We believe that Donovan & Watkins’ experience with the human resource requirements of the accounting and finance sector complements our own expertise in the field of IFRS training.”

With more than 100 international accounting courses available in over 30 cities around the world — including U.S. locations such as Denver, Houston, Dallas, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New York and Miami — IASeminars’ expert instructors can help participants learn how IFRS compares to US GAAP, and how to effectively plan for IFRS adoption.

Some of the more popular IASeminars courses include

IFRS Overview with US GAAP Comparison (5-day course)
IFRS Immersion (4-day course)
IFRS for the Oil & Gas Industry (3-day course)
Overview of Major IFRS and US GAAP Differences (2-day course)

About IASeminars
IASeminars has established itself over 10 years as one of the world's leading independent providers of international accounting seminars. With offices in London & Washington DC, it offers several hundred public courses each year on six continents. IASeminars events attract thousands of senior participants from around the world who are taught by an international faculty of expert IFRS instructors.

About Donovan & Watkins
Donovan & Watkins has presented exceptional candidates to Houston’s firms since 1982. Our primary objective is to assist in meeting the critical demand for qualified professionals. We specialize in staffing the following industries: clerical and administrative; legal; accounting and finance; and other professional positions.

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