IR Global

Founder: Thomas Wheeler

Business Development Director: Ross Nicholls

Number of advisors: 1,400+

Jurisdictions: 165+

Practice areas: 70+

Working groups: 20+

Network Overview:

IR Global is the leading professional services network, connecting top-tier boutique and mid-sized firms, globally.

Our member firms excel in partner-led, cross-border expertise, delivering bespoke legal, accountancy, and financial solutions to meet complex client needs.

Since 2010, we’ve grown to 1,450+ members worldwide, united by trust, collaboration, and a commitment to redefining the role of the modern adviser. We are the go-to network for forward-thinking clients seeking creative, pragmatic, and cost-effective results.

The Group's Main Directives:

- Helping members and clients achieve together what they could not alone. Via knowledge sharing, collaboration and global marketing initiatives

- Working exclusively with one firm, per practice area, per jurisdiction; ensuring the best niche expertise is offered in each country

- Partnering with like-minded firms; who are active, innovative and business orientated. Each new member accepted, providing added value to the existing network

Main Practice Areas:

IR Global's membership is based on practice area exclusivity. Meaning each member is vetted and accepted for their high level of expertise in a specific sector/area of business. This ensures clients have access to the highest quality advisors in each jurisdiction, no matter how diverse the requirement. This is supported by practice area ‘working’, ‘regional’ and ‘special interest’ groups, which are led by a steering committee of well-established and active IR Global's members. Each committee holds quarterly development meetings to discuss opportunities, group standards, client service and best practice.

Working Groups:

IRG has a strong focus on practice area expertise and regional knowledge, ensuring clients get the very best advice, no matter how niche the requirement.

Within the network we have 20+ working groups, each headed by a steering committee of experienced and innovative member firms from different countries around the world, which fall under the four group categories listed to the right.

Their role is to handle communication between the members, the coordination of multi-jurisdictional cases and most importantly, ensure businesses and individuals receive unrivalled quality of service and value.

-Accountancy

-Commercial

-Corporate Services

-Disputes

-Employment

-Insolvency

-IP

-Mergers & Acquisitions

-Real Estate

-Private Client

-Tax Law

IR Global’s Regional Groups:

-Latin America & The Caribbean

-Middle East & Africa

-Asia/Pacific

IR Global’s Sector Groups:

-Crypto & Digital Assets Advisory

-ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance)

-Technology

IR Global’s Special Interest Groups:

-Ethics Committee

-Professional Services Practice Management

-Marketing

-Think Tank

The network handles a wide variety of client work across multiple sectors and regions. This ranges from market entry/company formations to handling complex multi-jurisdictional disputes. Each member also has a client manager who works alongside the firm, to offer introductions, schedule meetings and assist in sharing client requests.

IR Global Vetting:

The group has a highly selective membership criterion, in which all applicants are subjected to a stringent vetting procedure, which reviews individual, department and firm reputation. This process pays particular attention to the firm’s market positioning and firm philosophy. The group is non-exclusive, no referral fees are taken and members are entirely independent of one another.

IR Global Conferences:

IR Global firms are committed to working together and retain close personal relationships; this is supported by four international conferences and jurisdictional meetings across the globe each year. These events provide a platform for members to further discuss business development, networking and collaboration.

Social Impact:

IR Global founding philosophy is based on making a positive difference in the business world and to instigate meaningful social impact. For this purpose, in 2015, the founder of IR, Tom Wheeler created a charity called the Sinchi Foundation that focuses on Indigenous rights, the preservation of cultural and the protection of nature.

Since 2019, the focus of this work has been in the Amazon Rainforest and in 2023, theTreesistanceplatform was born.

Over the years, IR has been proud to sponsor and collaborate with members through multiple initiatives to achieve tangible results. Addressing human rights violations, illegal actions in the Amazon and providing the tools / resources to those on the frontlines of protecting the environment.

For further information see – https://irglobal.com/social-impact/