Tue, Mar 17, 2020

Duff & Phelps Named to Forbes’ Best Management Consulting Firms

New York – Duff & Phelps, the global advisor that protects, restores and maximizes value for clients, today announced that it has been named to Forbes magazine’s America’s Best Management Consulting Firms 2020 list. This is the third consecutive year the firm has been recognized in the “Legal & Litigation” category.

Jacob Silverman, President of Duff & Phelps, commented, “At Duff & Phelps, we strive to provide clarity and help clients navigate the increasingly complex challenges they are faced with. Being recognized as one of the best management consulting firms underscores our commitment to deliver best-in-class services to our clients and we are honored to be named to the list for two consecutive years.”

Duff & Phelps clients include publicly traded and privately held companies, law firms, government entities and investment organizations such as private equity firms and hedge funds. The firm also advises the world’s leading standard-setting bodies on valuation and governance best practices.

Duff & Phelps advises clients in the areas of valuation, corporate finance, investigations, disputes, cybersecurity, compliance and regulatory matters, and other governance-related issues. With the acquisitions of Kroll in 2018 and Prime Clerk in 2019, the firm has approximately 4,000 professionals located throughout offices in the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm’s clients include nearly 50 percent of the companies in the S&P 500, 65 percent of Fortune 1000 companies and 70 percent of top-tier private equity firms, law firms and hedge funds.

To compile the list, Forbes partners with business data platform Statista to survey over 7,500 management consulting executives and partners to find peer recommendations, and over 1,000 senior executives who have worked with the consultancies in the last four years. Survey respondents were asked to evaluate consultancies’ performance across 16 sectors and 16 functional areas. The full list can be viewed here.

About Duff & Phelps
Duff & Phelps is the global advisor that protects, restores and maximizes value for clients in the areas of valuation, corporate finance, disputes and investigations, cyber security, claims administration and regulatory issues. We work with clients across diverse sectors on matters of good governance and transparency. With Kroll, the leading global provider of risk solutions, and Prime Clerk, the leader in complex business services and claims administration, our firm has nearly 4,000 professionals in 25 countries around the world.



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