Sarah Quarles Joins LCG Advisors as Director of Tax Advisory Services | Tampa, Florida

LCG Advisors, a leading Tampa-based financial services advisory firm, has announced Sarah Quarles joined the firm as Director and will lead LCG’s Tax Advisory Services practice. As Director, Ms. Quarles will further enhance LCG’s tax offerings to optimize value and mitigate risk as clients navigate buying, growing, and selling businesses. LCG offers tax services including buy-side tax due diligence and sell-side tax readiness, tax-efficient structuring, tax purchase price allocation, tax modeling and analysis, nexus evaluation, and tax exposure remediation.

Ms. Quarles brings 17 years of experience in public accounting as a Tax Senior Manager initially at Grant Thornton LLP, then Prida, Guida & Perez, PA, serving all client entity types across multiple industries. In between her time in public accounting, Ms. Quarles was a Tax Director with Cott Corporation and Intertape Polymer Group, both multi-national, publicly-held manufacturing companies. She is an actively licensed CPA and member of both the American and Florida Institutes of Certified Public Accountants. Ms. Quarles has in-depth knowledge in corporate, passthrough, multi-state, and multi-national taxation. Throughout all her roles, she consistently provided expert guidance on tax planning, especially in relation to complex financial transactions. This included advising on tax strategies for mergers and acquisitions and succession planning, where tax implications can significantly impact outcomes.

Ryan Murphy, Managing Director of LCG’s Transaction Advisory Services, commented, “We’re excited to have Sarah join the team to broaden our M&A tax services offerings and integrate with our other practice areas to better serve our clients’ needs, continue to provide comprehensive solutions, and further our mission of being the premier lower middle market transaction advisory firm.”

About LCG Advisors:

LCG works with business owners, investors, and their experts in virtually all areas of financial and transaction advisory services. LCG’s team of approximately 170 employees performs over 1,000 engagements annually. Clients include money-center banks, institutional lenders and investors, financial intermediaries, family offices, and privately held businesses. Services include due diligence, investment banking, business valuations, forensic accounting, litigation support, restructuring & consulting, and background investigations. LCG’s diverse team of professionals has extensive experience in most areas of corporate finance including public accounting, audit, commercial credit, underwriting, restructuring, business operations, private equity, and investment banking.