DALLAS and LONDON (August 4, 2025) - Ryan, a leading global tax services and software provider, has announced the acquisition of LHL Property Auditors Ltd (LHL), a boutique property tax firm based in the UK focused on recovery of business rates reliefs and exemptions.
Founded in 2014, LHL brings more than 50 years of combined experience in business rates legislation, valuation, and compliance. With deep expertise in business rates legislation and local authority processes, the firm serves as a trusted advisor to clients across the industrial, retail, and office sectors. LHL applies a proven audit methodology to ensure accurate assessments and eliminate overpayments, focusing on local authority billing reviews, relief entitlement evaluations, rateable value analysis, and exemption qualification.
“As deeply qualified experts in business rates legislation and compliance, LHL offers our property tax clients immense value in identifying greater opportunities to leverage available tax relief,” said Ryan President of European and Asia-Pacific Operations Tom Shave. “This acquisition aligns with our Firm’s mission to ensure taxpayers pay only what they owe by identifying compliant, customized solutions, and we look forward to bolstering our consulting offering to our UK clients.”
Through this acquisition, Ryan welcomes 25 new team members, including LHL founder Paul Hegarty who joins the Firm as a Director. The acquisition also establishes a new Ryan office in Chippenham, further expanding the Firm’s UK footprint.
“Joining a global Firm that is well aligned to our strategic goal of identifying opportunities to recover taxpayer overpayments will be hugely beneficial to our clients,” said Hegarty. “Merging our expertise will empower further success thanks to the winning blend of customized services and unmatched technology that fuels results.”
About Ryan
Ryan, an award-winning global tax services and software provider, is the largest Firm in the world dedicated exclusively to business taxes. With global headquarters in Plano, Texas, the Firm provides an integrated suite of federal, state, local, and international tax services on a multijurisdictional basis, including tax recovery, consulting, advocacy, compliance, and technology services. Ryan is an 11-time recipient of the International Service Excellence Award from the Customer Service Institute of America (CSIA) for its commitment to world-class client service. Empowered by the dynamic myRyan work environment, which is widely recognized as the most innovative in the tax services industry, Ryan’s multidisciplinary team of more than 5,900 professionals and associates serves over 77,000 clients in more than 80 countries, including many of the world’s most prominent Global 5000 companies. More information about Ryan can be found at ryan.com.
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