On Friday, May 8, Deloitte Consulting acquired the vast majority of BearingPoint's North American Public Services Practice as well as other business units, including: healthcare, emerging markets, state and local government services, and education. While Deloitte's presence in the state and local marketplace has been larger than in the federal space, the firm had been growing its federal practice at a significant clip even before the acquisition. The legacy Deloitte practice has doubled in size the last two years and is on pace to generate about $500 million by the end of the firm's fiscal year (June 1). Adding BearingPoint's approximately $1 billion federal practice adds significant depth and breadth far faster than Deloitte could manage organically. Gene Procknow, Managing Director of Deloitte's U.S. Federal Government Services practice, sat down with Consulting 's One on One to discuss the deal.
Consulting: What made this deal attractive for Deloitte?
