Transport & Logistics

The transport and logistic sector is currently in a highly changing environment: steep surges of raw materials’ prices, hardening of environmental regulatory restrictions, globalization and intensification of the merchandise cross-border flow -together with the increased presence of international competitors-, expansion of the e-commerce industry...

Forvis Mazars offers bespoke solutions to help transport and logistic companies to face their challenges, both carriers, shippers, intermediaries, service suppliers, etc.

Our teams, at the forefront of technical standards, combine the knowledge of the main issues faced by the sector with an understanding of each organization’s individual challenge to be able to provide the necessary tailored solutions in each case.

The sector’s issues:

Many sector companies face a number of challenges…

Ensure operations and manage risks
Optimize costs and financial function
Improve performance
Supply chain digitalization

Our response

We offer bespoke solutions, according to each client’s needs, in the following fields:

Financial, legal and tax advice in the management of foreign subsidiaries
Internal control, risk management
Audit of contracts (guarantees, commercial resources…)
Implementation or optimization of anticorruption and fraud limitation policies
Data review to improve the decision-making process
Exchange rate hedging and raw material risk exposure
Support in the creation of companies or internationalization in emerging markets
Advice in the establishment and optimization of shared service centres
Management and optimization of transfer pricing policies and procedures

Our competitive advantages

Specialized professionals and sector experts
Global teams who work jointly with the remaining Group companies (we are present in 79 countries), allowing us to work for the main sector firms throughout the world

Proven practice

Mazars' Transport & Logistics practice brings together multidisciplinary teams from all over the world united by their expertise and experience in this complex and fast-changing industry. Our teams have decades of experience working with the diverse actors that make up this sector, from logistics providers and freight forwarders to airport authorities and railway operators.

Changing Asian shipping patterns

Gradual changes in the costs of international shipping over the last decade are beginning to have a profound impact on the entire North American economy. The good news is that the underlying cost of moving containerized goods from Asia to the Eastern half of North America will drop over the next few years. In addition, congestion in the Long Beach and L.A.ports will be reduced. These effects will...

Stay inControl

Governance remains a high priority for international companies as they expand into new markets. Having the right systems and internal controls in place to remain compliant with local laws and regulations is central to a company’s ability to both assess and mitigate risk on a global scale.

Estéfano Llonch Bargallo Partner - Barcelona

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Anne Viard Partner - Madrid