Bernard Fay Viota

Bernard is one of the Managing Partners of UHY Fay & Co and a director of UHY International, a qualified Certified Public Accountant and a Registered Auditor in Spain. He has more than 25 years experience acting as trusted advisor and auditor of many large Spanish and international companies.

Tri-lingual in English, Spanish and French

Bernard’s Professional experience

Over the last 25 years he has been responsible for different areas of practice in his firm, from Audit and Accountancy, Litigation Support, Specialist and International Tax and Transaction Services.
The audit of large Spanish companies and subsidiaries of multinational companies.
Advising international companies investing in Spain and Spanish Companies in their internationalisation process
Advising clients in Mergers and Acquisitions
Acting on behalf of clients in negotiations to settle complex court cases.
Setting up adequate and tax efficient corporate structures.
Advising Family owned business in resolving disputes and succession issues.

Background

CPA (Spain)
Registered Auditor in Spain
Registered Insolvency Practitioner in Spain
Masters Degree in Audit and Accountancy by the Pontifical University of Salamanca in Madrid
Diploma in Management by the International Institute of San Telmo Business School Seville - Spain
Diploma in Management of Leading Enterprises IIST Business School Seville and Malaga - Spain

Active and Prior Professional Memberships include

Member of the Spanish Institute of Public Accountants (ICJCE)
Member of the Spanish Register of Auditors of the Institute of Accounting and Audit (ICAC) of the Ministry of Economy and Finance

Active and Prior Civic Memberships include

Vice-President of the Faculty of Family Owned Business of the IIST (Instituto Internacional San Telmo) Business School in Southern Spain
Founding Member and Former Secretary of the AAEF (Andalucian Association of Family Owned Business)

Selected speaking engagements

Spanish Chamber of Commerce in London in a Conference on Investment in Spain (English)
UHY meetings throughout the world on a diversity of themes including professional topics, marketing and business development (English)
UHY Forum Training Seminars for Managers and Junior Partners of UHY member firms (English)
IIST Business School in sessions on Family Business (Spanish)
Barclays Bank Training Seminars for Premier Banking Managers in Spain on International Taxation (Spanish)
Axiome Network of Accounting Firms in Southern France Annual Meeting on the Accounting Profession in Spain (French)
Différence Leading French Accounting Network at their Annual Meeting on business development (French)
Local Radio and Television in programs related to business issues or tax news (Spanish)

Selected professional publications

Newspaper and magazine articles on professional topics of interest (Spanish and English)
Spanish Chamber of Commerce in London on setting up a business in Spain (English and Spanish)
Newsletters and technical notes on professional topics (English and Spanish)

Hobbies

Karate Black Belt 2nd Dan (Spanish Federation of Karate), skiing and motorcycling

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