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About Us
Since 1955, API Expertises has been supporting businesses and individuals in their projects with proximity, expertise and innovation.
Our story began in Saint-Lô, when Julien LEBAS founded the firm in Saint-Lô. An inspiring anecdote: before becoming a Chartered Accountant, he was an athlete and even competed in the Olympic Games!
Today, our Saint-Lô headquarters is ideally located near the Julien LEBAS sports centre, in a leafy setting, just a stone’s throw from the swimming pool, golf course and local shops.
In 1998, we opened our Torigny-Les-Villes office, driven by Michel PESCE.
Then, in 2014, Michel LEFEVRE joined the adventure as a partner, followed by Laurence HENNEQUIN and Vincent AVENEL.
This momentum was accompanied by the opening of the Valognes office and the merger with Cabinet Alain Pignolet et Associés, renowned for its expertise in the equine sector.
Why choose API Expertises?
Because we do more than just keep your accounts:
✅ Tailor-made support to secure your decisions
✅ Strategic advice to develop your business
✅ An available and responsive team to simplify your daily life
Our locations to be close to you:
- Saint-Lô, our historic headquarters
- Torigny-Les-Villes, opened in 1998
- Valognes, in the heart of the Cotentin and Cherbourg industries
Our strength today:
- 3 partner chartered accountants: Mrs HENNEQUIN, Mr LEFEVRE and Mr AVENEL
- 2 additional chartered accountants
- 80 committed employees
Our areas of expertise:
- Accounting & taxation
- Payroll & HR
- Business law
- Strategic consultancy & CSR
- Wealth management
At API Expertises, you benefit from a reliable, local and committed partner, ensuring your projects come to life with total peace of mind.
Membership
Our firm is a member of the Order of Certified Public Accountants.
For chartered accountants specialising in the agricultural sector, UNECA is indispensable. Created, designed and organised by chartered accountants for chartered accountants, UNECA ensures we stay constantly informed and benefit from the best documentation and advice for the success of our missions with a highly demanding clientele in a constantly evolving sector. Membership of UNECA also provides security, offering reliable and validated information—unlike that found at random through internet searches. And as experience in the agricultural sector has repeatedly shown, there is a real synergy on the ground between chartered accountants, notaries, lawyers and agricultural land experts.
Synerga is a group of independent chartered accountancy and statutory audit firms, present in 80 towns across France and comprising 1,000 staff members.
Our membership of Synerga:
– guarantees high responsiveness to legislative changes through the pooling of resources and knowledge;
– provides you with the availability of specialists and access to a comprehensive range of services;
– allows you to benefit from the strength of a national group, which is a member of the MSI international network, to support your development in France and abroad.
Pôle Hippolia is an association accredited as a ‘competitiveness cluster’ by the French State, and is the only one dedicated to the equine industry. Its missions are manifold, yet its ambition is singular: to position the French equine sector as a world leader in innovation.
We are a member of Pôle Hippolia because we share this same ambition through the support we provide to our clients within the equine industry.
MEDEF is the leading network of entrepreneurs in France. It is a social partner. The strength of MEDEF lies in its territorial network and its professional branches.
MSI is an international network of independent chartered accountancy and law firms, present in around a hundred countries across every continent.
Thanks to these correspondents, our firm can support you towards new horizons and address any accounting or legal queries with an international dimension: exports, imports, expatriation, and more.