Andersen Global has entered into a collaboration agreement with Mauritius-based tax and advisory firm ATax Advisors Limited, in the same week as launching a presence in the Netherlands.

The agreement makes the eastern African island nation of Mauritius the 15th country in Africa in which professional services giant Andersen has a presence.

The move is the latest in a flurry of activity from the firm as it looks to continue its global expansion push. It announced earlier in the year that it was aiming to have a presence in 100 countries within the next three years.

On Thursday, the firm announced it has entered a collaboration arrangement with Taxture, a Dutch, six-partner, tax-focused advisory firm based in Amsterdam.

Since the beginning of 2019, the firm has entered into agreements with local advisers for the first time in the Netherlands, Hungary, Romania, Qatar, South Africa, Zambia, Botswana, Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait, Senegal, Ghana, Zimbabwe and Colombia.

It has also grown existing operations in Luxembourg, Turkey, Peru, India, Brazil, Spain, the U.K., Germany and Austria. The firm also expects to open soon in Croatia, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic and Chile, Andersen Global chair Mark Vorsatz told Legal Week in March.

ATax, which was established 15 years ago according to the announcement, specialises in accounting, tax, payroll, outsourcing and business advisory services, with a particular specialism in cross-border tax planning.