People: Jesse Gillett, CPA/ABV, CFE, has been admitted to the partnership at Boston-based Edelstein & Co. LLP; he joined the firm in 2015 and is part of the business valuation and forensic accounting team … Adam Klein has joined Houston-based Weaver as a managing director in the firm’s rapidly growing healthcare advisory services practice; his expertise is in the valuation of physician compensation, provider strategies, transactions, system design, and financial and operational performance improvement … The National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts (NACVA) has named its outstanding members for the fourth quarter of 2021: Allyn Needham, Ph.D., CEA, a partner and testifying expert at Shipp Needham Economic Analysis LLC since 1997, who has testified in cases involving personal injury, wrongful death, employment matters, commercial damages, business valuation, and matters relating to Chapter 11 bankruptcies; and Shannon H. Shipp, Ph.D., CEA, MAFF, a partner at Shipp, Needham & Durham LLC since 1997 and a testifying expert since 1994, whose expertise is in calculating lost profits, lost economic support, lost value of future medical expenses, lost profits, and lost business value … Philippe Penelle has joined Kroll as a managing director in the firm’s transfer pricing practice based in Los Angeles; he has over 20 years of experience designing, valuing, and defending transfer pricing structures on behalf of multinational clients and their counsel.

Firms: New York City-based EisnerAmper LLP is acquiring business process outsourcing firm Keating Consulting Group of San Mateo, Calif., which has a staff of 55 professionals … Isdaner & Co. (Bala Cynwyd, Pa.) has acquired the accounting firm of RW Group LLC of Kennett Square, Pa. … McCarthy & Co. (Lafayette Hill, Pa.) has acquired Borislow Factor & Kaufmann (Blue Bell, Pa.); the combined firm will have almost 50 employees and will move into a new building in Blue Bell … Marlton, N.J.-based Baratz & Associates P.A. has merged with Metter & Co. of Conshohocken, Pa. … HMA CPA PS (Spokane, Wash.) has acquired Kavadias Group PLLC, also of Spokane, and the combined firm will have a staff of 29 professionals … Southfield, Mich.-based Hodges Accounting & Advisory Services has acquired the practice of the late Kenneth J. Baranski, CPA PLLC, of Bad Axe, Mich., and has also added Laurie Messing CPA PLLC with offices in Ubly and Bad Axe.

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