People: In the Transaction Advisory and Litigation Support Services practice at Creve Coeur, Mo.-based Brown Smith Wallace, Jason R. Buhlinger, CFE, CVA, has been promoted to principal and Marggie Schulte, CPA, CFE, CVA, has been promoted to manager … Jennifer Schwalm has been admitted as a partner in the healthcare practice at Chicago-based Baker Tilly and will serve as the firm’s senior services sector leader; she has more than 25 years of experience in healthcare and senior services.

Firms: Atlanta-based Frazier & Deeter has opened an office in London, its first international location; the new office will offer business advisory services, including international tax, tax compliance, transaction advisory, and other services … Winchester, Va.-based Yount Hyde & Barbour (YHB) has merged with Murray Jonson White & Associates (MJW) of Falls Church, Va.; MJW’s professional staff of 20 will join YHB and will remain in their Falls Church location … Whalen & Co. of Worthington, Ohio, has acquired another Ohio firm, Martinelli & Co. of Bexley … RoseRyan of Newark, Calif. has launched a new company, Kukuza Associates LLC, that will concentrate solely on the cannabis market … San Ramon, Calif.-based Armanino LLP has added a new full-service office with tax, audit, and consulting resources located in downtown Seattle … Bethlehem, Pa.-based Concannon Miller has joined the BDO Alliance USA, a nationwide association of independently owned local and regional accounting, consulting, and service firms … For the second year in a row, Houlihan Lokey was awarded The Hedge Fund Journal’s Leading Valuation Firm for 2019.

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