People: Travis R Lance, ASA, has been accepted into the partnership of Fargo, N.D.-based Eide Bailly; he provides business valuation and transaction advisory services to a wide variety of industries, including agriculture, energy, and manufacturing, specializes in employee-owned companies, and acts as an adviser in employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) transactions and related compliance consulting … Cary Mailandt has been promoted to managing partner at Chicago-Based Baker Tilly US LLP effective June 1; he is practice leader for the firm’s middle market advisory group, helping operating companies and private equity firms with their transaction advisory, CFO advisory, strategy consulting, valuation, and fund administration needs.

Firms: Calgary-based MNP is adding St. John’s, Newfoundland-based DMK Chartered Professional Accountants; DMK provides a wide range of professional services to organizations in diverse industries throughout Newfoundland … To broaden its service offerings to include government contracting and consulting, Badger CPA of San Antonio has acquired Austin, Texas-based Libby King & Associates, a firm that offers transactional accounting services and has experience in government contract-specific requirements and processes … Clifton, N.J.-based Sax LLP has expanded its transaction advisory services with the addition of a new investment banking practice, Sax Capital Advisors; the practice will assist clients selling or acquiring a business, preparing for sale, raising capital, and/or restructuring an organization.

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