People: Elena Mavliev, Ph.D., CFA, has joined Houston-based Weaver as director, valuation services, in the firm’s expanding West Coast market; she has more than 20 years of domestic and international valuation experience, including five years with a Big Four firm where she directed several cross-functional client engagement teams in Eastern Europe, Russia, and Asia … Michael Shekel, CPA/ABV, has joined FORVIS as a managing director with the firm’s forensics and valuation team and he will focus on expanding the firm’s valuation services in the Washington, D.C., metro market; he has more than 20 years of experience, focused primarily on valuation services with an emphasis on middle-market business development companies, private-equity funds, and real estate entities.

Firms: Houston-based Weaver is adding HKG LLC of Pasadena, Calif., a firm with 65 professionals, including seven partners, which provides audit, tax, and accounting services to clients across an array of industries including private equity, healthcare/life sciences, manufacturing and distribution, real estate, media, professional services, early-stage and emerging growth companies, and not-for-profit … Elk Grove Village, Ill.-based Porte Brown LLC is adding RVG Partners LLC of Oak Brook, Ill., a firm that provides accounting services, audits, reviews and compilations, business succession planning, financial forecasts and projections, and tax and consulting services to a wide variety of individual and business clients … Cleveland-based HW&Co. has acquired ECS Billing & Consulting South Inc. (d.b.a. ECS Solutions) of Dublin, Ohio, which provides billing, revenue cycle management, and consulting services to the skilled nursing, home health, and hospice markets … Edina, Minn.-based Abdo LLP is adding HG&K Ltd. of Minnetonka, Minn., a firm with three partners and 16 staff members that provides accounting and advisory services to a broad range of businesses and organizations, specializing in the construction, real estate, manufacturing, professional services, and nonprofit industries.

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