People: Taylor Rosanova, CFA, ASA, has been promoted to partner at New York City-based Marcum LLP; he is a principal in advisory services in the firm’s Philadelphia office and provides valuations for financial reporting purposes as well as for mergers and acquisitions, litigation support, strategic planning, and tax reporting … At Los Angeles-based B. Riley Advisory Services, Dave Bookbinder, ASA, CEIV, has joined as a managing director and brings extensive experience in corporate finance, financial advisory, and intellectual property valuation (he is based in the greater Philadelphia area); Quinn Shearer, ASA, has joined as a director and specializes in the valuation of privately held businesses, intangible assets, and complex capital structures involving stock options and warrants (he is based in Atlanta).

Firms: J.S. Held (Jericho, N.Y.) has acquired Kotzin Valuation Partners, a financial advisory firm based in Phoenix that provides business valuation, intangible asset, and intellectual property valuation, litigation support consulting, forensic accounting, and other specialized financial services … Princeton, N.J.-based Withum is adding Maffei Masiello & Co. PA (MM&Co.) of Mendham, N.J., a firm that offers accounting and audit services, tax and estate planning, management advisory services, and M&A consulting … New York City-based CohnReznick LLP broadens its northeast footprint by adding Boston-based Kevin P. Martin & Associates PC (KPM); the deal adds about 100 KPM staffers to CohnReznick’s team.

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