People: Bob Sprague has joined Springfield, Mo.-based BKD LLP as a managing director in the forensics and valuation services division; he will work from the firm’s Chicago office … Brian Dermott has joined Frazier & Deeter as a principal, and Chase Gund and Joseph Barron have joined as a manager and a senior associate, respectively, to expand the firm’s Transaction Advisory Group based in Charlotte, N.C., which focuses on serving private equity groups, corporate strategic buyers, mezzanine lenders, and other investors.

Firms: MG Valuation LLC and Câmara & Smith LTDA announced their affiliation to provide clients with enhanced valuation and consulting services in Brazil and Latin America. MG Valuation is an independent valuation firm, serving clients in the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe, and Latin America; Câmara & Smith provides a variety of valuation and consulting services for property types including manufacturing properties, retail, office, hospitality, and resorts … Washington, D.C.-based Tate & Tryon PC will merge with RSM US LLP on Jan. 1, 2020; Tate & Tryon specialize in nonprofit organizations … Bloomington, Minn.-based Boeckermann Grafstrom & Mayer (BGM) has added Weber & Deegan Ltd. of Edina, Minn., and Majeski Jahnke & Co. of Eagan, Minn.; the BGM group of companies now has more than 140 employees … Chicago-based UHY LLP and UHY Advisors Inc. have expanded in the Midwest region with the addition of the professional services practice of Becker and Rosen CPAs of Maplewood, Mo., a suburb of St. Louis.

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