People: Steve Amigone, principal and transfer pricing leader at Dixon Hughes Goodman, has been named chair of the North America Tax & Fiscal Group for Praxity, a global alliance of independent accounting, tax, and business consulting firms … David Paris has joined Alvarez & Marsal as a senior director in the global forensic and dispute services group in the Washington, D.C., office … David Rottkamp has been named new partner in charge at Grassi & Co. and will be based out of the New York City office.

Firms: The research, analytics, and valuation firm Aranca was awarded the “Company of the Year: Intellectual Property (IP) Research and Valuation Advisory Services – 2014” by SiliconIndia Magazine … Grant Thornton LLP is one of the 2015 “NAFE Top Companies for Executive Women” put out by the National Association for Female Executives … Howe, Riley & Howe of Manchester, N.H., is the latest firm to join BKR International … The Indiana Chamber of Commerce has selected Kemper CPA Group LLP as one of the “2015 Best Places to Work in Indiana” … KPMG and Ryan were both named one of the USA’s “100 Best Companies to Work For” by Fortune Magazine … Murray Devine marked its first 25 years as a leading national valuation firm.