People: Vin Batra has joined the New York City office of Duff & Phelps as a managing director; he was previously with Alvarez & Marsal Securities and Deloitte Corporate Finance ... Marc Chiang also has joined Duff & Phelps as a managing director in the firm’s San Francisco office; he was previously at Grant Thornton where he advised clients on due diligence and valuation in the technology sector ... Curtis Farrow was promoted to manager in the business valuation practice at the Philadelphia-based GBQ Consulting ... Nancy Foringer, member of the National Financial Services Group and the Forensics & Valuation Services team at BKD CPAs, was named managing director in the firm’s Oklahoma City office ... Carsten Hoffmann has joined Stout Risius Ross (SRR) as a managing director in the Valuation & Financial Opinions group and head of its new Irvine, Calif., office. Prior to SRR, Carsten was a managing director of FMV Opinions, where he managed the national valuation group and oversaw the operations of the Irvine, Calif., office.

Firms: In a bold move to enter the Boston market earlier this week, Citrin Cooperman merged in Kirkland Albrecht & Fredrickson, a firm that has provided tax and advisory services in the Boston area for over 25 years.