Citizens Financial Group Inc. will acquire Willamette Management Associates, a leading valuation consulting and forensic analysis firm with offices in Chicago, Atlanta, and Portland, Ore. This acquisition will significantly expand Citizens’ valuation services division and put it “among the top valuation services providers in the country,” according to a press release. Citizens also says that it will also accelerate the build-out of its corporate financial advisory capabilities, which includes the 2019 acquisition of Bowstring Advisors and the 2020 acquisition of Trinity Capital Partners. Terms of the transaction, which is expected to close this quarter, were not disclosed, the release says.