M&A WATCH

DALLAS

BKD LLP merges in KBA Group

Details: Springfield, Mo.-based Top 100 Firm BKD adds Dallas-based KBA's eight partners and 95 team members, bringing approximately $16 million in annual revenue, and getting a third Texas office to join its earlier ones in Houston and San Antonio.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

McKennon Wilson & Morgan and DixonBrambila merge to form DBBMcKennon

Details: McKennon Wilson's audit and attestation practice has combined with the tax preparation and planning services of DixonBrambila, with offices in Newport Beach and Solana Beach. The founders of DixonBrambila had previously worked at McKennon Wilson as tax managers.

LONG ISLAND, N.Y.

Satty Levine & Ciacco merges in Robert Bertucelli

Details: Ronkonkoma CPA Robert Bertucelli has merged his practice into Jericho-based Satty Levine & Ciacco. Bertucelli, who is also an accounting professor at Long Island University, C.W. Post Center, will become a shareholder.

SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. 

LarsonAllen merges in Cronstrom, Osuch & Co.

Details: Scottsdale-based Cronstrom continues Top 100 Firm LarsonAllen's expansion in Arizona, which began in 2005. Constrom adds 14 professionals, and specializes in auditing services for nonprofit organizations, governmental entities and school systems.

SAN FRANCISCO

Smith, Lange & Phillips LLP and Daoro Zydel & Holland LLP merge to form DZH Phillips LLP

Details: The two Bay Area firms will have 10 partners, more than 70 team members, $12 million in annual revenue, and three offices in San Francisco and Marin. Ryan M. Svoboda will be managing partner of the combined firm.

ST. LOUIS

Benefit Plans Plus LLC merges with Qualified Plan Services

Details: BBP, a subsidiary of Brown Smith Wallace, and QPS will become the second-largest third-party retirement plan administrator in the St. Louis area.

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