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JW Michaels & Co., a New York-based executive search firm, acquired Legerity Group Inc., an executive consulting firm based in Boca Raton, Florida. The deal closed in mid-August. The move expands JW Michaels Holdings’ portfolio to 20 offices nationwide.

Legerity Group primarily addresses interim finance and accounting positions, with a focus on middle- to senior-level roles.

As part of the deal, Legerity Group’s director of business development, Mark Slakter joins JW Michaels’ leadership team. Slakter has more than 20 years of experience in executive consulting search and financial services staffing industries.

“Having access to all that JW Michaels has to offer is a very exciting proposition,” Slakter said in a press release. “At the same time, we bring some added expertise in the senior-level consulting space to the table, another arrow in their arsenal in a rapidly growing part of the country. It is the best kind of win-win scenario for everyone involved.” 

Legerity Group will operate under the JW Michaels’ brand name.

Terms of the transaction were not announced.