Berkshire Capital and MilleniumAssociates strengthen ties to global clients. Investment-banking boutique Berkshire Capital Securities and M&A advisory MilleniumAssociates plan to create a transatlantic mergers & acquisitions advisory franchise focused on international financial-service deals.

New York-based Berkshire Capital provides merger, acquisition, fairness, opinion, valuation and strategic advisory services to asset-management and securities firms. Recently the 23-year-old firm advised the management team of Permal on its sale to Legg Mason and worked on the merger of Wachovia's and Prudential Financial's retail brokerage units.

Global client base

Zug, Switzerland-based MilleniumAssociates, which was founded in 2000, counts among its recent assignments advising Abacus Financial Services on its sale to