Maughan is a partner of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co, where he leads the firm's global financial services practice.

He was a partner for 13 years, and in 1997 became head of the global financial services practice.

His father is a partner at Price Waterhouse in New York, and the chairman of the accounting firm's world financial services practice.

"All coverage is local," said Roger Entner, the director for the wireless and mobile services practice at the Yankee Group, a market research firm.

Robert A. Boresta has joined Winston & Strawn as a partner in the financial services practice of its New York office.

The goal of the Proxicom purchase was to quickly establish a services practice and brand presence within the United States.

It is being run by general manager Robert Howe, formerly of Booz-Allen & Hamilton where he ran the firm's worldwide financial services practice.

Its creative services practice incorporates graphic and multimedia design, digital and social media strategies and video production management.

It will provide a stream of information about legal services practice serving the civil justice community well into the future.

Also substantial is Dykema's banking and consumer financial services practice.