Brown Brothers Harriman poached James Holzer from Berkery Noyes, naming him head of its M&A group covering software and technology enabled services.

Holzer, who will be based in BBH’s New York headquarters, previously spent time at CIBC World Markets and Prudential Volpe Technology Group. Before that he served at Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin, and at one point founded his own M&A boutique.

The M&A group at BBH focuses primarily on the middle market, working with companies between $100 million and $1 billion in size. In addition to software and tech, the firm has M&A practices dedicated to telecom, healthcare, marketing services, energy and infrastructure, as well as other sectors.