Chris Skeffington and James Tribble have joined Boston commercial brokerage Richards Barry Joyce & Partners’ capital markets team as senior analysts.

In their new roles, Skeffington and Tribble will perform investment and valuation analysis, produce investment offering memorandums, support transaction execution activities, and provide clients with most current market analytics and trends. The team is led by Frank Petz.

Skeffington previously served as an analyst at Anglo Irish Bank Corp., working in the commercial real estate lending division. He performed valuation analyses, underwrote and restructured both new and existing loans, and was responsible for managing a loan portfolio of more than $1 billion in the aggregate.

Tribble has an extensive background as both a lender and capital markets intermediary. Before joining RBJ&P, he was an analyst with Eastdil Secured, a real estate investment banking company. He has also held capital markets roles at CB Richard Ellis and Wells Fargo Bank.

"We are pleased to be able to strengthen our firm with the addition of Chris and Jim," said Robert Richards, president, RBJ&P. "The capital markets in commercial real estate are in the midst of great change during these economic times. Richards Barry Joyce & Partners’ approach of having a dedicated capital markets team that is fully integrated with the brokerage services teams provides clients with a best-in-class solution, and distinguishes the firm from the competition in a very critical way."