Ferrier Hodgson was a firm specialising in corporate recovery,

corporate advisory Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are business transactions in which the ownership of companies, other business organizations, or their operating units are transferred to or consolidated with another company or business organization. As an aspect ...

, forensic accounting and forensic IT. The firm has a specialist

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arm called Azurium. Ferrier Hodgson was established in 1976. It became one of the largest specialist corporate turnaround and insolvency management firms in the Asia Pacific. The group had eight offices across the major business centers in

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and

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, with 34 partners and more than 320 staff across the region. Ferrier Hodgson was taken over by

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in March 2019.

Azurium

Ferrier Hodgson's specialist consulting arm, Azurium, was a specialist provider of enterprise improvement and advisory services with offices in

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

and

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. The Azurium team includes business architects, real estate professionals and experts in analytics, technology and valuation.

Media

Ferrier Hodgson was ranked number 15 in the BRW top 100 Accounting Firms in 2012 with an estimated $93 million in fee revenue during the 2011/12 financial year. The group's head office is located in Sydney.

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Ferrier Hodgson websiteAzurium website
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