A Sydney-based Chartered Accounting and advisory practice established in 2003, providing integrated audit, tax, financial advisory, governance, forensic accounting, and program delivery services across Australia.
Our services span audit and assurance, tax advisory and structuring, strategy and business advisory, corporate finance and transactions, risk and governance, forensic accounting and investigations, infrastructure, property and program advisory, transformation and technology programs, wealth and superannuation, and due diligence and valuations advisory.
We combine boutique agility with enterprise-grade capability. Our partner-led model ensures direct senior involvement on every engagement; our associate network lets us scale specialist capability to the task; and our end-to-end offering spans compliance through to strategy, delivery, and assurance — all under transparent, value-driven pricing.
Private and family businesses, SMEs and startups, large enterprises and ASX-listed entities, government agencies, not-for-profit organisations, high-net-worth individuals, and CEOs, CFOs and finance leaders across Australia.
Over 50 years combined across audit, assurance, forensic accounting, taxation, financial advisory, governance, infrastructure, property development, government, logistics, and consulting.
Our principal office is at Level 17, Angel Place, 123 Pitt Street, Sydney NSW 2000. We have national delivery capability across Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Perth.
We provide integrated audit, tax, financial advisory, governance, and business advisory services tailored to your specific needs. Whether you need strategic financial guidance, tax structuring, audit assurance, or assistance navigating complex transactions, our partner-led team works alongside you to manage risk and deliver measurable, sustainable outcomes.
Contact us by phone on (02) 8211 2782, email at contact@liguory.com.au, or through our website enquiry form. We offer a complimentary initial consultation to understand your requirements and explore how we can add value. There is no obligation.
Yes. We offer a complimentary initial consultation to understand your requirements and explore how we can add value. There is no obligation.
A brief description of your organisation, your requirements, any relevant timelines, and your preferred method of contact.
Yes. Strategic financial advisory, tax structuring, governance, growth planning, accounting, and Virtual CEO & CFO services.
Yes, extensively — governance, risk, internal audit, capital works oversight, and program delivery advisory to local, state, and federal government agencies.
Transparent, fixed-fee pricing, scoped upfront against the complexity of each engagement — not hourly rates that accumulate without visibility. Scope, deliverables, and fees are agreed in an engagement letter before work begins. Where an engagement genuinely cannot be fixed-priced at the outset, we agree a capped or staged fee.
It means we agree at the outset what the engagement is intended to achieve and how that will be measured. If we do not believe we can deliver value against that measure, we will tell you rather than take the work. It is the standard we hold ourselves to.
Through an established associate network of vetted specialists — chartered accountants, registered tax agents, program directors, certified project managers, governance and probity advisers, engineers, ICT specialists, and forensic technologists — mobilised against the specific requirements of each engagement and released on completion. Every associate is credential-verified, independence-screened, and bound by our confidentiality and professional conduct standards.
Not for the same entity where doing so would compromise independence. Independence requirements under APES 110 are assessed at engagement acceptance, and where we provide audit services we do not also design or operate the controls we are auditing. Where we act in a co-sourced internal audit or Chief Audit Executive capacity, that role is documented and separated from any assurance function. We will tell you plainly if a conflict exists.
Client information is treated as confidential under our professional obligations and our engagement terms, and is handled in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988 and the Australian Privacy Principles. Associates are bound by the same obligations. Where we publish case studies, client identities are withheld or described generically unless the client has approved identification.
Yes. We deliver nationally, and a significant proportion of our program, governance, and transaction work is conducted for clients in other states. We also act for clients with international operations, coordinating cross-border tax, FIRB, and transaction workstreams with specialist advisers.
Our leadership holds CA ANZ and CPA Australia designations, ASIC Registered Company Auditor and ASIC Registered SMSF Auditor registrations, Registered Tax Agent registration, CIMA (UK), and PMP certification. Additional certified program specialists are engaged through our associate network as necessary.
A structured five-phase approach guiding every engagement from diagnostic through to optimisation, ensuring clarity, accountability, managed risk and measurable outcomes. Each phase advances one of our three commitments: managed risk, strategic excellence, and measurable value.
We start with a Strategy & Diagnostic phase — assessing objectives, operating environment, challenges, risks, and opportunities before recommending a course of action.
Through Assurance & Governance — independent oversight ensuring programs remain aligned with objectives and compliance, with regular reporting to stakeholders.
Our Optimisation phase ensures benefits are realised through regular performance measurement against the baseline set at Phase 02, governance improvements, and post-implementation review.
As the effect of uncertainty on objectives, recognising both downside threats and upside opportunities across financial and non-financial considerations. We report inherent and residual risk separately, and we manage risk to a defined appetite rather than attempting to eliminate it. Our full methodology is published at Our Risk Framework.
Statutory company audits, internal audits, SMSF audits, forensic audits, trust account audits, compliance and grant audits, payroll and Fair Work audits, and governance and financial control reviews.
Yes. Our leadership includes ASIC Registered Company Auditors and ASIC Registered SMSF Auditors who are appropriately licensed to provide audit services in Australia.
Yes. We establish and manage internal audit programs aligned with IIA Standards, operating effectively in co-sourced CAE environments across both private and public sector organisations.
We use Power BI, SQL, advanced Excel and proprietary in-house software for data analytics, anomaly detection and trend analysis — identifying control weaknesses beyond what traditional sampling methods can detect. In most cases, where data quality and system access permit, we scrutinise the entire database of transactions rather than relying on sampling techniques.
We develop comprehensive tax strategies addressing corporate structuring, CGT planning, succession, asset protection, and international tax considerations to manage your overall tax position efficiently and compliantly.
Yes. We provide ATO engagement and dispute support including audit representation and tribunal advocacy, managing the process from initial correspondence through to resolution.
Yes. We advise on structuring and restructuring for tax efficiency, asset protection, and operational effectiveness — for new entities, reorganisations, or succession.
Yes. International tax advisory for cross-border operations including transfer pricing, withholding obligations, and multi-jurisdictional compliance, including the application of Australia's double tax agreements (DTAs).
Executive leadership on a flexible basis — at CEO level, commercial strategy, board and shareholder engagement and organisational decision-making; at CFO level, financial strategy, board reporting, capital planning, stakeholder management and risk oversight — without the cost of a full-time appointment.
We identify growth opportunities, develop strategic roadmaps, optimise financial performance, and provide data-driven insights to elevate decision-making and accelerate sustainable growth.
Yes. Cloud-based accounting, BAS, payroll, management reporting, and financial dashboards tailored to businesses of all sizes — from sole traders to multi-entity groups with consolidation.
Yes. We develop and implement succession plans that protect business value, manage tax implications, and ensure smooth ownership transitions across generations with correct structuring.
M&A advisory, capital raising, debt structuring, securitisation strategies, transaction execution, joint venture structuring, and funding facilitation — domestic and cross-border.
Yes. Comprehensive M&A advisory including due diligence coordination, structuring, tax analysis, FIRB compliance where required, and post-deal integration.
Yes. The full capital raising process — financial modelling, Information Memoranda, investor presentations, institutional engagement, and commercial negotiation through to financial close.
Yes. Funding strategy, debt structuring, refinancing, and lending facilitation for property, development, and business lending. Credit assistance is arranged through licensed finance broker partners and lending institutions; L&A's role is the commercial and financial structuring.
Strengthening governance frameworks and risk management through internal audit, governance reviews, compliance assessments, risk framework development, and procurement probity advisory.
Yes. We establish and manage internal audit programs aligned with IIA Standards, operating effectively in co-sourced CAE environments across both private and public sector organisations.
Control frameworks modelled on Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404, adapted for the Australian context — including walkthroughs, design assessment, operating effectiveness testing, and deficiency remediation.
Yes. Thorough investigations to identify, analyse, and document fraudulent activities. Our team has specialist experience recovering millions in fraud cases.
Yes. Independent, objective reports meeting evidentiary standards for legal proceedings, with expert witness testimony under cross-examination.
Financial analysis, document review, damage quantification, fund-flow tracing, and expert testimony for legal disputes and commercial litigation.
Fraud, asset misappropriation, related-party irregularities, partner and director breaches, regulatory non-compliance, and shareholder disputes.
Specialist advisory and delivery support for complex infrastructure programs, capital works portfolios, property development projects, PMO establishment, and organisational change.
Yes. We support local, state, and federal agencies with infrastructure investment strategy, capital works governance, program management, and delivery assurance.
Frameworks to oversee infrastructure projects ensuring delivery on time, within budget, and to required standards — with full transparency and accountability.
Yes. We establish PMOs with governance structures, standards, tools, and reporting to support project delivery across organisations of all sizes.
ERP advisory, digital transformation, finance transformation, operating model redesign, cloud implementation, and enterprise technology program governance.
Yes. ERP advisory, implementation oversight, governance, and optimisation support — with a focus on controls integrity and business case delivery.
Yes. Digital strategy, process redesign, automation, and technology-enabled operational improvement — tailored to your organisation's readiness and objectives.
Yes. Stakeholder engagement, communication strategies, training, and transition management — ensuring adoption, not just implementation.
Yes. Complete SMSF solutions from client-initiated establishment through ongoing administration, compliance, and independent audit by our ASIC Registered SMSF Auditors, subject to APES 110 independence requirements.
Yes, in part. We advise on the tax and structuring dimensions — contribution strategy and cap utilisation, pension commencement, transition-to-retirement structuring, and long-term wealth preservation. Financial product advice is provided via independent, external AFSL advisers.
Planning for the orderly transfer of wealth while managing tax and protecting beneficiaries — including testamentary trusts, binding death benefit nominations, and staged equity transfers.
Yes. Tailored advisory for high-net-worth individuals and families, and for the SMEs they own, covering tax planning, asset protection, and entity and trust structuring. Investment strategy advice is provided by external, independent AFSL advisers.
For acquisitions, divestments, shareholder disputes, financial reporting, succession planning, and strategic investment decisions.
Yes. Property and asset due diligence including feasibility analysis, commercial assessment, investment review, and risk identification.
Multiple methodologies including DCF, capitalisation of future maintainable earnings, and market-based approaches — APES 225 compliant.
Yes. Independent valuation and expert advisory for shareholder disputes, litigation, and commercial disagreements — reports designed to withstand legal scrutiny.
Government, transport and infrastructure, financial services, property, real estate and construction, professional services, SMEs, not-for-profits, and high-net-worth individuals and families.
Yes. Comprehensive support including strategic planning, governance, delivery assurance, and portfolio management.
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