People: Elizabeth Cordaro has been appointed director of the healthcare practice at Ankura Consulting Group and will work out of the firm’s Dallas office … Steven Egna has joined the team at Valuation Resource Group and will be based out of New York City … Former IRS litigator, Jon Feldhammer, who specializes in the valuation of assets in estate and gift taxes, has joined Schiff Hardin’s San Francisco office as partner in the general corporate and securities group … Robert Hilton has joined Katz, Sapper & Miller as director in its Valuation and ESOP Services groups, further cementing the firm's deep commitment to its rapidly growing and geographically diverse client base. Rob will be based in Rochester, N.Y.

Firms: The national firm Doeren Mayhew has acquired Adler & Co., a CPA firm based in Farmington Hills, Mich., which has provided accounting and tax services to small businesses and high-net-worth individuals in the metro Detroit area for over 30 years … Duff & Phelps was ranked No. 1 for the number of fairness opinions rendered in the U.S. and tied for first in the number of fairness opinions rendered globally by Thomson Reuters’ annual report, 2015 Mergers & Acquisitions Review … With eyes on expansion into the New York City market, the New York firms Gettry Marcus and MLGW merged on January 1 and will operate under the Gettry Marcus brand … For the third consecutive year, INSIDE Public Accounting ranked GBQ’s Valuation & Financial Opinions practice as the “No. 1 Valuation Practice” as measured by valuation volume relative to total firm revenues nationally … HLB International, a global accountancy organization, has added three new members in Lisbon, Portugal: Conceito SA, APPM & Associado, and Victor Jose & Associados, creating one of the largest accounting networks in Portugal … HORNE LLP, a national CPA and business advisory firm, acquired the Mississippi-based cybersecurity firm, Halberd Group, and has established HORNE Cyber Solutions, a division whose focus is on IT services in the areas of cybersecurity, strategic advisory, ERP services, regulatory compliance, and IT assurance.