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An overview of global KPMG news:

United States

Big Four accounting firms looking to grab a bigger slice of the legal services pie Clients will increasingly turn to the Big Four for legal work because of their superior technology capabilities, KPMG’s Stuart Bedford told Bloomberg Law last week.
26 February 2025
Canada

KPMG buys Montreal law firm Sweibel Novek Rabbat KPMG Canada has acquired Sweibel Novek Rabbat LLP (SNR), a Montreal-based boutique law firm.
09 February 2024
Canada

KPMG Canada hit with $1.4-billion lawsuit over Bridging Finance collapse PwC Canada, the receiver for Bridging Finance, is suing KPMG Canada for $1.4 billion over alleged deficiencies in the firm’s auditing of the private debt manager, which collapsed in 2021.
20 April 2023
Australia

KPMG wins international award for legal function assessment tool The Australian arm of professional services firm KPMG has won a coveted international award in the field of legal technology, given top prize for its legal function assessment tool LFAS.
23 November 2022
Canada

Adam Aptowitzer joins KPMG Law as charity practice head Adam Aptowitzer has joined KPMG Law LLP, the law firm affiliate of KPMG Canada, as a partner and leader of the newly formed charities and not-for-profit practice.
04 October 2022
United Kingdom

Big Four gaining favourability among UK legal space The Big Four professional services firms are making major inroads into the legal market, according to new data.
16 September 2022
United Kingdom

KPMG aims to double UK legal arm in the coming two years KPMG UK plans to double its legal services headcount over the next three years. The news comes as KPMG looks to invest £300 million in growth of its services.
10 May 2022
Singapore

KPMG to help courts with one of Singapore's biggest fraud cases Singapore’s high court has called in KPMG to support with a potentially fraudulent nickel trading scheme that involved allegedly illicit investments of roughly $750 million.
26 May 2021
United Kingdom

Q&A: David Linke, Global Head of Tax & Legal Services at KPMG David Linke is the Global Head of Tax & Legal Services at KPMG, leading the firm’s global network of professionals specialised in tax and legal services, and technology-powered solutions.
23 March 2021
Australia

Brendon Lamers re-joins Clayton Utz after 10 years at KPMG Thirteen years after leaving the firm, Brendon Lamers has re-joined Australian law firm Clayton Utz.
09 July 2020
United Kingdom

KPMG, HFW and Augusta Ventures to support Covid-19 legal disputes As many companies struggle to overcome problems caused by the coronavirus pandemic, HFW, KPMG and Augusta Ventures have announced a non-exclusive project to support them.
08 July 2020
Thailand

KPMG launches latest legal services practice in Thailand KPMG has launched its end-to-end legal services arm in Thailand with a team of more than 50 legal staff, including 25 licensed lawyers with diverse industry experience.
19 February 2020
United Kingdom

KPMG faces potential lawsuit regarding Carillion audit Following the collapse of Carillion at the start of 2018, Big Four professional services firm KPMG has been under sustained scrutiny from UK regulators, the press and even Parliament.
12 August 2019
Australia

KPMG Australia's Stuart Fuller heads firm's global legal arm KPMG’s Law practice in Australia will have a new head as of August 1st, when the current head Stuart Fuller will vacate the role to take up his new position as the Global Head of KPMG’s legal service
06 August 2019
Indonesia

Leading Indonesian law firm LGS joins KPMG global legal network Global professional services firm KPMG is continuing its march on Asia’s legal scene with a new affiliate in Indonesia: Lubis Ganie Surowidjojo.
31 May 2019
Australia

KPMG Law enters partnership with Legal Tech firm Plexus Global professional services firm KPMG has bolstered its capabilities in Australia’s legal scene through the investment in Melbourne-based legal technology player Plexus.
14 May 2019
India

Law firms in India look to edge the Big Four out of the legal advisory space Law firms in India are looking to prevent the Big Four accounting and advisory firms in the country from edging into their market share, exemplified by a directive recently passed by the Bar Council
07 May 2019
United Kingdom

KPMG legal services arm enlists Travers Smith operations boss Big Four professional services firm KPMG has launched a UK branch of its legal consultancy service for in-house lawyers.
18 March 2019
Australia

KPMG Law expands in Australia with launch of government practice KPMG Law has continued its recent push with the launch of a government-focused practice in Canberra, while adding another partner to its Sydney office.
06 March 2019
United Kingdom

KPMG legal consultancy coming to UK as global arm booms KPMG has become the latest member of the Big Four to announce it will launch a legal consulting arm in the UK.
12 February 2019
United Kingdom

KPMG to reinstate divorcee's pension following legal blunder Big Four firm KPMG has been told it must reinstate a £32,173 pension to its original beneficiary, following its wrongful transfer to their ex-wife.
22 January 2019
Hong Kong

KPMG launches legal services affiliate in Hong Kong, with Shanghai to follow KPMG has officially joined the Asian legal services fray with the launch of affiliate SF Lawyers in Hong Kong, with another law firm in Shanghai to follow.
18 January 2019
United Kingdom

Lawyers cross-examine Big Four for climate reporting of audit clients The Big Four have been called upon by a group of activist lawyers to explain alleged failures to signal problems of climate change reporting at some of the UK’s biggest companies.
02 October 2018
Asia

Big Four set their sights on the legal services market in Asia As the turf war between the traditional strategy consulting and professional services providers continues to heat up, and together the consulting world fends off counter-punches over its encroachment
10 August 2018
United Kingdom

Big Four eye potential $30 billion boost via legal market expansion The Big Four consulting and accounting firms could draw an annual revenue of $30 billion from legal services, were they to fully expand into the market.
28 November 2017
United Kingdom

KPMG granted ABS license and enters UK legal market The UK practice of KPMG has been awarded an ‘Alternative Business Structure’, providing it with the right to significantly expand its offerings in the legal landscape.
06 October 2014

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