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KPMG partner brings team to Holding Redlich
KPMG Law’s head of government and defence has moved to BigLaw firm Holding Redlich and is bringing a team of at least...
18 October 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
Thomson Geer takes team from KPMG Law
National law firm Thomson Geer has swelled the ranks of its workplace practice with the addition of a team from KPMG...
04 October 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
Minters hires KPMG law’s national real estate head as new special counsel
BigLaw firm has appointed the former national head of real estate law from KPMG Law as its newest special...
17 September 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
‘Law within the big 4 is dying slowly’ despite disruption to Australian market
Following the recent KPMG restructuring, the current economic climate could mean that, despite continued disruption to...
07 August 2024
By Lauren Croft
KPMG cuts legal division, 30 jobs in major restructure
The big four firm has announced a restructure of its legal business less than a month after its $80 million consulting...
16 July 2024
By Naomi Neilson
KPMG names 3 new legal partners in cohort of 52
KPMG Australia has appointed 52 new partners – 43 of whom were promoted and nine of whom were lateral hires –...
28 June 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
Pinsent Masons launches Aussie TMT practice with team from KPMG Law
Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has continued to unveil new practice areas for its Australian operations, this...
04 March 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
Law Squared names former head of KPMG Law as its new CLO
Australia-founded NewLaw firm Law Squared, which in the past year has opened offices in the UK and New Zealand, has...
31 October 2023
By Jerome Doraisamy
KPMG names 2 new partners
Big four firm KPMG has unveiled 94 new partners in Australia, two of whom are in its legal...
06 July 2023
By Jerome Doraisamy
KPMG unveils internal ChatGPT, ‘KymChat’
Following news that Allen & Overy and PwC are utilising legal chatbot, “Harvey”, KPMG has become the latest big...
27 March 2023
By Jerome Doraisamy
Data-driven insights pertinent for sustainable legal functions
Law departments may not be able to guarantee long-term success for their transformation projects and onboarding of tech...
02 September 2022
By Jerome Doraisamy
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Pandemic-inspired fraud soon to come to light
Given how long it usually takes to detect fraudulent behaviour, it is likely that fraud that occurred during the age of...
10 May 2022
By Jerome Doraisamy
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Clayton Utz and KPMG launch new LGBTIQ+ initiative
Clayton Utz and KPMG have teamed up to provide advice on how organisations and their employees can be active allies for...
30 August 2021
By Lauren Croft
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Clayton Utz recruits KPMG Law lead
Clayton Utz has welcomed a top tax controversy lawyer to its partnership, who joins from KPMG
16 August 2021
By Emma Musgrave
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KPMG appoints 17 new legal partners
KPMG Australia has appointed 74 new partners and executive directors in the last year, 17 of whom join the deals, tax...
06 July 2021
By Lauren Croft
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KPMG report highlights serious contracting issues
A new report has highlighted a significant problem with contracts and found that a high number of organisations have...
05 July 2021
By Lauren Croft
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Fraud risk set to rise
Australian businesses believe that the risk of fraudulent activity, especially insider threats, will be increasingly...
23 March 2021
By Jerome Doraisamy
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KPMG Law
KPMG (Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler) Law is a network of independent member law firms composed of legal professional...
05 February 2018
By Tim Johnson
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KPMG takes rest of Maddocks’ tax controversy team
Maddocks partner Angela Wood and two senior lawyers from the firm’s tax controversy team are joining KPMG as 12...
16 October 2014
By Priya Murthy
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KPMG hires tax man
A tax partner with McCullough Robertson has joined KPMG Tax Law to launch an office in
11 June 2014
By Priya Murthy
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