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Deloitte set to take on traditional law firms
January 11th, 2018
The Big Four accountancy giant is the latest to enter the legal playing field with major plans to develop its offerings to corporates and compete with law firms. Deloitte has announced plans to become a major legal player. The ...
American law firm Sedgwick is to close after some 85 years in business
November 23rd, 2017
The closure follows a raft of lawyers exiting the firm in recent years, most recently a defection to UK law firm Kennedys. ‘We have concluded that the best way to allow our lawyers to continue providing great service to ...
Clients are ‘biggest competitors’ to law firms
November 16th, 2017
Clients are the biggest competitors to law firms and are taking work from them, a top European marketer says. Andrea Miskolczi, chief business development and marketing officer at Wolf Theiss, says inhouse teams are investing in technology and, with ...
EU commission wants ‘credible’ tax haven blacklist
November 8th, 2017
The European Commission is demanding that member states reach an agreement on an EU tax haven blacklist, in the wake of media revelations of widespread tax avoidance schemes by the wealthy elite known as the Paradise Papers. Pierre Moscovici, ...
Law firms struggle with the digital age
October 20th, 2017
Law firms are finding it difficult to differentiate their offerings as they cannot innovate like other businesses. Law firms are still coming to terms with the new digital landscape and many are still struggling with the concept of having ...
PwC is set to compete with law firms
October 16th, 2017
The accountancy giant is set to compete with law firms for companies in need of flexible resourcing solutions with its latest New Law offering. Big Four accountancy giant PwC is set to enter the alternative legal services market with ...
International law firm continues global expansion with Bangkok and Paris office openings
October 3rd, 2017
According an announcement released yesterday, the opening of new offices in Thailand and France strengthened global footprint and insurance practice for the International law firm Kennedys Law LLP. Kennedys released: Suraphon Rittipongchusit, formerly a senior partner in the insurance ...
Multinational law firm explores opportunities in Uganda
September 28th, 2017
A multinational law firm has issued a press release to inform that it will form a combination with an elite international law firm in Uganda that is expected to be launched in February 2018. According the announcement, Dentons, the ...
Accountancy giant Deloitte hit by cyber attack
September 26th, 2017
One of the world’s biggest accountancy firms had been targeted by a sophisticated cyber attack that has compromised the confidential emails of some of its blue-chip clients. Deloitte is one of the ‘big four’ global accountancy firms and one ...
The first Australian Law Firm to accept digital currencies as forms of payment
September 25th, 2017
The Lehman Walsh Lawyers, a specialist Startup and General Corporate Law practice based in Australia, has issued an announcement to inform that it will be the first Australia Law Firm to accept three of the major digital currencies, as ...
