Wake Up Call: KPMG Launches Standalone Irish Law Firm

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• Accounting giant KPMG’s Ireland branch launched a standalone law firm based in Dublin, joining the list of law firms that have opened offices in the Republic since Brexit. Led by managing partner John Given, a corporate and M&A specialist, the new firm is starting out with 60 employees, with plans to expand to 160 over the next three years. KPMG Law Ireland is the second Irish law firm set up by a Big Four accounting group after ...