A top KPMG executive predicts US corporations will increasingly turn to accounting’s Big Four for legal work because they have better technology to handle matters including huge data sets and multiple contracts.
The massive accounting firms’ harnessing of technology will push companies to direct large-scale legal work to them, said Stuart Bedford, KPMG’s global head of legal services, in an interview. The firms can harmonize thousands of legal contracts as part of post-merger integration or help re-orient supply chains in an uncertain tariff environment under President Donald Trump, he said.
“With the quality of the technology, you can point at ...