KPMG Expects Legal Revenue, Tax Work to Surge After Pandemic

Aug. 20, 2020, 3:39 PM UTC

KPMG International expects bullish growth globally in its tax and legal divisions over the next few years, fueled by the coronavirus pandemic that many feared would hurt the big accounting firms’ consulting revenues.

“We can double legal revenues over the next five years,” said David Linke, who takes over as KPMG’s global head of Tax & Legal services in October. He is currently in charge of tax for KPMG’s Asia Pacific region.

Linke said KPMG’s global legal revenues are currently around $400 million, a relatively modest portion of the firm’s $6.6 billion global tax and legal revenues, which account ...

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