KPMG’s New US Legal Head on the Road Ahead: Litigation Finance

Happy Friday! My colleague Justin Henry and I teamed up to talk to the new head of KPMG’s US Law Firm.

Christian Athanasoulas was tapped to lead the first law firm run by a Big Four accounting giant. KPMG was approved last year to operate in Arizona under the alternative business structure program, which allows non-lawyers to own law firms.

Athanasoulas enters the role just as pushback mounts against investor-owned firms. Earlier this month, the committee overseeing Arizona’s alternative business structures recommended a rule change that would require the firms devote at least part of their business to serving ...