Global Legal Services

KPMG International

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KPMG firms staff engagements with subject matter experts from across the KPMG network, allowing them to deliver projects more efficiently, more accurately and with more insight than traditional law firms. That’s what clients are looking for today.

Juerg Birri

Global Head of KPMG Legal Services

Our world revolves around yours

Integrated services you can trust

People powered by technology

Meet our team

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Our world revolves around yours

KPMG Legal Services professionals come from a wide range of legal backgrounds including generalists, and sector-focused legal professionals. These integrated teams operate using a multidisciplinary approach that leverages subject matter experts in almost every major business center and in virtually every industry to deliver tailored and insightful legal advice.

KPMG firms focus on understanding their clients’ challenges and priorities at the start of your engagement and then tailor Legal Services teams to meet your unique requirements, your culture, your short-term goals and your long-term strategies.

KPMG firms work together with the client to help ensure that strategies and projects are fully implemented and are successful going forward.

Multidisciplinary teams are strong in project management and are experienced in dealing with today’s complex, cross-jurisdictional business issues.

We do not pursue a traditional law firm model. Our model is to deliver high quality legal services to our clients as part of ‘one KPMG’ integrated team, with the aim of providing end to end solutions for our clients, which is something clients are increasingly seeking from their professional advisors. This integrated approach enables us to proactively anticipate and address emerging business and legal issues even before our clients identify them.

David Morris KPMG in Australia

Our clients are looking for strong legal advisors, but they also want lawyers who have a solid understanding of their business and the project management skills to see projects through to implementation. KPMG’s teams of lawyers are uniquely positioned to offer our clients this truly differentiated experience — combing legal technical savvy with strong business acumen.

Francis Hackett KPMG in Ireland

With 1,400+ multidisciplinary legal professionals in 74 jurisdictions around the world, supported by KPMG’s global network of over 180,000 colleagues, KPMG firms are ready to provide support when you need it most.

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Global expertise to help meet your local needs

Albania AlgeriaArgentinaArmeniaAustriaAustraliaAzerbaijanBahrainBelarusBelgiumBosnia & Herzegovina

BulgariaCameroonCanadaChileColombiaCongoCosta RicaCroatiaCuracaoCyprusCzech Republic

Dominican RepublicEgyptEstoniaFinlandGeorgiaGermanyGreeceGuatemalaHungaryIcelandIndia

IrelandItalyIvory CoastKazakhstanJordanLatviaLithuaniaMacedoniaMaltaMexicoMonaco

MozambiqueNetherlandsNicaraguaNigeriaNorwayPanamaPeruPolandRomaniaRussiaSenegal

SerbiaSierra LeoneSlovakiaSloveniaSouth AfricaSpainSwitzerlandTaiwanTanzaniaThailandTunisia

TurkeyUgandaUkraineUnited KingdomUruguayVenezuelaVietnamZambia

The KPMG network has 1,400+ lawyers operating in 74 jurisdictions:Legal Services

Source: KPMG International 2017

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Lawyers in KPMG’s Global Legal Services network have expertise across a wide range of industries and practice law in an array of specialty areas. Our clients value the strategic market insights we offer, our ability to anticipate trends and deliver advice on business critical legal issues.

Francisco Uría KPMG in Spain

KPMG Law Germany’s leading interdisciplinary approach combines legal technologies and deep expertise leading to innovative strategies and real results.

Mathias Oberndörfer KPMG in Germany

Integrated services you can trustWhile individual practice areas may vary from market to market, KPMG’s dedication to delivering multidisciplinary pragmatic advice is consistent across the globe.

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The KPMG network of Legal Services practices offers an extensive range of critical business services. Whether you are seeking advice in corporate law or disputing tax findings you can rely on a network of professionals to have the right practical experience to meet your needs. We work closely with our colleagues in Audit, Tax and Advisory, offering a truly multidisciplinary approach to your business.

Global entity management At KPMG we recognize that, with rapid globalization and ever-changing legal structures, the effective management of compliance is an increasing challenge for corporations. The KPMG Global Entity Management Services (GEM Services) team provides integrated corporate compliance services designed for your entities, wherever in the world they are located.

M&A and reorganizations Financial and strategic investors, executive officers, boards of directors, supervisory boards and the institutions that provide financing, regularly turn to KPMG firms for advice when it comes to M&A transactions. More often than not, what brings them to us is our use of an approach based on multidisciplinary teams that are experienced in legal, tax and financial matters with an excellent grasp of the underlying business-related issues.

Employment and immigration KPMG member firms advise national and international companies, from SMEs to major corporations, in many areas of employment law. These activities encompass immigration and employment law issues that have to be taken into account when implementing strategic decisions, international employee assignments and pension plans.

Financial services regulatory compliance With their resources in the areas of banking, investment management, insurance and capital markets, KPMG firms can provide comprehensive advice that cuts across the issues that can arise in the financial sector. We are familiar with market standards and current practices as well as with recent developments in relevant legal areas, such as banking and regulatory law. KPMG professionals use that know-how to analyze business processes, design financing models, structure funds and carry out compliance projects. KPMG firms’ specialists apply their expertise to provide services that cover many aspects of corporate finance — bank borrowings, equity and debt capital markets, etc. KPMG firms’ clients can expect advice with the built-in benefit of KPMG Legal Services — a practical, creative, results-oriented approach.

Compliance Every organization has unique needs when it comes to regulatory compliance. We bring rich experience in optimizing internal legal and compliance functions to help organizations of all types align with leading practices and gain efficiencies across the board.

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Disruptive technology remains one of the key opportunities and challenges for our clients and these technologies are causing businesses to fundamentally re-think the way they work. Our Legal Services practice is backed by KPMG’s cutting-edge technology and we are continuously finding ways to use this technology to enhance our client experience – saving clients time and money and increasing the efficiency in how we deliver legal services to them.

Nick Roome KPMG in the UK

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A global reputation for quality As part of one of the world’s leading networks of professional services firms, KPMG Legal Services practices strive to ensure that their professionals consistently deliver the highest quality legal advice. Professionals within different KPMG firms frequently work together, consulting with regulatory and policy leaders across borders. This helps to ensure that the advice delivered meets the highest ethical standards. KPMG firms’ commitment to upholding the highest standards of quality and professionalism is key to maintaining the trust of governments, regulators, the public and — above all — KPMG clients.

Deep industry expertise It is not enough to simply understand the law. Today’s business legal advisors also need to understand the nuances of the industry in which they operate. KPMG legal professionals are deeply embedded in their firms’ wider industry practices exposing them to emerging industry trends and providing deep insight into key sector-specific issues such as regulation, foreign investment requirements and tax levies and duties.

No matter what industry you operate in, you can count on KPMG’s network of Legal Services professionals to bring deep insight and experience on issues that are important to your sector.

An integrated approach True legal counsel starts not with knowing the law but with knowing you. Your organization’s executives and decision makers need advice that goes beyond legal ramifications to consider the wider business implications.

Outstanding KPMG legal professionals are backed by equally outstanding resources in key areas such as Audit and accounting services, corporate consultancy

and Advisory, and Tax and regulatory advice. With an integrated approach to business support, your organization stands to gain outstanding value, enhanced business flexibility and better outcomes on the issues that matter most.

KPMG can help your organization overcome regulatory blocks, win process improvements and enhance internal control techniques through services delivered consistently across borders to all your locations worldwide.

A wide-ranging client base KPMG Legal Services practices work alongside a wide range of clients from large multinationals and their branch offices through to small local startups and not-for-profit organizations. In many markets, KPMG firms also advise government agencies and authorities on key legal matters.

KPMG firms regularly work with corporations, government agencies, individual estates, financial services organizations, trusts and funds, investors, special interest groups, not-for-profits, boards of directors, family businesses, civil society groups, intergovernmental agencies and multinationals.

Leading edge technology KPMG legal professionals leverage the latest in enterprise technologies including cloud-based collaboration and artificial intelligence to help deliver client focused legal strategies.

Unrivaled global alliances with technology partners including Microsoft, Oracle and IBM provide our network of legal professionals with access to the latest market leading technology tools offering client insight and driving efficient delivery of legal services.

*KPMG member firms may render legal services where authorized by law, with full observance of relevant local regulations. Legal services may not be offered to SEC registrant audit clients and/or affiliates or where otherwise prohibited by law.

People powered by technologyTrue legal counsel is not merely a matter of articulating the law, but understanding exactly what it means for your business.

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Meet our team

Contact us

Juerg Birri Global Head of Legal Services KPMG International T: +41 58 249 35 48 E: jbirri@kpmg.com

Markus Mathys COO, Global Legal Services KPMG International T: +41 58 249 40 84 E: mmathys@kpmg.com

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Publication name: Global Legal Services

Publication number: 134298-G

Publication date: June 2017