England - London • Corporate and commercial
KPMG Law
KPMG Law acts for top domestic and international companies on global restructurings and reorganisations, utilising integrated legal, consulting, accounting and tax advisory teams. The firm offers technological support on matters using its international business reorganisations delivery platform, which assists clients with the planning and implementation of reorganisations and has recently been used by a number of high-profile blue-chip clients. Richard Needham heads up the practice and is recommended for legal entity rationalisation programmes, separation transactions and global reorganisations, while Manchester’s Paul Kelly is a name for post-acquisition and integration matters. Tanvir Dhanoa is experienced in the financial services sector and director Ben Brafman advises on pre-sale spin-outs, integration projects and governance issues. Laura Fisher joined from Baker McKenzie in April 2023, while former practice head Richard Needham left the firm in December 2023.
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Testimonials
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- 'KPMG Law provides a unique combination of support both in terms of legal advice and technology.'
- 'They provide excellent UK legal advice and have access to specialist country teams for overseas legal advice and to the wider KPMG services/non-legal experts.'
- 'Ben Brafman is an experienced director with particular expertise in large corporate restructurings. He stands out for his technical knowledge and ability to work with KPMG non-legal experts to produce integrated solutions that meet the clients’ commercial and strategic needs.'
- 'The team is made up primarily of corporate lawyers. They are well staffed and have a range of experience. Their main strength is their legal technology innovation. The platform tool that they have made available to us is a game changer. It is hugely impressive and is able to give an overview of the various steps involved in the reorganisation,'
- 'Ben Brafman has a pleasant communication style with a good sense of humour, is knowledgeable and has a very good understanding of what needs to be done.'
Key clients
- 3M Company
- Aegion Corporation
- Axis Bank
- Eni SpA
- Ford Credit Europe Bank plc
- HP Inc
- INEOS Group
- JERA Global Markets
- National Bank of Greece
- Santander Bank
- Scania Group
- Sedex Information Exchange Limited
- Shell Plc
Work highlights
- Advising Sedex Information Exchange Limited on a major internal reorganisation to set it up for near-term and future strategic goals.
- Advising HP Inc on the integration of its $3.3bn acquisition of Polycom, involving the reorganisation of entities in over 40 jurisdictions.