ARTICLE · 04 JUNE 2014

Legal services firms reverse assault and expand into accounting

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Peter Bobbin of Rockwell Oliver predicts that there will be a trend of law firms expanding into the accounting sector.

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There has been much reported of late about a renewed assault which has seen accounting firms expanding rapidly into legal services, but as Australasian Lawyer reveals, two can play that game.

Peter Bobbin, the managing principal of Rockwell Olivier's Sydney office, predicts that there will be a growing trend of law firms expanding into the accounting sector.

He spoke to Australasian Lawyer and responded to comments made by the Big Four accounting firms - KPMG, Deloitte, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and Ernst & Young – about their plan of attack on the legal arena.

Last week the heads of legal services at PwC and Ernst and Young told us that a 'highly integrated offering' is what will differentiate the legal services provided by accounting firms in an already crowded market.

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