The advent of alternative business structures has given the Big Four accountancy firms a golden opportunity to have another crack at the UK legal market. But what are they offering and how much of a threat do they pose to law firms? Caroline Thorpe reports
Should you believe the hype? It began last year with headlines such as ‘The accountants are coming!’ running above tales of the Big Four accountancy firms muscling in on the legal market. And they have kept on coming, fuelled by the drip drip of news about a partner hire here, a new team launching there.
