Andersen Legal’s City practice Garretts is in merger talks with the London office of KLegal following this week’s agreed takeover of the scandal-hit Andersen by KPMG.

A London deal is the centrepiece of an attempt to bring the global network of Andersen Legal – the largest accountancy-tied practice yet built – into the KLegal network in the wake of KPMG’s deal to take over Andersen’s non-US businesses, it was announced today (19 March).