KPMG has established a legal practice, KPMG Law, in Dublin to provide legal services to the Irish market.

John Given will lead KPMG Law as managing director, and the firm has plans to grow its headcount from 60 legal professionals at present to 160 over the next two to three years.

KPMG Law will offer legal services across areas including financial services regulation, data and privacy, tech, intellectual property, energy and legal managed services that it said are complementary to KPMG’s existing offering, and with other services to follow

KPMG said the standalone law firm, which will operate from Stokes Place in Dublin 2, would become part of its multi-jurisdictional legal offering, which employs 3,200 legal professionals in 84 countries.

Given said: “This is an exciting time for our global and domestic clients as we work with them across their businesses. In addition to the proven track record of the existing legal team who are joining us from KPMG in Ireland, we’ll be developing new services and capabilities across a range of areas.

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"We look forward to offering all of these services to existing clients of KPMG, as well as to other participants in the corporate and business market. Underpinning our ambition, KPMG Law is seeking to recruit additional talented people at every level to expand our legal footprint.”

Seamus Hand, managing partner of KPMG in Ireland, said: “The establishment of KPMG Law in Ireland is the latest development in the evolution of KPMG’s legal services offering, it responds to the demand for additional top class legal experience and expertise in many growing and complex areas of the law.

"I look forward to working with John and his team as they bring the very best legal expertise to our existing and future clients.”

Given and KPMG Law have an extensive background in the Irish corporate legal market, supporting Irish and international clients across various sectors.

They have also been involved in many of the key transactions, advisory mandates and corporate law developments in Ireland over the past 25 years. KPMG in Ireland employs over 4,000 people in Dublin, Belfast, Cork and Galway.

Photo: John Given. (Pic: KPMG)