KPMG and Fidal Won’t Be Going to Court In France Over Lawyer Poaching
Remember back in February 2019 when about 130 lawyers fled France’s largest law firm, Fidal, to go work at KPMG France’s new legal practice, KPMG Avocats, and Fidal managing partner Yves de Sevin was pissed and said the firm was going to sue the pants off of KPMG for “unfair competition?” Well, we have an […]
Legal Experts Think KPMG France Will Likely Get Away With Fidal Lawyer Poaching
Early last week we told you guys about KPMG France recently stealing away 130 lawyers (some reports say 144 or 145 lawyers) away from France’s largest law firm, Fidal, which is threatening to sue the Big 4 firm for “unfair competition.” But legal experts who were interviewed by Law.com say Fidal’s case against KPMG is […]
KPMG France Just Poached 130 Lawyers From a French Law Firm, Which Is Understandably Pissed
In Going Concern’s nine-plus-year history, Caleb and Adrienne have chronicled many, many instances of “competitive poaching” among the Big 4 firms. PwC and KPMG, in particular, have a long history of poaching from one another. But with the Big 4 firms’ legal brands showing huge growth among alternative legal service providers, what is starting to […]
L’Affaire Denim: Accounting Firm Dress Code Debates Span Borders, Decades
Cosmic issues are being raised in the great Dress Code debates: Is denim okay every day? What’s the largest allowable team logo on a sweatshirt? How about pajamas outside the house? My experiences may offer some useful historical and cultural context. In the late 1990s I was expatriated to Paris with one of the then […]
Groundbreaking Study Discovers Big 4 Partners Tend to Be Hardworking, Male, and White
What makes a Big 4 partner? Chris Carter, Crawford Spence and Claire Dambrin (academics, natch) set out to find that answer, looking specifically at partners in Canada, France and the UK. You will not be surprised by the results. First, they discovered that only about 2-3% of those who start out at Big 4 make […]
France Comes Up With the Idea to Give Your Time Off to a Colleague in Need
Interesting. Would any of you do this? France’s parliament has passed a law allowing workers to give some of their days off to a colleague with a seriously ill child. The idea came from the case of a man whose colleagues donated 170 days while his son was battling cancer. You can donate your time […]
France Outlaws Doing Work After Hours, Even For Big 4 Firms
Just with Deloitte's love note to Green Dotters we shared the other day, there's nothing to prevent firms from holding staff hostage. However, when it comes to being a smartphone pest after hours, not gonna happen: Just in case you weren't jealous enough of the French already, what with their effortless style, lovely accents and […]