KPMG UK has announced a double appointment, as well as the expansion of its new legal advisory business, Legal Operations & Transformation Services (LOTS).
LOTS will be headed up by director Nicola Brooks (pictured), who joins KPMG from Travers Smith where she served as operations director. She is joined by James Thomas as head of legal technology and innovation; James joined KPMG in 2014, and was most recently its global lead of legal services technology. The LOTS team will also include a number of transformation specialists from KPMG Boxwood.
Nick Roome, partner and UK head of legal services at KPMG, said: ‘The demands on today’s in-house legal teams are increasingly changing which is putting more pressure on budgets and resources. That’s why we are excited to launch LOTS to help in-house legal functions adapt and become the legal teams of the future.
‘I’m also thrilled to welcome Nicola and James to the team. They will significantly strengthen our capability in this area, drawing together multi-disciplinary capabilities from KPMG and the wider market to help in-house legal teams evolve in an industry which is facing unprecedented levels of change.’
Nicola added: ‘I am delighted to join KPMG to launch LOTS in the UK. Being part of the KPMG network enables us to draw together a first-class multi-disciplinary team to help our clients transform the way they deliver legal services across their organisations.
‘We want to help them develop solutions that maximise cost efficiencies, optimise operations and continue to position them as a strategic business facilitator and manager of legal risk. Much of this will be enabled by the right people strategy, good process and underpinned by technology.’
