Professional services firm,KPMG UK, has appointed Stuart Bedford as its
new UK Head of Law.Bedford is set to join the firm from Linklaters where, in
his position as corporate partner, he advised on a broad range of deals across
Europe, Asia and Africa, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and
fund structures.
Bedford also spent two years as in-house counsel
with BAE Systems. He moved to become a senior consultant for the technology and
outsourcing consultancy, Grosvenor, and he also spent 18 months as a partner of
a private equity firm focused on high growth companies, Leapfrog Investments. He
will succeed Nick Roome, who has led KPMG’s UK law practice
since 2015 and has now been promoted to take on a global focused role,
concentrating on growing KPMG’s global legal solutions. Bedford and Roome will
take up their new roles from April 2023.
KPMG’s UK CEO, Jon Holt, commenting on the
appointment said: “We know there is a huge opportunity in this space to help
clients succeed, and these leadership appointments position us well to
accelerate that growth, both in the UK and globally.” Speaking on his new role, Stuart Bedford said:
“I am excited to be taking on this new challenge and aim to build on the
impressive strides KPMG Law has made in the past few years. We have a huge
opportunity to build on the great work we are already doing at a time of
accelerated change within the legal sector. I am very much looking forward to
working with the team as we help our clients and the firm to achieve their ambitions.”
