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Appendix 3 – Law and Accounting Companies and Organizations

Global Legal Services

The $650 billion legal market is fragmented. The largest organizations are networks.

Law Practice                                                         bn= $ billion mn-$ million

50 Largest Networks $120 bn 50 Largest Law Firms $50 bn

Legal Products and Services

Wolters Kluwer $5.4 bn                      Thomson Reuters $5.5 bn

LexisNexis                   $2.8 bn        Bloomberg BNA $472 mn

Law Companies – ALSPs – Total: $10.7 bn

Internet Companies

LegalZoom $200 mn                             Avvo                   No info

Global Accounting and Advisory Services

The accounting market is consolidated around the Big 4. Each has approximately 10%

of the $450 billion market.

Big 4 – Total: $146.4 bn

Deloitte                     $43.2 bn                   PWC   $41.3 bn
EY                           $36.4 bn                   KPMG  $29.0 bn

Networks and Associations – Total 25: $60 bn

GGI $5.3 bn                                             BDO $8.3 bn
RSM $5.1 bn                                             Grant Thornton $5.0 bn

          Internet Companies - None

Online Companies

There are no large Ubers, Amazons or Googles in law or accounting. Amazon has just

founded a law firm IP network. Will the others follow?

                             Total     Law                    Total     Law

Amazon $252 bn New IBM 79.5 bn -

Microsoft                    125 bn -                   Google 136 bn -

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