By: Maria Ward-Brennan

Professional Services Editor Maria Ward-Brennan is the Professional Services Editor at City AM, focused on law, Big Four, and other management and accounting consulting firms. She edits the Beyond The Billable newsletter and column. She was previously a litigation reporter at The Lawyer. Contact her via email at maria.ward-brennan@cityam.com or on X @MariaW_B.

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Howden set to acquire consultancy Barnett Waddingham

March 25, 2025

Insurance giant Howden has agreed to acquire professional services consultancy Barnett Waddingham
PwC fined £4.5m over audits of Gupta-linked bank Wyelands

March 25, 2025

Big Four firm PwC has been fined over £4.5m for its audits of Sanjeev Gupta's Wyelands Bank.
Big Four: The slow death of KPMG, EY, PwC and Deloitte’s legal dream

March 25, 2025

Big Four —EY PwC, Deloitte, and KPMG—all have legal arms to compete against the traditional legal sector, but recent cracks show that their vision is not playing out
Former City traders set for Supreme Court showdown

March 24, 2025

Former City traders convicted of the rate-rigging scandal are now playing their last card this week by taking their case to the highest court
Eat marshmallows with your hands? HMRC wants you to pay more tax

March 24, 2025

A case over the VAT liability of giant marshmallows "has taken a new bizarre twist" following questions on how people eat the chewy sweets
‘Fighting to overturn cruel tax’: Parties gear up for legal fight over private school fees

March 21, 2025

Three claimant groups gear up for a legal challenge of the government's VAT policy on private schools next month
Elite US law firm bends to Trump’s demands

March 21, 2025

US law firm Paul Weiss has folded to President Trump's executive order agreeing to supply $40m in free legal advice to the White House
City law firm fined over £400,000 for Russian sanctions breaches

March 21, 2025

Law firm Herbert Smith Freehills was hit with a £465,000 penalty after breaching UK financial sanctions imposed on Russia
Lloyd’s reinsurer secures landmark Ukraine reinsurance facility

March 21, 2025

MS Amlin, a Lloyd's reinsurer, has secured a reinsurance scheme that could provide up to €1bn (£830m) in annual coverage for Ukraine SMEs
Conor McGregor is an embarrassment to Ireland

March 21, 2025

Conor McGregor deserves to fade into obscurity following his criminal acts, instead he’s being paraded by Donald Trump as the face of Ireland on St Patrick’s Day, says Maria Ward-Brennan Once the most celebrated Irish sportsman, Conor McGregor is now one of the most hated – and he only has himself to blame. There was a [...]

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FOMO drives Premier League clubs to new record summer spending of over £3bn

Lost Village festival review: is this posher than Wilderness?

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