Curious...would it even be legally possible to merge big 4 into mega consulting, llp? What about even tyrannosaurus two?

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Highly unlikely given the current controversy over the audit profession. Regulators would block it.

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A person from PA! Great company. Used to work there in London.

It just simply wouldn’t be possible. You typically cannot consult for companies that you audit (I know there are exceptions, but as a general rule you can’t).

You would have to first separate the consulting arms from the core audit practices.

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Sons ago, KPMG was in talks to merge with EY. It was cancelled because they said the cultures were too different or whatever.

Yeah, the cultures are too different. May be possible legally but it wouldn’t quite work in the long run

Are you sure about that? The message I’m hearing is that we all sound the same to the market. What would you say are PwC vs KPMG culture differences for example?

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