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Dispute Resolution—driven by experienced, trusted, and independent experts.

Our dispute resolution team brings you deep knowledge and industry insights to tackle complex international and local disputes. Working with lawyers, we help companies, governments, and state-owned entities resolve investment treaty and commercial disputes to empower you to confidently manage every stage of the international arbitration process. From first steps through resolution and enforcement, we’ll help you investigate the facts, assess your options, and build a strong case.

100+

dedicated professionals

250+

collective experience testifying in 250+ cases

151

countries, 364,000 people—PwC’s global network of firms

How we can help

International arbitration services

  • Initial case assessment
  • Advising on commercial strategy
  • Thorough economic, industry, and market analysis supporting questions of liability
  • Accounting and tax investigation
  • Assessment of damages and opportunity analysis
  • Clear, cogent written and oral testimony

Construction disputes services

  • Claims management preparation and determination: time extension requests, delay cost analysis, claim feasibility, and mitigation strategies
  • Dispute avoidance and alternative resolution strategies: independent third-party reviews, expert determinations, mediation, and participation in Dispute Adjudication Boards (DABs)
  • Expert services in litigation and arbitration: providing expert insights, technical reports in courts
  • Construction advisory services: full project lifecycle review, covering governance, procurement, contract management, and change management
  • Construction delay experts

Merger and acquisition arbitrations

  • Support in negotiations with the counterparty​
  • Alternative dispute resolution such as expert determination
  • Analysis and investigation of the breaches of warranty or joint venture terms on the value / sales prices of the company and completion account disputes

Industry experts

  • Oil, gas, electricity, and renewable energy
  • Construction and infrastructure
  • Financial services
  • Telecommunications
  • Industrial products
  • Transportation
  • Real estate
  • Tourism and hospitality

Team of experts

  • Accountants
  • Investigators
  • Financial experts
  • Economists
  • Loss adjustors
  • Tax experts transactions specialists
  • Quantum experts

Offerings

Technology

We lead with efficiency and high added value in addition to safety, confidentiality, accuracy. We are passionate about using current technology, including AI and machine learning, to deliver results faster and provide deep, data-driven insights. All our tools have undergone rigorous testing to meet the highest standards of security, confidentiality, and reliability, and we apply strict data protection and data‑sharing controls, so your information is used only as agreed.

PwC Document Insights

Our in-house machine learning tool analyses thousands of scanned documents in both Cyrillic and Latin alphabet. The AI system reads thousands of documents within hours based on a small set of sample documents.

Relativity

AI-powered eDiscovery platforms like Relativity help streamline the dispute process by efficiently finding, categorising, and analysing relevant information in large volumes of unsorted documents.

PwC Closed GenAI Chat

Our proprietary AI chatbot is designed to suppress hallucinations to enable reliable, secure communication with your data.

Enjoy the benefits of hypothesis validation, cross-referencing, argument analysis, and timeline creation, all referenced to the source documents.

Harvey

Harvey, a legal-specific AI, automates contract analysis by preparing and analysing case files, and helps efficiently manage complex litigation and arbitration cases.

Harvey's AI-driven functionalities significantly improve productivity and precise reporting by enabling the querying of large case files, creating timelines, and drafting documents.

International arbitration services

Bringing a wealth of knowledge and industry expertise to complex disputes and litigation

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Forensic services

We deliver forensic insight with speed and accuracy so you can manage risk and rebuild trust

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Contact us

Sirshar Qureshi

Sirshar Qureshi

CEE / CIS Forensic Co-Leader, Dispute Advisory Centre of Excellence Leader, Partner, PwC Czech Republic

Tel: +420 602 348 926

Chris Polson

Chris Polson

Partner, Canadian Disputes Advisory Leader, PwC Canada

Tel: +1 416-894-4215

Jacqui Record

Jacqui Record

Partner, Middle East Disputes Advisory Leader, PwC United Arab Emirates

Gaurav Gulati

Gaurav Gulati

Partner, India Disputes Advisory Leader, Forensic Services, PwC India

Tel: +91 98106 77969

Mahmoud Abougabal

Mahmoud Abougabal

Construction Claims and Disputes, PwC United Arab Emirates

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