Integrated with the multidisciplinary, world-class business advisory services of the PwC global network, PwC Legal Services offers our clients a range of business-focused core legal services.
Competition law issues are both increasingly crucial to business success and increasingly complex. At the same time, antitrust authorities around the world—and notably in the European Union—are taking a stronger stance in combating unfair competitive practices.
Clearly, business-savvy, global legal advice is more valuable than ever. And our legal services team is well positioned to help. Drawing upon the capabilities of our network of competition economists, valuation specialists, forensic consultants and business advisors, our multi-jurisdictional network of antitrust lawyers can offer you strategic, integrated, commercially focused advice on a range of local and transnational competition and antitrust matters, including:
Martyn Huckerby
Hong Kong
Tel: +852 2833 4918
Christoph Fabritius
Germany
Tel: +49 211 981 4742
Carlos Manuel Martinez
Mexico
Tel: +52 81 8152 2043
Hubertus Kleene
Germany
Tel: +49 211 981 4222
Tony O'Malley
Australia
Tel: +61 (2) 8266 3015
Gerung von Hoff
Germany
Tel: +49 30 2636 2420
PwC’s network of banking and finance lawyers can assist you with the key legal and documentation aspects of debt finance, including:
Working closely with industry-focused colleagues in the PwC global network, our team of banking and finance lawyers are well placed to respond quickly to your needs with business-focused solutions, across a significant footprint.
Annalie Croney
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 20 721 22553
Gemma Moral
Spain
Tel: +34 91 568 4467
Jörg Wulfken
Germany
Tel: +49 69 9585 2447
Maxim Kandyba
Russia
Tel: +7 (495) 967-6161
Virginie Louvel
France
Tel: +33 1 5657 4080
With a wealth of litigation experience—from the House of Lords to the European Court of Justice—PwC’s Commercial Litigation lawyers provide advice on dispute resolution to a wide range of clients worldwide. We regularly assist large corporates, private companies, partnerships and private individuals with legal issues on matters such as:
When you work with PwC’s commercial litigators, you benefit from a unique advantage—our access to specialists within the PwC global network in critical related areas such as forensic analysis, valuation, tax controversy and dispute resolution, and electronic evidence management.
And while commercial litigation may sometimes be unavoidable, we understand the burden that it places on your resources. That’s why, when planning a legal strategy with you, we focus on the business case—the financial consequences of litigation in the light of your commercial objectives—and, where appropriate, emphasise the efficient resolution of disputes through alternative methods such as arbitration or mediation.
Ernesto Benito Sancho
Spain
Tel: +34 91 568 4258
Dan Dascalu
Romania
Tel: +40 21 225 3683
Agnes Quashie
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)20 721 21511
Uwe Witt
Germany
Tel: +49 40 6378 1305
PwC Legal provides business-critical support on data protection, privacy, confidentiality and security matters to businesses, governments and public authorities all over the world. Successful strategy development, execution and compliance monitoring require blended skills of a multi-disciplinary professional services team, which we PwC Legal and PwC are uniquely placed to provide. Working closely with audit, consulting, risk management and forensics specialits experts in all parts of across the PwC global network, we provide a unique end-to-end, seamless services.
Our services include:
Jan-Peter Ohrtmann
Germany
Tel: +49 211 981 2572
Energy is an industry unlike any other. Not only is the provision and supply of power, gas and other forms of energy a hugely complex, volatile economic endeavour, this dynamic industry operates today within a complex, increasingly global legal and regulatory framework.
That means that every player across the energy value chain — whether in exploration and mining; production, storage and trading; transport and distribution; or metering and sales — must operate within a complex web of local, national and often international legal customs and regulatory requirements.
And, if a constantly shifting landscape of global compliance weren’t challenging enough, you must also be prepared to mitigate and, where necessary, litigate or otherwise address the many risks surrounding contractual relationships in this complex industry.
This is where a global legal network integrated with the experienced strong, multidisciplinary business capabilities of a global advisory professional services firm powerhouse can make all the difference.
With a highly experienced, diverse and multijurisdictional group of practitioners, PwC’s Legal Services network is well positioned to help you. We offer legal advisory services along energy value chain, in critical areas such as:
Keith Bottomley
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 20 721 26048
Peter Mussaeus
Germany
Tel: +49 211 981 2138
Fernando Calancha Marzana
Spain
Tel: +34 915 685 876
Every day, information technology more deeply permeates the way companies, governments and individuals operate. The range of emerging risks, opportunities and legislation—including new privacy and data protection laws at both the national and supranational level—continues to evolve at breakneck speed. And the consequences for organisations could not be more profound.
PwC’s Legal Services Network can help you address and manage the legal IT concerns, with innovative, practical solutions adapted to your organisation’s unique needs. We can advise you on a wide range of issues, including:
Juan Crosby
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 20 7212 5914
Jan-Peter Ohrtmann
Germany
Tel: +49 211 981 2572
Whilst intellectual property (IP) mayway well be your most valuable asset, it is only as good as your ability to exploit and protect it. Meanwhile, IP-related legislation around information technology and online content—such as the UK Digital Economy Act—is in a state of radical flux, making it difficult at times to value, protect and exploit this vital asset class.
PwC’s network of intellectual property lawyers can help. In addition to our core IP advisory, licensing and dispute services our lawyers work closely with specialists within the PwC global network of firms to offer commercial, end-to-end intellectual property advice, in areas such as:
Jan-Dierk Schaal
Germany
Tel: +49 (0)40 6378 2293
Latika Sharma
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)20 7212 1574
Backed by a robust international network of multidisciplinary PwC advisors, PwC’s Private Client lawyers focus on providing integrated, legal advice to high-net-worth individuals, entrepreneurs, top executives and their families.
In addition to the central mission of helping our clients structure, protect and grow their wealth for future generations—including independent, asset management, tax and retirement planning—we offer a full portfolio of legal services designed to address the private legal needs of our clients and their families. These include:
Shirley Brookes
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 20 7212 1608
Jose Luis Martin-Ballestero
Spain
Tel: +34 91 568 4516
Lothar Siemers
Germany
Tel: +49 21 1981 2757
Public commercial law is a unique and complex discipline, the more so in an atmosphere of on-going budget cuts and shifting political realities. Yet the legal issues surrounding public procurement, public-private projects, state aid and fees, and privatisations continue. Be it a city development project, public transportation or the construction of a new power plant, when it comes to awarding contracts in the public sector, carefully documented, transparent and unbiased processes are an absolute must.
PwC Legal’s public law practitioners are familiar with the many local, national and EU legal, tax, technical, economic and political issues that must be considered when dealing with states, municipalities and government bodies. Working alongside our advisory business, our lawyers are adept at crafting effective, seamless legal strategies for our clients. We can help in particular with:
Andy Brown
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 191 269 4441
Email
Arancha Bengoechea
Spain
Tel: +34 91 568 5512
Friedrich Ludwig Hausmann
Germany
Tel: +49 30 2636 3467
To learn more, contact us, or visit our Tax Controversy and Dispute Resolution services page.
Corruption, fraud, embezzlement, money laundering, theft of trade secrets, insider trading—all are forms of white collar or corporate crime. A single transgression can not only lead to prison terms, it can destroy a company almost overnight, while costing investors billions. An incidence of corporate malfeasance can come to light in any way—and often with very little time to react.
If you are facing such a situation—or would like advice on avoiding one—PwC Legal has strong capabilities in several jurisdictions. From prevention to forensics and internal investigations, damage control to legal representation, we can help you cope with the extremely serious potential consequences of white collar crime. Here are some of the ways:
Hilmar Erb
Germany
Tel: +49 89 5790 6752
Agnes Quashie
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)20 721 21511
Global Network Leader, Tax Controversy and Dispute Resolution, PwC United States