About

PwC is a multinational professional services firm and a constituent of the “Big Four” accountancy firms. With offices in 776 cities across 157 countries, PwC is well versed in having a consistent approach to legal services, risk and compliance. PwC’s Irish operation is currently undergoing significant expansion at the moment, with reported plans to add up to 500 new jobs in 2016. With this expansion comes a new office in Cork, as well as many more employment law and compliance matters for the legal team to deal with. The team, led by Elizabeth Davis as general counsel, has deftly handed this organic expansion, the fallout of the proposed British exit from the European Union and litigation challenges that have occurred out of legacy work completed by the firm. One such example is a piece of ongoing litigation that stems from the Quinn Insurance Limited (QIL) administration; the team is currently fighting a €1bn suit brought by the joint administrators of QIL, who claim that PwC should have identified an understatement of the insurers provision for claims during an auditing period. The legal team has been essential to the defence of one of Ireland’s biggest commercial cases, including a discovery process that covers over 40 million documents, which holds a significant potential monetary and reputational penalty for the firm.