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‘International reach combined with local expertise and integration with other PwC advisory services.’

‘The team are able to grasp difficult concepts from multiple jurisdictions and work through how they interact, presenting a single coherent position to the client, providing clarity and guidance in often very short time frames.’

‘Georgie Blythe heads up the team that I work with and is outstanding. He is responsive, very down to earth and just a pleasure to work with.’

‘It’s an impressively diverse team, led by strong partners, highly responsive and with excellent technical knowledge.’

‘The ability to draw on skills from the wider firm’s tax, regulatory and finance expertise is a real plus.’

‘Laura Freestone – practical, sharp and with comprehensive technical knowledge. Efficient and easy to deal with.’

‘Have the ability to pull together complex multinational transactions with strong coordination between lawyers and tax specialists.’

‘Georgie Blyth and Rebecca Boyers have a very good understanding of the structure of our complex business and work in a practical way to resolve issues.’

‘PwC has a large team of able people who are well led and motivated.’

‘David Anderson is very personable and helpful.’

‘David Anderson’s instructions are clear and appropriate.’

‘David gets the best out of the whole team.’

‘Very responsive and hands-on, realistic, and well-measured advice, and highly experienced in all manner of litigation.’

‘This team demonstrates sound judgement and an excellent rapport with clients and counsel. They are very skilled lawyers who provide very well-balanced and grounded advice.’

The standout individuals are David Anderson and Michael Taylor.’

‘Outstanding team of tax technicians.’

‘A very good team. They are cohesive and on top of deadlines. I genuinely look forward to our conferences, too. My favourite team to work with.’

‘David Anderson is cool, calm, and collected. He can always be relied upon for sound advice in difficult situations.’

‘Expertise across a wide range of subjects – combining great technical ability with strategic thinking in the context of litigation.’

‘Mark Whitehouse has huge experience in large and complex cases and is able to navigate through the thickets of complexity to identify the pragmatic route forward.’

‘The team we dealt with was great, had a thorough knowledge of the situation based on past experience. The team was detail oriented and considered the situation from several different angles.’

‘The PwC litigation team is the best in the market for all round strength in depth. They combine great technical skills with sound judgment and a well-oiled support machine. Consistently appear in all the major cases.’

‘David Anderson has great technical ability and knows how to judge the merits of any case to a T.’

‘Very responsive and hands-on. Realistic and well-measured advice. Highly experienced in all manner of litigation. A pleasure to work with. Serve their clients extremely well.’

‘This team demonstrates sound judgment and an excellent rapport with clients and counsel. They are very skilled lawyers who provide very well-balanced and grounded advice.’

‘They always responded appropriately and in a timely manner, pointing out the necessary risks and responding with realistic flexibility.’

‘The team has good knowledge, is very helpful and very available – they are able to drive transactions forward.’

‘PwC’s non-contentious pensions practice provides quality legal advice with a commercial context. They often work alongside their PwC colleagues from other departments to deliver an overall package of advice addressing the issues their clients are facing.’

‘David Farmer exemplifies the provision of quality legal advice in a commercial setting.’

‘PwC Legal is an up and coming practice in the pensions sector. Their client care and communication is first-rate, and they are also diligent and effective litigators with experience within the team of more technical pensions law.’

‘David Farmer is a very likeable, hardworking, and effective litigator who is very good with clients. Oliver Reece is very clever and has a good knowledge of more technical pensions law.’

‘Their position within one of the Big Four accounting firms gives them a particular edge in dealing with employment matters. As one might expect, they are extremely thorough and highly competent, very alive to the clients’ needs, and also very good at task, time and costs management.’

‘They have consistently provided excellent analysis and advice on a range of employment law matters. The team is responsive, efficient and always goes the extra mile to ensure that the case is well-prepared and fully thought through.’

‘Tom Williams has excellent strategic insight and understanding in complex industrial relations disputes.’

‘The team are extremely professional and their advice has been exemplary. I highly recommend them.’

‘Rebekah Primrose has been my main contact for almost three years. She always answers queries quickly and is willing to have video calls at short notice when urgent advice is needed.’

‘Practical group of employment lawyers able to deliver effective and efficient legal advice.’

‘Excellent team members; very commercially minded and client-friendly.’

‘Tom Williams – a very strong lawyer.’

‘The Privacy team at PwC, led by Fedelma Good, are an exceptional team of individuals with great credentials and a can-do attitude. The team comes from industry and regulator backgrounds and works hard to really understand the challenges a client faces in a globalised market, while having to adhere to localised regulatory requirements.’

‘Fedelma Good has a wealth of experience, and her understanding of compliance requirements is broad and deep. Fedelma makes people feel at ease, and speaks their language, to quickly get to the heart of the issues, and then goes on to instil confidence in the ability of all involved to get the job done in a practical and pragmatic way.’

‘The team really work as a team. All are always up to date about the status of the project. As the team consists of lawyers as well as technical people, the solutions brought to the table are more than just the legal answer to your question. They are genuine solutions that can be implemented. I love the diverse background of the team.’

‘Fedelma Good and Chris Cartmell co-head this team of true professionals. They are really complementary to each other because of their different backgrounds. They are extremely knowledgeable, pragmatic, available and patient. Always enthusiastic and treating you as if you are the only client. An extraordinary level of customer service.’

‘The multi-disciplinary nature of this practice helps to ensure the delivery of practical and well-rounded advice. A flexible approach to billing and their ability to leverage their global network has also been a welcome benefit of instructing this firm and has given them an advantage over the other firms we’ve previously worked with.’

‘Chris Cartmell and Stephanie Baker have demonstrated exceptional client care skills. I’ve heard nothing but praise from the individuals across our business with whom they’ve interacted. In twenty years of working with large/medium size law firms this has been the most responsive and courteous client care I’ve experienced.’

‘Excellent client relationship management skills, pragmatic approach, robust technical skills.’

‘The PwC commercial and corporate litigation team compares very favourably with mid-sized City firms.’

‘The quality of cases is high, as is the quality of the instructions produced for Counsel (clear, well-reasoned, and well-organised), with an ability of all members of the team to fully engage in the detail of the facts and arguments of a case.’

‘Ryan Lynch is extremely well organised, an excellent drafter, and a very clear communicator. He is an absolute pleasure to deal with.’

‘Ryan Lynch is a very effective litigator and a calm head in the heat of a trial. He has an astute grasp of the issues, even in big cases, and is also very good at managing clients who are understandably stressed by the litigation process.’

‘Ryan Lynch is extremely impressive – clients are reassured by Ryan’s detail, his commanding knowledge of all case matters, his lateral thinking in designing/executing legal strategy, and his dedication and hard work.’