Search Results for: PwC Legal
PwC fined £2.3m by FRC
September 1st, 2016
Disciplinary case relating to PwC’s audits of Cattles plc and Welcome Financial Services Limited The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) announced the outcome of the disciplinary case relating to PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) and its audits of the financial statements of Cattles ...
Former PwC employees found guilty in Luxleaks trial
July 1st, 2016
Two former PwC employees at the centre of the so called ‘Luxleaks’ tax scandal have been found guilty and handed suspended sentences. Antoine Deltour, a former auditor for the Big Four firm and ex-employee Raphael Halet received 12 and ...
Prosecutors demand jail for ex-PwC’s accountants
May 12th, 2016
During the last hearings of the LuxLeaks trial, prosecutors have asked for a 18-month jail sentence for Antoine Deltour and Raphaël Halet, both ex-PwC accountants who blew the whistle over the accountancy firm’s role in brokering sweetheart tax deals ...
Former PwC employees to stand trial over Luxleaks scandal
April 26th, 2016
THE LUXLEAKS scandal starts a new chapter today as two former PwC employees go on trial accused of leaking thousands of corporate documents that expose Luxembourg’s shadowy tax deals. Antoine Deltour, a former auditor for the Big Four firm and ...
‘Big Four’ audit firms never examined over illegal tax plans
January 18th, 2016
Regulators fail to act as they are dominated by the companies they are supposed to police, say critics Audit and accountancy firms who devise tax-avoidance schemes ruled unlawful have never faced official reprimand, The Independent can reveal. None of the so-called ...
PwC agreed to pay $55 million to settle claims
January 7th, 2016
PwC in $55 million settlement with Madoff feeder fund investors PricewaterhouseCoopers agreed to pay $55 million to settle claims it failed to audit properly the books of Fairfield Greenwich Group, the biggest operator of “feeder funds” for now-imprisoned swindler ...
Accounting firms have pushed into legal but will law push back?
December 28th, 2015
While big-four accounting firms have bulked up their legal services this year, law firms have missed the opportunity to diversify, says an analyst at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA). Marc Totaro, the national manager of professional services at ...
Income up 53% at KPMG Legal
December 22nd, 2015
One of the Big Four accountancy firms offering legal services through an alternative business structure has reported a sharp rise in income from the division and pledged further heavy investment. KPMG says in its newly published annual report that ...
Venture Fund Sues PwC for Alleged Audit Deficiencies
November 4th, 2015
Burrill Life Sciences Capital Fund sued Burrill & Co.’s founder in July A venture fund launched by Burrill & Co. is suing PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP for allegedly failing to flag unauthorized transfers that it claims led to millions in investor ...
EY legal arm plans doubling of lawyer team in UK
September 25th, 2015
The Big Four accountancy firm, previously known as Ernst & Young, plans to increase its UK legal team from 30 to 60 lawyers within a year. Looking beyond the 12-month horizon, Philip Goodstone, head of EY’s legal services, said: ...
