Disputes, claims and controversies
Resolving disputes can be complex and time-consuming and in a globalised world, you can face unfamiliar and sometimes conflicting judicial systems and cultures.
No company makes an agreement expecting it to end in dispute. Inevitably, in business, disagreements can happen at any time.
You may need advice on litigation, arbitration, mediation, expert determination, regulatory matters and insurance claims.
No one business is the same, so when a dispute or insurance claim arises, we will work with you, drawing upon our sector experience to develop an approach and provide objective advice.
Handling complexities of disputes and litigation
- International arbitration and local litigation
- Construction claims and disputes
- Insurance claims
- Completion accounts advisory
- Competition economics
International arbitration and local litigation
- Performing initial case assessment
- Advising on the financial strategy and aspects of claims
- Assisting in negotiations or mediation
- Assessing and quantifying damages and acting as quantum experts, both in local and international arbitration and litigation
- Providing economic, industry or market analysis supporting questions of liability or the assessment of damages
- Providing expert testimony
Construction claims and disputes
- Substantial experience in the analysis of complex construction disputes
- Determination and analysis of the financial and schedule effects of certain causal events
- Providing expert advice in controversies regarding productivity impacts, equipment pricing, overhead evaluation, schedule evaluation and related pricing of delays, disruption impacts, acceleration pricing or terminated contract litigation
Insurance claims
- Many years of experience in the insurance industry, covering a very broad range of risks including property, liability, business interruption, product recall, fidelity and other financial loss
- Drawing on the considerable skills of industry experts and specialists in other lines of service within PwC
Completion accounts advisory
- Support in pre and post completion advisory services (including completion accounts, earn outs and leakage reviews)
- Providing advice to sellers or purchasers during the drafting, negotiations and agreement of the completion accounts
- Expert determination services when agreement between seller and purchaser cannot be reached
- Analysis and investigation of the financial and valuation impact of breaches of warranty or joint venture terms, and completion accounts disputes
Competition economics
- Providing quick response including dawn raids, and advisory services such as antitrust risk assessments and dawn raid protocols
- Expert testimony on behalf of clients in stand alone actions with regard to allegations of excessive and discriminatory pricing and refusal to supply
- Expert quantum evidence on infringement of antitrust law
Our services
Our forensic dispute services team consists of experts in finance, accounting, economics and industry. We have a wide range of experience, from giving advice to be used when considering strategy to providing expert witness testimony. We work on local and international disputes, arbitrations and mediations.
We can assist our clients on different stages of a dispute including early stage assessment that may help to avoid long and costly formal proceedings or to minimise the extent of disputed items.
Participation in strategy definition (financial aspects)
- Preliminary damages assessment
- Analysis of opportunities and difficulties to substantiate claims
- Identification of key documents to be collected and submitted
Quantification of damages
- Critical review of other experts quantification
- Accounting and financial analyses
- Collection of factual information
- Verification of the correct application of contractual clauses
Preparation of detailed reports
- Conciliation/ mediation
- Litigation procedures
- International arbitration
- Expert determination
Expert witness services
- Testimony delivered during the hearings
