The Corporate Operations Architect

Where clarity meets the complexity of Legal and Tax functions.

Your platform for benchmarks, insights, and transformation in Legal & Tax.

Why the Corporate Operations Architect?

Legal and Tax functions are under pressure: more rules, more risks, more expectations.

The Corporate Operations Architect cuts through the noise – delivering benchmarks, compensation insights, and maturity assessments in one place.

So you see where you stand, and where to go next.

Core Features

Operations Benchmark – Our Legal & Tax Function Surveys

At the heart are PwC’s global surveys:

  • Legal Function Survey: Legal, Compliance, Data Protection & IP
  • Tax Survey: capturing all relevant insights for Tax Functions

The data provides facts on headcount, budgets, technology, strategy, and trends. By participating, you can filter results and benchmark against peers. All results are anonymized, validated, and securely integrated.

Compensation made clear – Our Compensation Compass

The Compensation Compass delivers precise benchmarks for Lawyers and IP specialists:

  • Salaries & total compensation
  • Bonuses, incentives & benefits in detail
  • Role profiles and talent structures

Developed by General Counsels and Heads of IP Departments – for their peers.

Find out more about how you can participate in this study here.

How mature is your department? – Our Maturity Assessment

The quick Maturity Assessment for Legal and IP helps you gain a first overview of where your department stands across six dimensions:

  1. Strategy & Value Enablement
  2. Organization & Governance
  3. Products, Services & Processes
  4. Technology, Data & AI
  5. Sourcing & Partner Management
  6. People, Enablement & Culture

More Than Data – Thought Leadership & Exchange

The Corporate Operations Architect brings not only numbers but also thought leadership and exchange:

  • Expert Forums
  • Whitepapers & Studies
  • Peer Exchange
  • Event Updates & Digests

All in one place – available anytime.

Always Current. Always Ahead.

The Corporate Operations Architect is continuously updated – with fresh survey data, new benchmarks, and regularly evolving insights.

Shape the future of your Legal & Tax Functions – join us today and get access to our platform.