Entity Governance & Compliance Service

In the medium- and long-term, digitization will change companies and their business models, in some cases fundamentally. At the same time, companies already face unforeseen challenges due to global crises, only tackled by an ever decreasing amount of skilled workers. Both long-term developments and ad-hoc crisis situations have an impact on the organization and governance of companies, especially in an international context.

As a corporate governance service provider, PwC Legal supports clients not only in complying with the requirements for their global corporate structures, including in times of crisis, but also in setting them up today for a digitally-enabled future in a process-oriented manner.

Our Global Entity Governance & Compliance (EGC) team offers tailored solutions for this purpose. As an Alternative Legal Service Provider, we combine legal expertise with business process know-how and state-of-the-art technology for a holistic and global managed service approach.

The consequences of pandemics, inflation, populism, protectionism, new working models and, last but not least, the debate and legislation on sustainability – are all factors that make economic forecasts more difficult and which are driving change in markets in general and change in individual business processes in particular. This directly affects our clients’ corporate governance and compliance profiles. The global management and internal control of group company structures already entailed certain risks in the past. Now the demands on companies and their managing directors have increased once again, not least in view of the digital transformation.

In addition, internal resources are generally limited and often lack the necessary knowledge and skills for digital transformation resulting in a fragmented landscape of technology and service providers. This increases the need for specialized and alternative legal advice from a single source.

PwC Legal offers its clients the competencies required for such a transformation: in-depth specialist know-how of a future-oriented entity governance and compliance service with proven process expertise and intuitive as well as scalable technology solutions… and all this from a single source – worldwide!

Our customers benefit from

• global excellence in corporate governance and compliance issues,
• lean and effective processes enabled through intelligently deployed technology,
• rapid support via a plug and play principle,
• reduced liability risks with less effort 
• cost transparency and
• a team rolling up their sleeves and getting to work.

People

Our goal as a governance service provider is to build a partnership with you on a global scale. In doing so, we are always guided by the individual- and customer-specific combination of people, process, and technology. We are convinced that success depends on the skills and experience of all three dimensions. That is why we have assembled a highly competent team that uses state-of-the-art technology to anticipate your individual needs on a process basis and execute them according to best-practice approaches.

Process

We have a tried and tested methodology for managing corporate law group structures as well as supporting boards and corporate office functions globally. Our goal is to work with you to develop a process-based, customized framework for action, tailored to your needs. We identify, transform, and optimize processes to achieve the changes required to operate your business successfully within a sound and digitally-supported corporate compliance and governance framework. Our way of working guarantees uniform structures, robust workflows and, above all, process assurance.

Technology

Thanks to our investments in technology, we offer you seamless global and digital collaboration. With the "Governance and Compliance Hub" you get access to a highly scalable platform, which we not only tailor to your needs, but also add additional topics at any time – such as contract management, legal compliance management, etc... The automation of corporate compliance and governance processes enables an efficient and high-quality management of your tasks – worldwide.

Our innovative technology “Governance and Compliance Hub” includes:

• Virtual collaboration in a digital boardroom
• Global process management in the area of Governance Operations
• Services on demand
• Coordination and administration of legal and tax issues
• Event-related and structured collection of data
• Real-time, global corporate governance and compliance monitoring 24/7
• Intelligent dashboarding of relevant corporate and business information
• Integrated Legal Entity Management Database
• Use of a knowledge database for more than 160 countries
• Single Sign On connection with common protocols