Government & Public Sector

Our expertise

PwC Legal has extensive expertise in providing legal guidance to the public sector. We assist ministries, executive agencies, provinces, municipalities, water authorities and public enterprises across the broad spectrum of administrative law and European law issues they face. 

The public sector finds itself in a paradoxical situation. On the one hand, there is a growing call for deregulation, burden reduction and simpler rules. The government is committed to eliminating superfluous regulations and reducing administrative burdens for citizens and businesses. On the other hand, the tasks and responsibilities of government are rapidly increasing. The Draghi report and Competitiveness Compass advocate for substantial public investments in energy, digitalisation, defence and strategic industry. The Wennink report underscores the need for an activist government that invests heavily in innovation and knowledge development. 

This dual movement – more tasks and fewer rules – presents governments with unprecedented challenges. The legal frameworks are not becoming simpler, but rather more complex and multi-layered. European regulations, national legislation, decentralised regulations and policy rules all interconnect. At the same time, society demands faster procedures, greater transparency and better legal protection. PwC Legal guides public organisations in navigating this field of tension. 

On the other hand, we see that companies need to deal more and more with governmental organizations. Given the enormous transitional challenges we see, governments and companies need to cooperate more intensely. We help companies to understand how to deal with governments.  

How can we help you?

With our legal solutions we aim to deliver start to finish servicing of public finance projects, from a multidisciplinary perspective, for instance in the form of new subsidy schemes, state aid notifications or public tenders. We design, build and execute public funds, public-private partnerships, or more hybrid bodies. We help health care providers to implement their digitalisation and privacy strategy, establish (regional) cooperation within the health care sector and the social/youth domain. With our services, we aim to ensure the lawful financing and structuring of the transitional challenges in the public sector in any form whatsoever.