PricewaterhouseCoopers d.o.o., Croatia

PricewaterhouseCoopers d.o.o. the largest professional services firm in Croatia, with approximately 100 staff consisting of partners, locally and internationally certified auditors, consultants and other employees, has been present in Croatia since 1996. Being part of a global network, the main distinction between PricewaterhouseCoopers and other professional services firms is our ability to engage relevant expertise from virtually any part of the world, whenever our client has a need.

To ensure preservation of our impeccable reputation and protect our clients businesses, we conduct ourselves based on PricewaterhouseCoopers’ “Code of Conduct” - a set of principles that guides our business conduct and helps our people sustain a culture of ethics and integrity around the world.

At PricewaterhouseCoopers Croatia, our service offerings have been organized into Lines of Service. Each Line of Service is staffed with highly qualified, experienced professionals whose aim is to help their clients build value, manage risk and improve their performance.

Assurance and Business Advisory Services (ABAS) provides a broad range of assurances and business advisory services aimed at enhancing shareholder value and minimizing business risk in a constantly changing commercial environment. As part of these activities, we provide transaction services as a core component of merger and acquisition activity. Transaction Services assist foreign investors considering acquisitions in the Croatian market, and also help Croatian companies planning to diversify their businesses or to expand. Our valuable specialists have in-depth knowledge of the global and local market.

Tax and regulatory services’ team of local and expatriate professionals has the skills and the expertise in all areas of taxation - corporate and personal, direct and indirect - to help clients grow and develop. Considerable savings can be made with planning designed to maximize tax advantages and minimize tax exposure. In relation to Commercial and Corporate regulations, our dedicated professionals can provide all the relevant expertise and assistance.

PricewaterhouseCoopers provides assurance and consulting services in accounting, auditing, tax and regulatory, corporate finance management and information technology to a large number of domestic and international banks and enterprises with interests in Croatia.

Our client base represents leading Croatian companies in pharmaceutical, energy, banking, shipbuilding, food processing, trade and service, insurance, investment funds, leisure and other sectors. A large number of international companies operating in Croatia use a wide range of our services, commencing with the establishment of a subsidiary/entity and moving on to auditing, business and tax consulting, ‘head-hunting’ and transaction services (due diligence, valuations, M&A). For our international client base, we published the “Doing business and investing in Croatia” guide, to facilitate their entry into the Croatian market. To keep our clients up to date with regulatory, tax and economic policy in Croatia, we publish a publication named “Croatia quarterly”, which is distributed at no cost to international companies in Croatia and neighbouring countries four times a year.

PricewaterhouseCoopers in Croatia also has an extensive relationship with potential foreign investors, major international banks and international monetary institutions such as the World Bank, EBRD, IFC and others. Our services to these institutions enable expansion of Croatian business into the global market as well as assisting international entities to invest in Croatia. Along with providing direct services to our clients, PricewaterhouseCoopers co-operates with professional institutions, educational establishments, legislative bodies and other organisations in Croatia to help provide quality education for the young population.

For in-depth information on our services, publications and contact details, please visit: www.pwcglobal.com/hr