Eight partners will exit consulting giant PwC for their involvement in the tax leak scandal following an internal investigation that found they misused confidential information.
, saying newer and less senior partners were bearing the brunt of the scandal.
“We hold a strong conviction that the law firms may have previously maintained a relationship with our firm’s General Counsel and Office of the General Counsel, making it exceedingly challenging to scrutinise the involvement of these entities, which, in our view, should bear significant responsibility,” the group said in a letter to senior leadership last week.
“We firmly believe that the emphasis placed on those mentioned in the emails [to the Senate] has overshadowed the accountability of those who were tasked with running the firm,” the anonymous group said in an address to senior partner Tony O’Malley.new National Anti-Corruption Commission in one of the first matters to be referred to the new independent agency after opening on Saturday.
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