How an EPW engagement works: scope, fees and confidentiality
What to expect when you appoint EPW: how scope and fees are agreed, how confidentiality is documented, and who your point of contact is.
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Every EPW engagement begins with a Letter of Engagement. It sets out the scope of work, the deliverables, the timetable and the basis of our fees before any work starts, so that both sides are working to the same expectations.
The same letter contains our written confidentiality statement. Client affairs are handled under defined internal procedures, and information is not disclosed to third parties without the client's express permission.
You are given a named senior contact who stays with the engagement. Where your matter spans audit, tax, corporate and private-client work, that contact coordinates the specialists so you are not managing several providers.
If the scope changes during the engagement — a new subsidiary, an unexpected enquiry from the authorities, a transaction — we agree the change and its fee impact in writing before proceeding.