PwC Corporate Finance LLC is the financial advisory arm of Big 4 professional services firm PwC LLP. Based in Chicago, PwC Corporate Finance's 1,700 employees provides merger and acquisition advisory services, as well as financing and strategic advisory services. The firm was founded in 1996 and was previously named PricewaterhouseCoopers Corporate Advisory & Restructuring LLC. For 2015, PwC advised on more deals under $500 million than any other financial advisor, working on 482 deals worth more than $12 billion.