PwC has hired former Clifford Chance partners Mark Pistilli and Danny Simmons for its fast-growing Australian legal arm.

Corporate partners Pistilli and Simmons, whose former firm Chang Pistilli & Simmons was taken over by Clifford Chance in 2011, left the Magic Circle firm in February and launched their own boutique, Pistilli Simmons, this May. Pistilli was previously Australia managing partner at Clifford Chance.