Hannah Laming and Miranda Ching of Peters & Peters successfully represented an experienced banking professional in an investigation into insider dealing. The individual was accused of committing market abuse by using information passed to him by an alleged insider at another bank to trade successfully in M&A associated securities, realising a benefit in the seven […]
Anna Bradshaw discusses the new anti-money laundering legislation in World Finance article – will it be a help or a hindrance? Read the full World Finance article here.
Nick Vamos sits down with Sanjay Suri of CNN News18 India to discuss extradition from the U.K. to India and the reasons why, to date, the U.K. courts have never ordered extradition to India. Drawing on the example of the Vijay Malaya case, Nick explains the major hurdles the Indian Government will need to overcome, […]
Former head of Extradition at the CPS and now Partner Nick Vamos, comments on how the court will approach the question of whether Love could be prosecuted in the UK instead of extradited, and whether extradition should proceed if there is a real risk that Love will commit suicide. Read the full article here, along […]
We are delighted to be shortlisted for The Legal 500 UK 2018 awards. Peters & Peters are shortlisted among six others for UK Firm of the year: Crime, Fraud and Licensing. The winner of this award will be announced on The Legal 500 website and the awards ceremony is to be held in London, February […]
In his report, retired Court of Appeal judge Sir Christopher Clarke urges the Financial Reporting Council to impose greater fines on the “Big Four” audit firms. Hannah said the report may “represent the beginning of a significant change in the UK’s regulatory response to economic wrongdoing”. Read the full article by The Telegraph, Watchdog urged to get tougher […]
We are delighted to announce that Dr Anna Bradshaw has been promoted from Of Counsel to Partner as of November 1 2017, expanding the senior team to 11 partners. Senior Partner Michael O’Kane said: “Anna combines an outstanding academic pedigree with high level experience in sanctions and white collar criminal cases, and will be a […]
Nick Vamos, Business Crime Partner and former Head of Special Crime and Head of Extradition at CPS, discusses the implications of the European Arrest Warrant issued for ousted Catalan Leader, Carles Puigdemont across several news channels over the weekend. BBC World News BBC News 24 TRT World News * Clips courtesy of BBC
Peters & Peters continue to act for the MOL Group, the Hungarian national energy company and one of the largest companies in Central and Eastern Europe, in its long running dispute with the Croatian Government over INA, Croatia’s national oil company. Croatia initiated arbitration proceedings in 2014 seeking the annulment of agreements which transferred management […]
Stuart Scott, former HSBC Holdings PLC’s Head of Currency Trading faces his extradition hearing this week, in which he is contesting extradition to the U.S over allegations that he used insider knowledge to “front-run” a currency deal. Bloomberg reports that Stuart Scott’s former boss (who is currently on trial in the US and faces the […]
