Peters & Peters has succeeded in having diffusions deleted from INTERPOL in respect of two of our clients, who are very successful and high-profile Russian businessmen. In a classic example of corporate raiding, the Russian Federation opened an “investigation to order” based on fabricated allegations, and twice sought to circulate diffusions in respect our […]
Peters & Peters represented a Russian businessman, DS, in relation to an extradition request from the Russian Federation. The case was described as “quite extraordinary” by Senior District Judge Arbuthnott. The extradition request was for DS to stand trial for his alleged role in orchestrating an attempted murder. The person convicted of the attempted murder […]
Peters & Peters are lead counsel for a main alleged co-conspirator in the global 1MDB investigation concerning allegations of corruption in Malaysia and Abu Dhabi. Our client, a former senior public official in Abu Dhabi is alleged to have conspired with senior individuals to defraud the Malaysian public in a series of billion dollar bond […]
We act for a foreign national, resident in the UK, who has assets at financial institutions in the UK and in various European jurisdictions. We were instructed to assist our client after a number of these financial institutions notified our client’s family office of their intent to close the accounts held by our client and […]
We are delighted to announce that Michael O’Kane, Peter FitzGerald, William Green and Kerri McGuigan have been shortlisted as Legal Team of the Year 2020 for the Bar Council’s Employed Bar Awards (EBAs). Peter FitzGerald has also been shortlisted in the categories of Outstanding Employed Barrister in a Law Firm and Employed Barrister of the […]
We act for a UK-based company director in relation to an ongoing criminal investigation by the Metropolitan Police into an international Ponzi-type investment fraud. It is alleged that another director of the relevant group of companies defrauded investors across Europe and Asia in respect of an investment into sustainable residential development in South America. Following […]
Our clients are a British businessman and his UK-regulated money service business. The client is charged, alongside his UAE-based companies, with serious money laundering and terrorism financing offences. The UAE prosecution involves over 40 defendants and is of particular interest as the evidence of terrorist links appears to be almost exclusively based on publicly available […]
We act for two individuals whose home was raided on suspicion that their electronic devices contained indecent images of children. The police investigation is ongoing. We have advised the clients on the law regarding possession and distribution of images and likely penalties. We have liaised with the employer of one of our clients in relation to […]
The client is part of a wealthy, prominent family from a European country. He has been accused, while in the UK, of kidnapping, raping and blackmailing his former girlfriend, also from a wealthy and prominent family in the same country. We ensured that our client was released under investigation so that he could return to […]
Peters & Peters demonstrate that the Russian Federation is still incapable of meeting required human rights standards On 9 December 2019 Senior District Judge Arbuthnot discharged our client, Ms Olga Egorova, and three other requested persons whose extradition was sought by the Russian Federation. The requested persons were unconnected to one another and had been […]
