Senior partner, Michael O’Kane says London was the “first port of call” for wealthy Russians. He said that “Russians were attracted to the UK because of the country’s established legal system. They like the stability of being able to park their assets in London.” “In reality targeting the perpetrators will make little difference as they […]
Partner Jasvinder Nakhwal, discusses Peters & Peters’ attitude towards women in our workplace in response to the fifth anniversary of ‘Lean in’ Chief Operating Officers Sheryl Sandbergs book on gender equality. In this piece published by Bloomsberg, women and men share their experiences of equality in the workforce on International Women’s Day. Read here.
LEAP the “European network of criminal defence lawyers, academics, and NGO activists fighting to uphold the right to a fair trial in their national jurisdictions” come together at this annual conference to discuss “critical challenges in the fight to ensure that fundamental human rights are respected in European criminal justice systems and to plan how to overcome […]
Former Head of Extradition for the CPS, now partner at Peters & Peters Nick Vamos was interviewed by TRT Newsmaker where he discusses the recent arrest in Prague of Salih Muslim, the former co-chairman of the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) who is accused by Turkey of terrorist offences. Nick explains the extradition process and […]
Peters & Peters is acting for the CEO of a multinational company in preliminary reference proceedings heard before the Court of Justice of the European Union on 28 February 2018. The preliminary reference relates to the interpretation of the EU legal framework on the European Arrest Warrant (EAW) and the surrender procedures between EU Member […]
Partner Nick Vamos on the question ‘Are high net worth individuals protected from extradition? To answer this, he reviews the current extradition landscape. Read the full article in the Global Banking & Finance review here.
Former Head of Extradition at the Crown Prosecution Service, now partner at Peters & Peters Nick Vamos shares his views on Lauri Love’s successful appeal against extradition on health grounds. Nick states the significance of the judgment, “it is the first case in which the Forum Bar has been used successfully to resist extradition.” Nick […]
KNECT365 and CONTRA Trusts in Litigation conference looks at “the pervasive nature of trusts”. Partner, Jonathan Tickner spoke as part of a practical session on Civil Fraud, focused on “identifying and proving a sham trust for the purposes of asset recovery and the practicalities of running fraud litigation and asset recovery.” If you would like […]
Partners Neil Swift and Anna Bradshaw will each chair a day of Infoline’s 4th Annual AML, Financial Crime & Sanctions forum in London. This forum will help benchmark your compliance processes and understand the impact of regulatory developments. As well as chair, both will moderate various sessions throughout the forum. Read the full forum agenda […]
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has been criticised by legal experts for their lack of attention to insider dealing cases, LIBOR and other bank rate cases are blamed. Business crime partner, Neil Swift provides his reasons as to why this may be, suggesting that regulators tend to “only pursue cases where the likelihood of conviction […]
