The Lawyer has just announced their ‘2017 Hot 100 Management’ list and our Senior Partner Michael O’Kane is named, he is one of only 14 firm leaders to feature. Michael became Peters & Peters Senior partner in October 2016, has headed up the firm’s renowned Business Crime team for seven years and is recognised as […]
Business Crime Partner Hannah Laming is chairing day one of the Infoline two-day forum in London, which focuses on Anti-Money Laundering. Day two focuses on Sanctions, and will be chaired by Business Crime Of Counsel Anna Bradshaw. To see the full agenda click on the links below or to book to attend this forum click […]
The Lawyer has published its Top 10 Litigation Cases of 2017 and Peters & Peters secures a top spot with its case Ecclestone and Bambino Holdings v Bayerische Landesbank. This case concerns the controversial sale of Formula 1 to private equity group CVC in 2006, specifically the conduct of Formula One Boss Bernie Ecclestone in […]
Business Crime Partner, Neil Swift comments on the settlement of the bribery investigation between Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc and U.K prosecutors. To read both articles and Neil’s commentary, click on the links below. Reuters Bloombergs
Senior Partner and Head of Peters & Peters Business Crime team, Michael O’Kane, is speaking at the 2017 UK Competition Law Conference in London. Michael’s presentation titled ‘The Interaction between Civil and Criminal Cartel Enforcement’ will discuss the following: Recent cases and record Cooperating with the CMA – options and implications for individuals and undertakings […]
Head of International Keith Oliver, Partner Neil Swift, and Trainee, Craig Hogg share their views on key sports law issues and cases in UK and Ireland for 2017. Read their comments here. Copyright: This work was written for and first published on LawinSport.com on 09/01/2017, authors Manali Kulkarni & Sean Cottrell.
Senior Partner, Michael O’Kane appeared on the afternoon show on Shareradio to discuss fines imposed on banks by COMCO and the EU Competition Commission. Listen to the full interview here.
BBC online and the Times report on the Swiss Competition Commission (COMCO) who have fined seven European and US Banks for rigging benchmark rates and related products. Since the ruling, some have suggested that the fines were low when compared with those imposed by the EU Competition. Peters & Peters Partner, Hannah Laming argued that […]
This article was originally published by Enforcd EDB, a regulatory intelligence service for financial services firms in the UK and beyond, on 18 October 2016. As it is a subscription service, the full text of the article is extracted below. US Supreme Court continues to refine scope of insider trading laws Last week, the United […]
Peters & Peters have acted since March 2013 for Mr Zsolt Hernádi, Chairman-Chief Executive Officer of the MOL Group, the Hungarian national energy company and one of the largest companies in Central and Eastern Europe. Mr Hernádi is accused by the Croatian authorities of offering a bribe in 2008 to Dr Ivo Sanader, then Prime […]
