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 […]
The 2017 edition of Getting the Deal through: Asset Recovery, is now available online. Click here to view our chapter. Reproduced with permission from Law Business Research Ltd. Getting the Deal Through: Asset Recovery 2017, (published in September 2016; contributing editors: Jonathan Tickner, Sarah Gabriel and Hannah Laming, Peters & Peters Solicitors LLP)
Chambers Student details a ‘true picture’ of what is it like to work at Peters & Peters when you are a trainee. Based on anonymous interviews with trainees and prepared by Chambers Student, read here to see our profile and what they have said.
Michael O’Kane, Senior Partner and Head of Business Crime at Peters & Peters is quoted in the Wall Street Journal. “President-elect Donald Trump could overturn signature parts of the Iran nuclear deal entirely on his own and doing so could undermine the deal as a whole”, Samuel Rubenfeld, Wall Street Journal 2016. To read Michael’s […]
The Litigation & Dispute Resolution 2016 Expert Guide provides in-depth analysis on the latest changes and interesting developments around the world with a particular focus on popular alternative dispute resolution methods, arbitration and litigation trends, including reference to important case studies. Featured countries are: Bangladesh, Belgium, Bermuda, Cyprus, India, Indonesia, Japan, Moldova, Russia, United Kingdom, […]
Peters & Peters acts for a number of English LLP respondents to an action brought under section 25 of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 by a number of entities owned and controlled by the Emirate State of Ras Al Khaimah (“RAK”). In the course of those proceedings, it was established that the RAK […]
At the opening ceremony of the IBA 2016 conference, Keith Oliver, Head of International asks Keynote speaker, Christine Legarde Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) a timely question. Oliver asks, “In the context of economic stability, does the IMF have a considered position on the timing of the pressing of the article 50 button […]
Partner, Neil Swift was interviewed by BBC One programme, South East, about the UK’s failed attempt to extradite John Soares from the Reunion Islands, a French Overseas Territory in the Indian Ocean. Neil explained the options available to law enforcement following a French judge’s decision to reject the extradition request.
