Peters & Peters is delighted to announce that, from 1st October, Senior Partner, Keith Oliver will take up a new role as the firm’s Head of International with Michael O’Kane, current Head of Business Crime, becoming Senior Partner. This change is driven by the increasingly international nature of the firm’s work, with Peters & Peters […]
Neil Swift was interviewed by Thomson Reuters about the lessons financial institutions can take from the SFO’s second deferred prosecution agreement, obtained in respect of an as yet unnamed SME. Unlike the Standard Bank DPA, this case concerned allegations of bribery against very senior members of the organisation, which could lead to those individuals being […]
We acted for a Russian client who is the subject of criminal proceedings in the Russian Federation. As a result, our client became the subject of an INTERPOL Red Notice at the request of the Russian authorities. We made strong and detailed submissions to INTERPOL to the effect that there is no proper basis to […]
We represent a high profile client in the Middle East, linked to the widely reported international investigation into the alleged misappropriation of assets from the Malaysian 1MDB sovereign wealth fund. It has been reported that investigations are being conducted by a multitude of regulatory and law enforcement agencies in various jurisdictions, which include Switzerland, Luxembourg, […]
Michael O’Kane and Rebecca Meads recently published an article in Competition Law Insight, discussing the history of criminal cartel enforcement in the UK and what it means for future investigations. The full article can be downloaded here.
We acted for a Egyptian client who was convicted in 2009, in absentia, of offences of wrongful killing and wrongful injury. As a result, our client became the subject of an INTERPOL Red Notice at the request of the Egyptian authorities. We made strong and detailed submissions to INTERPOL to the effect that there […]
Sarah Gabriel, a Partner in the Commercial Litigation, Civil Fraud and Asset Recovery Department at Peters & Peters, will be hosting a table at a speed networking event for women lawyers, organised by the Law Society in conjunction with We Are The City. The event will take place on Tuesday 31st May 2016 from 5.30pm until 9.00pm […]
Following years of anticipation and comment, the past months have seen a flurry of enforcement activity in relation to the offence of failing to prevent bribery, contrary to section 7 of the Bribery Act 2010 (the “section 7 offence”). November 2015 saw the approval of the UK’s first Deferred Prosecution Agreement (“DPA”) between the Serious […]
Neil Swift, a Partner in the firm’s Business Crime Department, was quoted in City A.M., discussing the SFO’s Libor investigation at the outset of the third Libor trial. The full article, which was published 4 March 2016, is available here.
Introduction This month, the Department for Business Innovation and Skills published a discussion paper seeking input on proposals to introduce greater transparency in respect of certain foreign companies. In broad terms, the proposals seek to bring foreign companies that hold English or Welsh real estate, or that intend to bid for UK Government contracts, under a […]
