Partner Anna Bradshaw speaks to Moneylaundering.com about the Commission’s criticisms of AML controls in six EU Member States

Brian McDonald June 7, 2019 0 Comments

The Commission of the European Union has publicly criticised six member states for weaknesses in their anti-money laundering regimes. Partner Anna Bradshaw says, “ The inclusion of AML-related, country-specific recommendations in an economic and social policy review demonstrates a knowledge among EU officials that the bloc’s preventative AML structures are only as strong as their […]

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Partner Anna Bradshaw discusses the impact of a No-Deal Brexit on Criminal justice and Police cooperation on Radio 4

Brian McDonald June 10, 2019 0 Comments

Partner Anna Bradshaw discusses the impact of a No-Deal Brexit on Criminal justice and Police cooperation from 43:00 onwards. Listen here

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Partner Neil Swift comments in IBA Global Insight about obstacles to greater financial transparency

Brian McDonald June 10, 2019 0 Comments

UK parliament was due to debate a bill which would require the UK’s crown dependencies to introduce public registers in order to bring about greater transparency in the hope of preventing illicit financial flows. However, the government has subsequently withdrawn the debate on the bill from the House of commons schedule. Partner Neil Swift says […]

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Senior partner Michael O’Kane comments on the Foreign Affairs Committee report on the future of the UK sanctions policy in LexisNexis

Brian McDonald June 14, 2019 0 Comments

Senior partner Michael O’Kane comments on the Foreign Affairs Committee report on the future of the UK sanctions policy in LexisNexis. Read here

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Nick Vamos appears on Channel Four News and in Press commenting on Lauri Love’s successful appeal against extradition to US for trial

Brian McDonald February 5, 2018 0 Comments

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 […]

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The Republic of Mozambique and the $2 billion tuna bond scandal

Brian McDonald November 23, 2020 0 Comments

Peters & Peters acts for the Republic of Mozambique in US$2 billion Commercial Court proceedings against Credit Suisse, Abu Dhabi-based shipbuilder Privinvest, its CEO Iskandar Safa and certain former Credit Suisse employees, arising from what the Republic alleges is a massive fraud known as the “hidden debts” scandal.     The Republic is also a […]

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Supreme Court judgment dated 6 November 2020 – clarity given on the principle of res judicata

Brian McDonald November 6, 2020 0 Comments

Secretary of State for Health & Social Care and the NHS Business Services Authority v Servier Laboratories Ltd and Others On 6 November 2020 the Supreme Court confirmed that context is everything when applying findings of the European Courts in separate proceedings. The Secretary of State for Health & Social Care and the NHS Business […]

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Partner Hannah Laming discusses Account Freezing and Forfeiture Orders in the Wealth Briefing

Brian McDonald June 18, 2019 0 Comments

Should UK law enforcement authorities suspect that money is derived from, or will be used for, criminal activities, they have a potentially devastating tool at their disposal : Account Freezing and Forfeiture Orders (“AFFOs”). Whilst AFFOs have received far less media attention than Unexplained Wealth Orders (“UWOs”), they are a serious cause for concern. Only […]

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P&P staff April, Sarika, David and Ella attend the Mayor’s 10th birthday bash to celebrate the work of the Mayor’s fund which champions social mobility for young Londoners

Brian McDonald June 18, 2019 0 Comments

Peters & Peters have partnered with one of the fund’s major charities, Access Aspiration, volunteering in non-selective state schools with disadvantaged students aged 16-18 to give them the confidence, employability skills and aspirations for a successful future.

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Partner Jasvinder Nakhwal and Associate Craig Hogg discuss international cooperation with foreign enforcement agencies, in the area of financial crime, in Financier Worldwide

Brian McDonald June 19, 2019 0 Comments

Over the last 18 months, the UK has seen a number of significant changes in the area of international cooperation in financial crime matters, most notably through the widening of unexplained wealth order (UWO) and account freezing order (AFO) regimes, through an amendment made to the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, and the introduction of […]

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