Peter Bowles
Peter is an Associate in our Business Crime & Investigations team. He has significant experience of advising individual and corporate clients in relation to government, regulatory and internal investigations, particularly in relation to allegations of bribery and corruption, fraud and money laundering.
Peter has worked on an array of complex fraud, bribery, regulatory and financial crime matters, including investigations and prosecutions brought by the Serious Fraud Office, HM Revenue & Customs, and the Crown Prosecution Service.
Peter has also worked on a wide range of general crime matters, including those involving allegations of a sexual and violent nature, road traffic offences, and drugs offences. His experience includes advising clients at the police station, as well as at hearings in both Magistrates' Courts and Crown Courts.
Peter also regularly advises on international co-operation, mutual legal assistance and extradition requests, having successfully acted for a number of individual clients subject to extradition requests from a wide range of jurisdictions.
Prior to joining Peters & Peters, Peter trained at a leading criminal defence firm, including a six-month secondment to a family law firm where he represented high-net-worth individuals in divorce and financial proceedings.
Peter graduated with a law degree from Queen Mary, University of London before obtaining his Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice from the University of Law.
Case examples
Acted for Nicholas Reynolds in a prosecution brought by the Serious Fraud Office in relation to corrupt payments made by the engineering business Alstom to government officials in Lithuania. See R v Reynolds [2019] EWCA Crim 2145.
Represented multiple individuals in securing the discharge of extradition proceedings brought by a range of jurisdictions, including the Russian Federation, United Arab Emirates, Greece, and Ecuador.
Advised a senior gaming industry executive in relation to an HMRC investigation into bribery and money laundering.
Acted for two individuals in relation to a major disaster involving widespread loss of life.
Advised multiple corporate clients in relation to internal investigations concerning allegations of bribery under the UK Bribery Act 2010.