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| Address: |
15 Fetter Lane |
| Town: |
London EC4A 1BW |
| Phone: |
(0) 20 7822 7777 |
| Web: |
http://www.petersandpeters.com |
| Fax: |
(0) 20 7822 7788 |
| DX: |
407 London Chancery Lane |
| Areas of law: |
Anti-Trust, Arbitration/Mediation/ADR, Civil Fraud, Civil Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Commercial Property, Competition Law, Enforcement of Judgments, Extradition, Fraud, Professional Regulation & Discipline, Regulation & Compliance, Search & Seizure Order, Taxation (General), Tracing, US/UK Cross-Border Litigation, White Collar Crime |
| Client Sector Served: |
Private Client, SME/Small Business, Corporate/Commercial |
| Date Established: |
1938 |
| Opening Times: |
8.00 a.m. - 7.00p.m. |
| Web Profile: |
This specialist practice is best known as a leading firm in fraud (i.e. civil fraud, regulatory work and business crime), commercial litigation, international asset tracing, financial regulation, anti-money laundering, corruption, criminal anti-trust (cartels), extradition and mutual legal assistance. Peters & Peters was one of the first practices to develop a key multi-disciplinary approach and where the firm has a very considerable level of expertise. Much of its work is high profile and international in scope. It has close working relationships with many overseas law firms. The firm regularly works with governments and advises foreign regulators and international organisations. It acts for countries, corporations, financial institutions, professionals and individuals.
PRINCIPAL AREAS OF WORK:
Commercial Litigation and Civil Fraud: Heavy and intricate commercial litigation including international asset tracing is recognised as one of the firm’s core strengths. Its expertise covers the whole range of contentious work including civil fraud, trust litigation, contractual disputes and defamation, and personal and corporate bankruptcy and related insolvency matters. The firm has a wealth of experience in the application of emergency procedures, both within and outside the jurisdiction of the UK. The firm’s parallel sanctions expertise enables it to undertake proceedings in tandem involving
civil/ commercial litigation on the one hand and criminal/regulatory litigation on the other. The firm frequently undertakes internal investigations on behalf of corporations.
Fraud and Regulatory matters: The firm’s long-standing experience and pre-eminence in the wide-ranging disciplines both of commercial fraud and regulatory issues is universally recognised. It acts for large organisations in both an investigative and preventative role, as well as for many private clients. Cases encompass all forms of corporate fraud, corruption, cross-border issues including extradition and mutual legal assistance, as well as forensic tax and revenue work. Its expertise includes VAT and Customs infractions, insolvency crimes, securities offences and all examples of business delinquency. The firm is pre-eminent in dealing with compliance and anti-money laundering issues, crisis management and defence, not only for financial institutions and corporates, but also for the professions. Working with The Law Society, the firm developed a CD-rom based training programme for the legal profession and has been involved in a national training programme with one of the UK’s clearing banks.
Financial Regulation/ the Criminalisation of Cartels, Data Protection/ Freedom of Information/ Corporate Governance/Professional Disciplinary: the firm deals with a variety of anti-trust (criminalisation of cartels), compliance, regulatory and corporate governance matters, including anti-money laundering compliance, policy-making and crisis management. Its expertise covers major FSA and BERR investigations and general regulatory compliance work. The firm has extensive expertise in work under the Data Protection Act and the Freedom of Information Act.
Extradition and International Mutual Legal Assistance: this is a major practice area and the team includes the authors of the leading practitioner text “Jones and Doobay on Extradition and Mutual Assistance” (Sweet & Maxwell).
Other: Members of the firm frequently speak at international conferences throughout the world. The firm also provides a service to corporate and private clients in commercial conveyancing.
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| No. of fee earners: |
28 |
| Languages Sector Served: |
French |
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