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| Company: |
Peters & Peters |
| Position: |
Assist |
| Town: |
London |
| Principal Office: |
15 Fetter Lane |
| Company Postcode: |
EC4A 1BW |
| Areas of law: |
Fraud, Regulation & Compliance, Taxation (General), White Collar Crime |
| Department: |
Fraud/ Regulatory |
| Areas of law: |
Fraud, Regulation & Compliance, Taxation (General), White Collar Crime |
| Company phone: |
(020) 7822 7777 |
| Company fax: |
(020) 7822 7788 |
| Company site: |
http://www.petersandpeters.com |
| Company email: |
law@petersandpeters.com |
| DX: |
407 London Chancery Lane |
| 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 one of the leading firms in the areas of fraud (that is civil fraud and both regulatory and business crime), commercial litigation, international asset tracing, financial regulation, money laundering compliance, corruption, criminal anti-trust, extradition and mutual legal assistance. Peters & Peters concentrates not only on the quality of the service it provides but also on its technical expertise and practical know-how. It aims to be innovative and to provide solutions to problems that cut across the traditional boundaries of legal disciplines. The firm was one of the first practices to develop such a key multi-disciplinary approach, consequently both partners and assistants have built up a very considerable level of expertise. Much of the practice’s work is high-profile and frequently international in scope. The firm has developed close working relationships with law firms overseas. It regularly works with government committees and advises foreign regulators and international organisations. The firm acts for countries, corporates, financial institutions, professionals and individuals. Partners often receive invitations to speak at international conferences and seminars, as well as to contribute to business and legal journals throughout the world.
Principal areas of work:
Commercial Litigation/Civil Fraud: Heavy and intricate commercial litigation including international asset tracing is recognised as one of Peters & Peters’ core strengths. Expertise covers the whole range of contentious work including civil fraud, contractual disputes and defamation, as well as personal and corporate bankruptcy and related insolvency matters and trust litigation. 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 particular mix of specialisms enables it to act in parallel civil/commercial litigation on the one hand and criminal and regulatory litigation on the other. This expertise applies both to claimants/victims and to defendants/respondents. Cases are frequently multi-jurisdictional and often involve multi-million pound/dollar claims.
Fraud/Regulatory Matters: The practice’s long standing experience and pre-eminence in commercial fraud and regulatory matters is universally recognised. It has been built up over a huge variety of cases in which it has acted for large organisations in both an investigative and preventative role, as well as for many private clients. Cases encompass all forms of corporate fraud, cross-border issues including extradition and mutual assistance, as well as forensic tax and revenue work. Expertise includes VAT and customs infractions, insolvency crimes, securities offences, corruption and all examples of business delinquency. Money laundering has become of universal concern and the firm is pre-eminent in dealing with compliance issues, crisis management and defence, not only for financial institutions and corporates , but also for the professions. It co-operated with the Law Society of England and Wales in developing 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: Peters & Peters deals with a variety of compliance, regulatory and corporate governance matters, including anti-trust (criminalisation of cartels) and anti-money laundering compliance, policy making and crisis management. Its expertise covers major FSA investigations under FSMA and general regulatory compliance work. The firm acts for governments, corporates, financial institutions and regulatory bodies, as well as individual clients in these continuously expanding legal practice areas. Peters & Peters has extensive expertise of work under the Data Protection Act and the Freedom of Information Act and has been involved in developing the law in these areas
Extradition and International Mutual Legal Assistance: Peters & Peters has profound specialist expertise in both extradition and international mutual legal assistance and our team includes the authors of the standard practitioner text on these areas. The firm is engaged in a multiplicity of extradition and MLA proceedings and enquiries at any one time with a core team of expert practitioners in these fields.
Other Work: The firm undertakes many other corporate criminal matters as well as regulatory prosecutions and professional disciplinary work. It also provides a service to corporate and private clients in commercial conveyancing and conducts agency work in all of its specialist areas. |
| No. of fee earners: |
23 |
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