Peters & Peters win ‘Highly Commended’ in the Bribery and Corruption category at the Financial Times Innovative Lawyers Awards 5 October 2011

We are pleased to announce that our unique expertise in the practice area of Bribery and Corruption has been recognised as ‘Highly Commended’ at the Financial Times Innovative Lawyers Awards in London last night. 

The FT highly recommended the firm for “anticipating the new legislation” and “through longstanding involvement in anti-bribery issues, the firm has helped shape anti-bribery legislation in the UK, and wrote the first guide to the legislation” http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199579785.do 

Peters & Peters have been involved in most of the significant bribery and corruption cases over the last 40 years.

In particular, Monty Raphael QC, Special Counsel, is an international acknowledged expert in this field. In recent years he has given evidence to the House of Commons Joint Committee considering the Bribery Bill. Monty is also the Author of Blackstone’s Guide to the Bribery Act of which Neil Swift, Partner; is also a contributing author (published Oxford University Press, September 2010) http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199579785.do 

Peters & Peters was also invited to assist the Association of General Counsel and Company Secretaries of the FTSE100 (“GC100”) with its submission in respect of the Bribery Bill. The submissions can be read here.

Our other experts include Alan Bacarese, Special Counsel who has co authored ‘Corruption and Misuse of Public Office’ (published Oxford University Press, September 2011)http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199577279.do  which sets out the UK law relating to corruption and misuse of public office and is a complete guide to handling a corruption case, and recovery of the proceeds of corruption under criminal and civil law.