Extradition

Peters & Peters has vast experience in advising clients that are the subject or potential subject of an extradition request. We have acted for numerous clients facing extradition from the UK to a variety of jurisdictions, including the Russian Federation, US, India, Kenya and countries in Europe operating the European Arrest Warrant.

We have particular expertise in advising in cases where the request has a political or economic flavour and to date, we have been successful in challenging all such extradition requests received from the Russian Federation. Our extradition lawyers include Anand Doobay, co-author of the key textbook “Jones & Doobay on Extradition and Mutual Legal Assistance” and newly appointed member of the Government Extradition Review Team.

Services

• We are able to advise on the Interpol system and we are currently acting for over ten individuals who have Interpol Red Notices.
• We can give advice to corporate clients and senior executives about the risk of extradition to the US arising from the trend towards criminalising regulatory matters and the active prosecution agencies in the US.
• Our unique experience allows us to advise other countries considering making extradition requests to the UK. We can increase the chance that a request will be successful and help ensure that the process runs smoothly.
• We can assist foreign lawyers in dealing with extradition proceedings outside of the UK and have helped to successfully resist extradition requests made to Monaco, Germany and Cyprus.
• We can advise on extradition proceedings in any of the former UK colonies or Commonwealth countries which have similar legislative schemes and, are currently dealing with cases in Bermuda and Trinidad.

Highlight Cases

We successfully resisted extradition requests from the Russian Federation  for

• nine individuals connected to OAO Yukos, the former Russian oil company.
• the owner of a leading drinks manufacturer.
• the former owner of Russia’s largest mobile phone company
• two senior executives of a Russian shipping company

We act for a number of senior personnel in financial institutions who are subject to criminal investigations or prosecutions in Europe and the Far East.

We are advising a number of senior UK executives facing potential extradition to the US, arising from a variety of separate fraud investigations.

We advise significant shareholders and officers of large online gaming companies on the risks arising from business in the US in light of actual or potential criminal investigations.