Corporate Criminal Fraud

Peters & Peters is a renowned globally as a leading law firm with unparalled experience in dealing with all aspects of corporate criminal fraud, having acted in the majority of the UK corporate fraud cases in the last 25 years.

Our lawyers regularly act in global investigations, liaising with the US Department of Justice, SEC  and other enforcement agencies and this experience is invaluable when considering the risks and liabilities that a company under investigation is exposed to. 

Services

• Immediately attending and advising at a dawn raid.
• Acting for companies subject to criminal investigation in the UK and abroad.
• Acting for companies required to produce documents with SFO/FSA /HMR&C and foreign investigations.
• Advising on the legality of warrants/ Notices/Orders
• Advising on  privilege and confidentiality considerations in  disclosure requests
• Advising on corporate liability arising from the criminal conduct of officers and employees.

Given the nature of our work, many of our clients understandably prefer not to be identitified in public. The following are examples of some of the work we are and have undertaken;  

• Acting for a huge multi-national company in a global corruption investigation
• Advising a large multi-national company on the UK criminal aspects of a global investigation .
• Advising  a UK Plc on the UK criminal aspects of a pan European investigation. 
• Deutsche Morgan Grenfell fraud allegations
• Versailles fraud investigation
• Wickes fraudulent trading acquittal