World Cup corruption: boardroom risk

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It has all the ingredients of a mob story: the official with an ostentatious lifestyle; difficult questions from the tax man about the unexplained wealth; then the not so difficult decision, accepting the life-line of cooperation with the FBI, telling all about former associates, leaving their fate in the hands of the U.S. Department of […]

Financial Controller Acquitted of Corruption Charges

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Peters and Peters acted for the former financial controller of an international group of companies servicing the oil and gas sectors, in a prosecution brought by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO). The allegations were that the defendants (three in total) conspired with each other and with a Nigerian tax consultant to make corrupt payments to […]

Rebecca Meads Triumphs at the ‘Strictly Furnival Goes Retro’ Dance Competition

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Rebecca Meads Associate in the Business Crime Department, sensationally won this year’s ‘Strictly Furnival Goes Retro’ Dance Competition, together with her dance partner Nick Corsellis from QEB Hollis Whiteman. The evening was hosted by Furnival Chambers in aid of Breast Cancer Care and the Judging Panel included Strictly Come Dancing’s Craig Revel Horwood and Denise […]

New Partner – Jason Woodland

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Peters & Peters are delighted to announce that Jason Woodland became a Partner in its Commercial Litigation, Civil Fraud and Asset Recovery Department on Friday 1 May 2015. Jason qualified as a solicitor in 2005 and joined Peters & Peters in April 2010. He was appointed Special Counsel on 1 July 2014 before being made […]