Keith Oliver shares his latest musings on Brexit for BCL Legal Recruitment

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Head of International Keith Oliver, reflects on the historic referendum on 23rd June 2016 that divided the nation and ponders whether Brexit, while we will hardly “rejoice-it”, will eventually come to be regarded as a moment in time and not the end of days. Read Keith’s full opinion piece here.

Partner Anna Bradshaw’s speech on EU sanctions published

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Peters & Peters are pleased to announce the publication of proceedings from the 2017 conference of the European Criminal Law Academics Network (ECLAN) on ‘European Criminal Law in the Global Context’, at which Dr Anna Bradshaw spoke.  An abstract from Anna’s speech, on EU sanctions, is at page 50. Read more.

Partner Dr. Anna Bradshaw discusses sanctions delisting in the latest issue of WorldECR

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The increased use of sanctions by international powers has created long lists of designated parties who can quickly find themselves trapped by their listing. Dr. Anna Bradshaw, Barbara Linney and Collmann Griffin examine the differing methods for challenging a listing under the UN, US, EU and developing post-Brexit UK regimes and the strategies offering the […]

Partner Neil Swift and Associate Nicholas Querée’s article ‘Is WhatsApp Facilitating Banking Fraud?’ is published in Finance Monthly

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The rise of messaging applications offering end-to-end encryption continues to present substantial challenges to the work of law enforcement agencies.  Neil Swift, Partner, and Nicholas Querée, Associate, at Peters & Peters Solicitors LLP provide insight to Finance Monthly on the particular issues that encrypted messaging apps such as WhatsApp present to financial services regulators, and […]

Rebecca Meads discusses Internal Investigations at the III Encurentro Cumplen, Madrid.

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The III Encuentro Cumplen took place in Madrid on Thursday 15 March. This year’s meeting seeks to answer the issues that concern the Compliance officer in the hands of the CNMC, AEPD, SEPBLAC, AEAT. Associate, Rebecca Meads, discussed Internal Investigations as part of the ‘Global Trends in Compliance’ panel. Read more about this meeting here.

Senior Partner Michael O’Kane comments on UK Magnitsky provisions in The Law Society Gazette

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The government has hinted at passing a British version of the so-called Magnitsky Act, a US law that freezes assets and imposes travel bans on Russians suspected of corruption and human rights violations. Michael O’Kane, Senior Partner, said agreeing to activate the Magnitsky amendments was no surprise. However, he warned that as the bill is […]

Head of International, Keith Oliver Chairman at C5’s annual Fraud, Asset Tracing & Recovery Conference in Geneva

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C5’s Fraud, Asset Tracing & Recovery Conference is the leading European Fraud event and the “must-attend” event of the “who’s who” from the multi-jurisdictional; multi-party asset recovery; civil fraud & insolvency litigation world. Keith Oliver is Chairman for the second day of the conference. For the full agenda please click here.

Michael O’Kane comments on high-profile CJEU EAW case in the Global Investigations Review

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On 28 February 2018, Peters & Peters represented the CEO of a multinational company in preliminary reference proceedings before the Court of Justice of the European Union. The case concerns the circumstances in which EU Member States are obliged to execute European Arrest Warrants, and in particular the proper application of the principle of ne […]

Nick Vamos in Lawyer Monthly discussing “Criminal Justice Co-Operation Post-Brexit: What can we expect?

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Partner Nick Vamos highlights how there is plenty of legal change to be implemented post Brexit. He details the implications for criminal law cooperation across Europe. Read his full article here.

Michael O’Kane shares his thoughts on how the UK can hit back at Russia over spy poisoning – CNN Money

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Senior partner, Michael O’Kane says London was the “first port of call” for wealthy Russians. He said that “Russians were attracted to the UK because of the country’s established legal system. They like the stability of being able to park their assets in London.” “In reality targeting the perpetrators will make little difference as they […]