Peters & Peters

About us

We are specialist lawyers for heavyweight international disputes. Clients come to us in serious situations, where reputation, livelihood, and liberty are at risk. 

Our Business Crime & Investigations team is the acknowledged leader in its sphere, praised by Chambers and Partners as an “Outstanding financial crime practice, and one of the earliest firms to establish itself in this field”. Working closely with our award-winning Fraud & Commercial Disputes team, described by Legal 500 as “The firm for civil fraud work outshine their competitors by combining depth of knowledge in international fraud cases with expertise at all levels” and recognised as Litigation Team of the Year at The Lawyer Awards 2025.

We manage some of the largest and most complex disputes, domestic and multi-jurisdictional, with dedicated teams of specialist litigation support lawyers. We have an international team of 101 experts speaking 20 major languages and working with a network of specialist lawyers and investigators all over the world. We act for clients across the globe, currently representing individuals and organisations in the Asia-Pacific, Africa, the Americas, the Middle East, Russia/CIS, Europe, and the UK.

Our firm
Founded 1938, we are London’s first, largest, and most experienced business crime team, complemented by top-ranked expertise in civil fraud and commercial disputes.
We represent clients worldwide, including in high-profile matters such as acting for the Republic of Mozambique in the landmark “tuna bonds” litigation.
Capacity to manage very large, complex, domestic and multi-jurisdictional disputes, with large team of specialist litigation support lawyers.

International team of 101 experts speaking 20 major languages and working with a network of specialist lawyers and investigators all over the world.

We are advising Post Office Limited on its review of the largest volume of criminal appeals in British legal history following the fallout of the Horizon scandal.
Historic cases include the biggest in the courts, such as Guinness, Blue Arrow, Barlow Clowes, Maxwell, the Madoff Ponzi fraud, US$6 billion BTA v Ablyazov and the UK Department of Health v Reckitt Benckiser and Servier.

The entire team at Peters & Peters has been exemplary; the volume of the work is huge and the workload immense, but it has all been delivered to an exceptionally high standard and always on time.

Awards and rankings

Chambers & Partners UK Awards 2025
Commercial Disputes Team of the Year

The Lawyer Awards 2025
Litigation Team of the Year

The Lawyer Awards 2025 
Shortlisted for Pro Bono Initiative of the Year

Chambers & Partners 2026

Top Tier United Kingdom 2026

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