Following a judgment against multiple parties, the firm was instructed to protect the client’s position against unwarranted enforcement and to bring a claim against the client’s previous advisors. Post judgment applications and the claim against the client’s former advisors involved complicated issues of trust law and the responsibility advisors owe their clients to advise on […]
Peters & Peters successfully persuaded HMRC to discontinue a criminal investigation into allegations that the clients, two former directors of an international group of companies, were responsible for £1.5m worth of fraudulent VAT repayment claims arising from the operation and sale of a business which provided spa services on board cruise ships.
Peters & Peters advised a former director of Madoff Securities International on defending a case brought by the joint liquidator of Madoff’s UK company and the trustee in bankruptcy of its US counterpart. Allegations of breaches of director’s duties were made against the client and his ex-colleagues. The claims were successfully defended.
Peters & Peters acted for a high net worth individual based in Europe, who was subject to a tax investigation in Spain. On the request of the Spanish authorities, the UK Crown Prosecution Service obtained a restraint order over a bank account containing £10 million of the client’s assets. Following the firm’s representations, the order […]
The firm represented one of the key individuals under investigation in the foreign exchange (forex) manipulation case. This matter concerned ongoing criminal and anti-trust investigations in a number of jurisdictions including the UK, US and Switzerland.
Peters & Peters advised three employees of an international credit card company, who were prosecuted for alleged harassment in the context of telephone calls made as part of their employment in a debt collection call centre. The firm was successful in negotiating with the prosecution and securing the discontinuance of proceedings.
Peters & Peters acted for two senior executives of Dunlop Oil and Marine who were arrested in the US for their involvement in a cartel to fix the price of marine hose and rig the bids for particular contracts around the world. With the firm’s assistance, the clients negotiated a unique plea agreement with the […]
Partner Neil Swift’s comments have been isolated below. To read the article in full please click on the link. Corporate fraud November 2015 | ROUNDTABLE | FRAUD & CORRUPTION Financier Worldwide Magazine November 2015 Issue Corporate fraud – be it insider trading, money laundering or the embezzlement and misappropriation of corporate assets – continues to […]
To read the chapter in full,Healthcare Enforcement & Litigation (1). Experts Jonathan Tickner can be contacted at jtickner@petersandpeters.com or 020 7822 7766 and Jason Woodland jwoodland@petersandpeters.com or 020 7822 7760.
Corporate Crime: How will the consultation on the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA 2002) affect practice for corporate crime lawyers? Neil Swift, partner at the business crime department at Peters & Peters, offers an overview of the proposed changes and explains that we are likely to see a reallocation of power under POCA 2002. […]
