Senior Partner Michael O’Kane and Maya Lester KC, of Brick Court Chambers, hosted a discussion on present and potential future sanctions on China on 2 May 2023. They examined the political context in which sanctions have been imposed on China, and in what context additional restrictions may be imposed in the future. The discussion covered what […]
UPDATE: The venue for this event has changed and is now The Ivy Club (see address below). We are co-hosting a panel with Brick Court Chambers as part of LIDW23. Reflecting a continuing growth of international arbitration and the pro-arbitration stance of the English courts on the one hand and the sophistication of cross-border fraud […]
Sanctions are one of the leading global issues of our time and, as part of LIDW23, we are co-hosting a breakfast discussion with Global Legal Group, at which leading practitioners will share their thoughts on listings, their impact, enforcement and compliance. They will survey the fast-changing terrain and give much-needed clarity in this complex area. […]
Update: this event is now at capacity. Please contact events@petersandpeters.com to be added to the waitlist. To ring in the New Year, the Association for Women In Cryptocurrency (AWIC) will be having a networking breakfast, sponsored by Peters & Peters, TRM Labs and the London Business School Blockchain Society, featuring Mikaela Jackson, the […]
From left: Fabrice Dubest, Ben Fischer, Frédéric Bellanca, Brian Moore, Bob Quick, Laetitia Piroddi, Dave Wood, Andrew Wallis, Paul Johnson, Lee Whiteing On 15 November, together with our partners, we hosted a seminar on the legal implications for travel risk management (TRM) arising from the publication of ISO 31030. The seminar was aimed at senior […]
Now ISO 31030 travel risk management (TRM) guidance for organisations has been published, what are the legal implications for TRM arising from the publication of this new benchmark? The seminar will cover: – Expert insights from leading lawyers on TRM from UK, US and France– What liabilities exist for both organisations and C-suite executives– How […]
While the main purpose of Western sanctions against Russia over the past eight months is to stop Russia’s military action in Ukraine, they have also made it much more challenging to pursue and defend legal claims involving Russian entities and individuals before courts and arbitral tribunals in Europe and the United States. This webinar […]
Michael O’Kane, Senior Partner of Peters & Peters, hosted the 6 September 2022 event with Giles Thomson, Director of the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) alongside Maya Lester KC of Brick Court Chambers. The webinar examined OFSI’s response to the expansion of UK sanctions since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its structural plans for […]
On 26 May, Michael O’Kane, Senior Partner at Peters & Peters, was interviewed by the College of Law Australia, alongside Olivia Kung, Partner at Wellington Legal, Ross Dakin, Partner at Peppercorn Recruitment, and Helen Wu, Director, Business and Legal Affairs, Marketing and Advertising Counsel, PlayStation. Michael discussed his career route to Peters & Peters […]
ISO 31030 came out in September 2021 and is the first truly global benchmark for travel risk management, providing a good practice framework. Understanding the standard will help corporate organisations whose employees need to travel to consider the extent to which they are meeting their duty of care to their employees and others in the […]
