Head of IT Brian McDonald has been shortlisted in the Just IT Apprenticeship awards 2019.
We are delighted to announce that Brian McDonald has been shortlisted as “Employer Mentor / Line Manager of the year” in the Just IT Apprenticeship awards 2019. Read more.
Partner Neil Swift discusses the government’s new taskforce to tackle economic crime
As part of its 5 year anti-corruption strategy, the government has recently launched the Economic Crime Strategic Board to provide ministerial direction and oversight to the various agencies responsible for combatting economic crime and corruption. Neil Swift looks at the ECSB’s aims and objectives, and considers whether it is more than mere window dressing. Please […]
Peters & Peters listed in The Lawyer’s Top 20 Cases of 2019 for Secretary of State for Health -v- Servier Laboratories and Others
Peters & Peters are instructed by the Claimants, the Secretary of State for Health and NHS Business Authority in the ongoing claims against the pharmaceutical company, Servier concerning the blood pressure lowering ‘blockbuster’ drug, Perindopril. Jonathan Tickner (Head of Commercial Litigation), Jason Woodland (Partner) and Emma Ruane (Of Counsel) all act. Read more.
Head of International Keith Oliver joins International Academy of Financial Crime Litigators
Head of International Keith Oliver is delighted to have been invited to be one of the founding members of the International Academy of Financial Crime Litigators, an independent group of leading international specialists created to expand the body of knowledge on economic crimes and how collectively to confront them. Keith has joined over twenty renowned […]
Partner Neil Swift invited to provide oral evidence to the House of Lords Select Committee on the Bribery Act
The Select Committee on the Bribery Act 2010 was appointed on 17 May 2018 to carry out post-legislative scrutiny of the Act, its operation and its enforcement, and to make recommendations to the Government. The committee invited members of the Judiciary, law enforcement, NGOs and the legal profession to provide oral evidence. Neil Swift’s evidence […]
Partner Maria Cronin and Associate Eamon McCarthy-Keen discuss how the ‘Industry must be clear on AFOs’ in their article published by the FT Advisor.
Since 31 January 2018, UK law enforcement has had a number of new powers at its disposal, introduced into the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 by the Criminal Finances Act 2017. These provide UK law enforcement with potentially ground-breaking new powers to freeze and recover the alleged proceeds of crime. Lesser known provisions, which involve […]
Partner Neil Swift’s article ‘The winds of change?’ in the latest issue of Incompliance discusses whether more should be done to incentivise and reward UK Whistleblowers.
Partner Neil Swift considers the different approaches to whistleblowers taken by different enforcement agencies and asks whether more should be done to incentivise and reward UK whistleblowers. Click here for the article. This article was first published in inCOMPLIANCE, the magazine of the International Compliance Association: https://www.int-comp.org
Partner Anna Bradshaw is speaking at the Economic Sanctions & Financial Crime conference on the 14th of November on ‘Countering Exterritoriality of US Secondary Sanctions and Jurisdictional Conflicts’
At the Economic Sanctions & Financial Crime Conference on the 14th of November, Partner Anna Bradshaw is speaking on ‘Countering Exterritoriality of US Secondary Sanctions and Jurisdictional Conflicts’ alongside Partner John Smith (Morrison Foerster) former Director of OFAC. They are touching on topics such as overview of conflicting extraterritorial US sanctions, rules and regulations; protection […]
Partner Jasvinder Nakhwal speaks at the ‘Crisscrossing the Pond; Transatlantic Issues in Legal Ethics and Law Firm Regulation’ conference in Washington D.C. regarding ‘Lawyers and Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorist Finance initiatives’
Partner Jasvinder Nakhwal was a part of a panel discussion on 9 November 2018 alongside Robert Driscoll (McGlinchey Stafford) and Professor Laurel Terry (Penn State Dickinson Law) to discuss ‘Lawyers and Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorist Finance Initiatives’ moderated by Ellyn Rosen (American Bar Association). This conference held by The Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers and […]