We are delighted to announce that Dr Anna Bradshaw has been promoted from Of Counsel to Partner as of November 1 2017, expanding the senior team to 11 partners. Senior Partner Michael O’Kane said: “Anna combines an outstanding academic pedigree with high level experience in sanctions and white collar criminal cases, and will be a […]
Nick Vamos, Business Crime Partner and former Head of Special Crime and Head of Extradition at CPS, discusses the implications of the European Arrest Warrant issued for ousted Catalan Leader, Carles Puigdemont across several news channels over the weekend. BBC World News BBC News 24 TRT World News * Clips courtesy of BBC
Peters & Peters continue to act for the MOL Group, the Hungarian national energy company and one of the largest companies in Central and Eastern Europe, in its long running dispute with the Croatian Government over INA, Croatia’s national oil company. Croatia initiated arbitration proceedings in 2014 seeking the annulment of agreements which transferred management […]
Stuart Scott, former HSBC Holdings PLC’s Head of Currency Trading faces his extradition hearing this week, in which he is contesting extradition to the U.S over allegations that he used insider knowledge to “front-run” a currency deal. Bloomberg reports that Stuart Scott’s former boss (who is currently on trial in the US and faces the […]
Business Crime Partner, Jasvinder Nakhwal took part in a White Collar Crime hypothetical exercise with a focus on investigations on day two of the ABA’s White Collar Crime Institute. “Using a case study involving a multinational public corporation and allegations of healthcare offenses, anti-competitive practices, bribery, money laundering, securities fraud, and insider trading by its […]
Earlier this week officials announced the plan to open a “state-of-the-art” court in the City of London to replace the Mayor’s and City of London county court and magistrates’ court. The Old Bailey is set to remain, however there is speculation whether Southwark Crown Court’s workload will shift to this new establishment. Discussing the location […]
Of Counsel Anna Bradshaw will present at the IMX Client Conference in London on Tuesday 10 October, covering recent legislative and regulatory developments relevant to the UK’s implementation of 4MLD and the broader the impact of the AML/CTF regime. Should you want to find out more about this presentation, please contact Anna to discuss.
Of Counsel Anna Bradshaw participated in an expert workshop on 6 October organised by the UN University and the European University Institute in Florence, Italy, to discuss options for strengthening procedural safeguards in UN sanctions regimes. For more information, please contact Anna.
Jason took part in a panel discussion on the risks of doing business in Central and Eastern Europe in Bucharest, Romania. The event was hosted by Kinstellar’s Compliance, Risk and Sensitive Investigations group and covered: Asset tracing and recovery Cyber security Reputational risk Best practice when dealing with third parties If you would like to […]
The Private Prosecutors’ Association (PPA) is formed by leading legal and fraud professionals London, 14th September 2017: The launch of the UK’s first professional association for private prosecutors, the PPA, was announced today. The broad aims of the association are to develop best practice amongst private prosecutors, raise public awareness of the use of private […]
