As the U.S. goes after a handful of Russian oligarchs with its latest round of sanctions, the U.K. is under pressure domestically and from abroad to tighten controls and shed its reputation as a place to launder corrupt money. Senior Partner and Head of Business Crime Michael O’Kane, says a number of Russians have recently […]
The latest round of US sanctions against Russian oligarchs and political officials have been designed to wound parts of the country’s economy. But the pain is also likely to be felt far away from Moscow. “These sanctions are going to make it very difficult for any western bank to deal with these companies or individuals,” […]
In the aftermath of the financial crisis, former bankers are cashing in on a litigation boom. Keith Oliver, Head of International at the litigation specialist Peters & Peters. “Now it’s not simply a question of resolving disputes — it has become a business. These funders treat litigation as though it is a commodity. That’s fed […]
Partner Jason Woodland will be speaking at a conference in Budapest to celebrate the launch of this book, of which Jason was one of the authors. Jason will be speaking on a panel, alongside lawyers from the Netherlands, Austria and Hungary, discussing the book and the latest trends and developments in anti-trust/competition litigation. For further […]
Head of International Keith Oliver, reflects on the historic referendum on 23rd June 2016 that divided the nation and ponders whether Brexit, while we will hardly “rejoice-it”, will eventually come to be regarded as a moment in time and not the end of days. Read Keith’s full opinion piece here.
Peters & Peters are pleased to announce the publication of proceedings from the 2017 conference of the European Criminal Law Academics Network (ECLAN) on ‘European Criminal Law in the Global Context’, at which Dr Anna Bradshaw spoke. An abstract from Anna’s speech, on EU sanctions, is at page 50. Read more.
The increased use of sanctions by international powers has created long lists of designated parties who can quickly find themselves trapped by their listing. Dr. Anna Bradshaw, Barbara Linney and Collmann Griffin examine the differing methods for challenging a listing under the UN, US, EU and developing post-Brexit UK regimes and the strategies offering the […]
The rise of messaging applications offering end-to-end encryption continues to present substantial challenges to the work of law enforcement agencies. Neil Swift, Partner, and Nicholas Querée, Associate, at Peters & Peters Solicitors LLP provide insight to Finance Monthly on the particular issues that encrypted messaging apps such as WhatsApp present to financial services regulators, and […]
The III Encuentro Cumplen took place in Madrid on Thursday 15 March. This year’s meeting seeks to answer the issues that concern the Compliance officer in the hands of the CNMC, AEPD, SEPBLAC, AEAT. Associate, Rebecca Meads, discussed Internal Investigations as part of the ‘Global Trends in Compliance’ panel. Read more about this meeting here.
The government has hinted at passing a British version of the so-called Magnitsky Act, a US law that freezes assets and imposes travel bans on Russians suspected of corruption and human rights violations. Michael O’Kane, Senior Partner, said agreeing to activate the Magnitsky amendments was no surprise. However, he warned that as the bill is […]
