In his report, retired Court of Appeal judge Sir Christopher Clarke urges the Financial Reporting Council to impose greater fines on the “Big Four” audit firms. Hannah said the report may “represent the beginning of a significant change in the UK’s regulatory response to economic wrongdoing”. Read the full article by The Telegraph, Watchdog urged to get tougher […]
Dr Anna Bradshaw, to moderate session titled “Prepare for the unexpected: Sanctions risks in Trade Finance and Export Controls” on day two of this conference. The session will cover: New financial crime risks related to trade finance transactions financial institutions must be aware of (risk assessment; documentation process and application of controls) How well do […]
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 […]
Partner Jonathan Tickner is speaking on ‘Share sale Fraud’, his session looks at ” the issues arising for shareholders where there has been fraud by one or more of them in selling their company. What evidence will the defrauded purchasers be looking for to show the agency of the fraudsters or an assumption of responsibility […]
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
Business Crime Partner, Hannah Laming is presenting a breakout session at the Thomson Reuters Managing Risk Conference. Hannah’s session titled “Preparing for and Managing Investigations and Dawn Raids”, will discuss the following: If a company comes under investigation by a regulator, what practical steps can it take to protect itself and its reputation? Putting in […]
Anna contributes to a discussion of recent suggestions that EU blocking legislation may be invigorated if US sanctions against Iran are re-introduced. Read more here.
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 […]
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 […]
Partner Jason Woodland and Associate Amy Harvey both chaired panel sessions at the UIA congress “Litigating Catastrophes: Handling High-Stakes Litigation/Disasters over Air, Land and Sea”. Amy moderated “Planning for and Responding to a Disaster”, whilst Jason “Litigation Cases in Canada”. Read the full program here. For any further information please contact Jason and/or Amy.
