Adam Youngman
Adam is an Associate in our Business Crime and Investigations team. He has experience acting for corporates, financial institutions and individuals on criminal and regulatory defence, internal investigations and public law cases.
Adam has represented corporates, financial institutions and individuals under investigation by a range of regulatory bodies including the UK’s Serious Fraud Office and Financial Conduct Authority, as well as prosecutions pursued by Companies House. His experience has included representing clients in prosecutions and investigations for corporate fraud and bribery, AML breaches, and the late filing of company accounts. Adam also has extensive experience representing clients in the regulated sector filing Suspicious Activity Reports and DAMLs with the National Crime Agency. Adam has also provided advice to clients on various other criminal matters, including tax evasion, forgery and a witness in a private prosecution.
In addition to his criminal practice, Adam has also acted on a variety of civil litigation matters. His experience has included representing a corporate facing allegations of fraudulent business practices, a cryptocurrency exchange threatened with a class action for alleged breaches of FCA Rules, and acting for a bank bringing action against a counterparty default on a complex derivatives transaction. He has also provided advice on a range of contractual disputes and asset tracing matters.
Prior to joining Peters & Peters, Adam trained and worked at Allen & Overy (now A&O Shearman) for five and a half years.
Case examples
FCA and SFO investigations: acting for individuals and corporates being investigated by the FCA and SFO on various matters, including for fraud, bribery and AML breaches.
Companies House prosecutions: acting for directors being prosecuted by Companies House for the late filing of statutory accounts.
Private prosecutions: representing a witness in a fraud trial brought by a private prosecutor.
Compliance advice: providing advice to clients on fraud, bribery, AML compliance and DAMLs.
Public law advice: providing legal advice for a sovereign on a proposed nationalisation of a key industry.