Cécile Nicod
Cécile is an Associate in our Commercial Litigation and Civil Fraud team and trained with the firm. Cécile has worked on a variety of cases including a prosecution brought by the Financial Conduct Authority for insider trading, a corporate internal investigation, defending a private prosecution and a major Commercial Court claim involving a sovereign state.
Cécile has also worked on bank account freezing orders and forfeiture as well as freezing injunctions and civil fraud.
Prior to joining Peters & Peters Cécile completed an internship at the United Nations and read International Relations and Spanish at the University of Leeds.
Cécile is a native French speaker and also speaks Spanish.
Case examples
Acting for the Republic of Mozambique in the US$2 billion “Tuna Bonds” Commercial Court proceedings against Credit Suisse and Abu Dhabi-based shipbuilder Privinvest.
Represented a high-net-worth individual prosecuted for insider dealing by the FCA.
Represented an individual in an internal investigation for potential breaches of personal account dealing policies.
Represented two Chinese citizens and their UK incorporated company embroiled in a large-scale money laundering investigation.