We acted for a former consultant to the World Bank, who was subject to an investigation by the World Bank and the City of London Police. The case concerned allegations that the consultant had received corrupt payments from companies bidding for contracts with the World Bank.
Peters & Peters continues to represent a major UK bank in relation to multiple Libor rate-fixing investigations. The firm’s role has included advising on corporate criminal liability, the conduct of interviews with senior executives and responding to regulators in the UK, US and Europe. This matter is typical of the firm’s instruction by corporate clients […]
Peters & Peters were instructed to act for a UK subsidiary of a major US engineering company as an immunity applicant in a CMA investigation into price fixing activity between competitors in the market. The European Commission investigation into price fixing in this steel abrasive market has now concluded, with companies being fined for their […]
Peters & Peters is acting for one of the wealthiest individuals in the world in relation to a money laundering investigation in Switzerland, which arises from the client’s prosecution for corruption in Egypt. The client’s assets were frozen in Egypt and Switzerland and he was made subject to an INTERPOL Red Notice. Thus far, the […]
Peters & Peters acted for a former member of the IRA in relation to two investigations in Italy into mafia related-activity allegedly comprising of money laundering and tax evasion.
Peters & Peters advise a Yemeni businessman on allegations that his son was responsible for the murder of a Norwegian student. The case involved potential extradition issues, as the suspect is now resident overseas, and required the firm to exploit both legal and diplomatic channels to obtain a resolution.
The firm represented a number of individuals whose names appeared in documents that had been provided to the SFO in response to a Latvian mutual legal assistance request relating to a complex corruption investigation in Latvia, which the clients contended was politically motivated. Peters & Peters instigated a judicial review of the Secretary of State’s […]
Peters & Peters successfully represented Evgeny Chichvarkin, the Russian mobile telephones tycoon whose extradition was sought by the Russian Federation. Chichvarkin rose to prominence in Russia as co-founder of the mobile telephones retailer Euroset. He is well known as an ardent advocate of the free market. In 2008 he took up a senior appointment in […]
The firm represented two high-profile Icelandic businessmen in connection with mutual legal assistance requests made by the Icelandic Special Prosecutor to the UK Serious Fraud Office arising from an Icelandic fraud investigation relating to the country’s banking collapse. The firm succeeded in challenging the execution of a search warrant at one of the clients’ home […]
Peters & Peters acted for Justice, an independent human rights and law reform organisation, on an intervention to the Supreme Court in two extradition appeals. The case involved three joint appeals (two from England and one from Scotland). The warrants were issued by the Italian courts in the case of HH and PH, and by […]
