Peters & Peters Solicitors LLP

Peters & Peters Solicitors LLP is a specialist practice recognised as a market leader in business crime, civil fraud, commercial litigation and regulatory work, with a strong international client base. The firm was one of the first City practices to adopt a multidisciplinary approach, enabling it to act for both corporate and individual clients in fraud-related cases requiring combined civil and criminal expertise. Its work is frequently high profile and international in scope, and the firm regularly advises foreign regulators, global organisations and governments, while maintaining close relationships with overseas law firms.

The firm has an acclaimed civil fraud and asset tracing team led by Keith Oliver, Jonathan Tickner, Sarah Gabriel, Jason Woodland, Emma Ruane and Vlad Meerovich, noted for its expertise in both the UK and internationally. The team acts for claimants and defendants, with particular strength in emergency remedies and parallel sanctions litigation, and also conducts internal corporate investigations. Peters & Peters is widely recognised for its complex commercial litigation and arbitration work, including contentious trust disputes, contractual disputes, corporate insolvency and sports-related litigation. The firm has acted in matters involving Formula 1 and in competition law damages claims for the Department of Health and NHS Counter Fraud and Security Management Service.

The business crime team has extensive experience in commercial fraud and regulatory matters, and the firm is well established in anti-bribery and corruption work, with involvement in many landmark cases over the past 50 years. Partner Neil Swift is a contributing author of Blackstone’s Guide to the Bribery Act (2010). Peters & Peters is also a recognised leader in economic sanctions, advising corporates, governments and individuals facing sanctions imposed by the UN, EU and individual states. The firm acted in one of the most complex sanctions challenges before the EU General Court and maintains an active practice in sanctions relating to Russia, Egypt and Iran. Partner Michael O’Kane co-authors the leading EU sanctions blog, European Sanctions.

The firm is distinguished in criminal antitrust matters, having represented more individuals in national and international cartel investigations than any other UK law firm, and its lawyers have contributed to The Law of Criminal Cartels and Procedure (OUP), the leading text on the subject. Peters & Peters is also a leading practice in extradition and international mutual legal assistance, particularly in cases involving Russia and CIS jurisdictions, and has represented former Yukos executives, Evgeny Chichvarkin and the Hermitage Group.

The firm has a proven record in private prosecutions, including acting in Haigh v Westminster Magistrates’ Court [2017] and conducting the prosecution in R v Somaia, believed to be the largest private prosecution of an individual in the UK, which resulted in nine convictions totalling US$19.7 million. Other areas of expertise include HMRC inquiries and investigations, financial regulation, data protection and freedom of information, regulatory and corporate governance, policy-making and crisis management.

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14 UK Partners
53 Other UK Fee-earners