PETERS & PETERS SOLICITORS - Key Persons
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Alice joined Peters & Peters in May 2020 as an Associate in our Fraud & Commercial Disputes team. She works on a range of complex and high-value commercial disputes, often with an international focus.
Alice's practice covers commercial disputes of all kinds, especially those involving allegations of breach of contract, fraud, conspiracy, fraudulent misrepresentation and misappropriation of assets.
She works on cases from the pre-action stage to trial or appeal and is often instructed in connection with interim remedies including freezing orders and disclosure orders.
Alice has particular experience of insolvency proceedings including bringing and defending insolvency petitions and related applications, and acting in claims arising out of insolvencies.
Prior to joining the firm, Alice worked at a boutique law firm specialising in commercial litigation and insolvency litigation. She has previously practised as a self-employed barrister.
Alice read Law at Durham University and holds a Masters in Jurisprudence from Durham University. She was called to the Bar of England and Wales and completed pupillage in-house at a litigation boutique specialising in high value and complex commercial litigation, tax litigation and international arbitration.
Alistair is an Associate in our Business Crime & Investigations team, with experience of advising individual and corporate clients on a wide range of criminal and regulatory matters.
Alistair is currently working on a variety of cases, including INTERPOL red notices, mutual legal assistance, extradition and an HMRC investigation. He also has experience advising on the processing of criminal data, sanctions and regulatory investigations.
Prior to joining the firm, Alistair was at a boutique white collar crime firm, where he worked on a similar range of criminal and regulatory matters. These included the defence of high profile extradition proceedings, representations to INTERPOL, and financial investigations.
Alistair trained and qualified into the international department of a top tier firm where he acted in complex, multi-jurisdictional civil litigation involving transnational corporations, as well as in high profile human rights litigation. Alistair worked on a number of cases which went to the Supreme Court. During this period, he was seconded to Parliament, where he acted as the legal advisor to the Shadow Attorney General.
Alistair co-authored the 2020 Supplement to Blackstone's chapter on extradition. He achieved a distinction on his LPC with the highest mark in the year for commercial law and he has a first class degree from Cambridge University. He speaks French and Italian.
Alistair co-edits The Guide to Sanctions, published by the Global Investigations Review (currently in its third edition) and co-wrote the chapter 'Representing Designated Persons: A UK Lawyer's Perspective' with Dr. Anna Bradshaw.
Charlotte has a solid reputation in the Business Crime field, with expertise in domestic and international corporate crime disputes/investigations; complex fraud, corruption and money laundering matters; sanctions, extradition and INTERPOL cases; and private prosecutions.
Since joining Peters & Peters in 2010, Charlotte has represented clients in some of the most high profile and high value cases in recent times, acting for individuals and corporates in a broad range of sectors including government, royalty, entertainment, finance, construction, engineering and retail.
Charlotte specialises in advising clients facing domestic and international internal, criminal and/or regulatory investigations, including those brought by the SFO, FCA, CMA, City of London Police, US Department of Justice (DOJ) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Her private prosecution experience includes assisting the team that successfully prosecuted what was then the highest value private prosecution brought by an individual (R (Mirchandani) v. Somaia) and more recently acting in the largest and most complex post-conviction disclosure exercise in UK history in the Court of Appeal proceedings, Hamilton & Others v. Post Office Limited.
Charlotte's cases frequently have an international dimension, requiring close cooperation with jurisdictions including those in the EU, Switzerland, Russia, Ukraine, and the UAE. She has had success in discharging extradition requests from India, Greece, and Russia, including the case of Egorova & Others, the leading case on the UK's approach to/treatment of women facing Russian extradition requests.
Charlotte is the Vice President of the International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA) Commercial Fraud Commission.
Charlotte is recognised as a 'Rising Star' in Legal 500 2022, with one source saying, "Charlotte Tregunna should be the first name on any list of rising stars in the white-collar crime world. She is bright and ferociously hardworking, but with real practical instincts. She is also exceptional at dealing with difficult clients".
Craig specialises in a wide range of white collar crime matters, with particular experience acting for clients in complex cross-border criminal and regulatory investigations, internal investigations and corporate compliance.
Craig has represented individual and corporate clients in cases brought by the SFO, FCA, CPS and the NCA. He has experience of investigations and prosecutions alleging fraud, bribery and corruption, money laundering and other financial crime.
He has also worked on a variety of complex international criminal law matters involving extradition, INTERPOL and mutual legal assistance issues, and he holds related expertise in data protection, judicial review and human rights.
Prior to joining the firm, Craig read Law at Cambridge University, and was called to the Bar by Lincoln's Inn. As a Harold G. Fox Fund Scholar, Craig worked at a leading litigation boutique in Toronto, and was seconded to the Court of Appeal for Ontario and the Supreme Court of Canada.
He has been published widely, including in the areas of extradition and Interpol Red Notice reform, anti-money laundering, market abuse, and corruption in sport (including in the LawInSport/BASL Sports Law Yearbooks). Published articles have appeared in Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law, Global Banking & Finance Review, and Business Law Review.
Cécile is a trainee solicitor in our Commercial Litigation and Civil Fraud team.
Cécile is a trainee solicitor in our Commercial Litigation and Civil Fraud team and was formerly a generalist paralegal at the firm.
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.
David is an Associate in our Commercial Litigation and Civil Fraud department.
David acts for clients in complex commercial disputes, often with an international focus. He has worked on a number of high-profile cases in various industries, including technology, financial services and sport.
David has represented clients in the High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court. He has acted for both claimants and defendants in litigation involving breach of contract, fraud and a range of applications for interim relief. David also advises clients on alternative methods of resolving disputes, such as mediation.
Prior to joining Peters & Peters, David worked at international law firms. He has a First Class degree in Law with French Language from the University of Glasgow, as part of which he spent a year studying in Paris. David is admitted to practise as a solicitor in England & Wales and Scotland.
Job Titles:
- Associate
- Solicitor
- Lead Expert
Debbie is a qualified solicitor and a highly experienced researcher, with extensive experience working at national and regional level. Her key expertise lies in human rights and criminal justice research, especially the right to a fair trial and the application of international human rights standards in the domestic criminal justice process.
Debbie holds an LLM and a PhD in human rights law.
In 2016, Debbie was appointed as Lead Expert on a joint EU/Council of Europe project to research and write an Access to Justice Handbook which has now been published in over 20 languages.
Debbie has also worked as Assistant Counsel for EU legislation at the House of Commons, where she advised Members of Parliament on a weekly basis on complex legal issues.
She is a published author. She was commissioned to write an article for the Centre for European Policy Studies and is a contributing author to Peers, Hervey, Kenner and Ward (eds), ‘The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights: A Commentary' (Hart Publishing, 2014) which is the leading authority on the EU Charter. Her articles have been published in the Human Rights Law Review and on EU Law Analysis.
Job Titles:
- Associate
- Member of the Firm
Eamon is a member of the firm's Business Crime team, with experience of advising and acting for corporates and individuals facing UK enforcement action by various agencies, with a focus on domestic and cross-border corporate investigations and business crime matters.
Eamon has experience of advising clients on white-collar and general crime matters, including extradition, bribery and corruption, money laundering, fraud, export controls, sanctions, corporate manslaughter and health and safety offences. He has been involved in large corporate internal investigations and acted for individuals and corporates facing enforcement and regulatory action by various agencies such as the Serious Fraud Office, HM Revenue & Customs, Crown Prosecution Service, Financial Conduct Authority, National Crime Agency, and UK police forces. He has also represented clients in relation to INTERPOL.
Prior to joining Peters & Peters, Eamon worked at the SFO as an investigative lawyer and was involved in multi-agency cross-border bribery and corruption and money laundering investigations. He assisted and advised teams on complex investigations, searches ('dawn raids'), section 2 interviews, and was responsible for liaising with overseas prosecutors and providing international mutual legal assistance.
He trained at a leading City law firm, and his experience includes acting for a number of individuals in relation to LIBOR and FX manipulation, and bribery and corruption investigations. Prior to this, he was a political and security analyst, specialising in the Middle East and North Africa region.
He speaks fluent French and conversational Arabic and Spanish. He is a member of the Young Fraud Lawyers Association and AIJA.
Franziska Christen is an Associate in Peters & Peters' Business Crime Department.
Since qualifying as a solicitor in August 2018, Franziska has gained broad experience advising clients on Interpol Red Notices, bribery and corruption-related issues, money laundering, regulatory proceedings and sanctions challenges.
Most of Franziska's cases involve cross-border investigations and proceedings in multiple jurisdictions. In the UK, she has represented clients under investigation by the SFO, NCA and FCA.
Franziska graduated with a first class degree in history from King's College London and studied for a master's degree in economic and social history at the University of Oxford before completing the law conversion course at City University. She also holds a master's degree in criminology from the University of Cambridge.
Franziska is a native German speaker with knowledge of French and Spanish.
Job Titles:
- Managing Partner
- Managing Partner in 2013 Following a Career at Peters & Peters
Helen was appointed Managing Partner in 2013 following a career at Peters & Peters as a business crime lawyer.
Her role is a broad one, encompassing strategic and operational leadership.
Helen trained with Peters & Peters and became a partner in the business crime team in 2002. She was appointed Managing Partner in May 2013.
Helen has a background in criminal and regulatory matters including extradition, investigations and prosecutions brought by the SFO, FCA, HMRC, CPS, the Solicitors' Disciplinary Tribunal and others.
As Managing Partner, she is passionate about making Peters & Peters a fantastic place to work. She is the firm's Diversity & Inclusion champion and ensures the firm's commitment to justice is reflected in its work in the community and on environmental issues.
James joined the firm in 2021 from the Financial Conduct Authority where he worked as a prosecutor and investigation lawyer. Prior to that James practiced general crime at the Bar.
James has particular expertise in matters concerning FCA criminal and regulatory investigations, money laundering, market abuse and investment fraud.
He has experience working on very high profile FCA money laundering cases and on other investigations and prosecutions including insider dealing, fraud and breaches of financial services legislation.
As an investigation lawyer, his experience includes the application of the FCA's conduct rules, threshold conditions and using the FCA's Own Initiative powers to impose conditions on firms. In addition to advising on investigations and prosecutions, James was also a member of the FCA's crypto-currencies taskforce responsible for implementing the registration and AML supervision of cryptocurrency firms.
At the Bar, James also gained significant experience of private prosecutions, internal investigations and civil asset recovery as well as general crime.
Since returning to private practice, James' work has primarily focused on advising firms and individuals on market abuse, potential breaches of the general prohibition and the SAMLA 2018 sanctions regime.
James is a trainee in the Civil Litigation, Civil Fraud and Asset Tracing department.
Prior to joining the firm as a trainee, James worked as a paralegal at the UK Serious Fraud Office.
James worked across three case teams investigating and prosecuting multi-jurisdictional bribery and corruption cases. He worked as part of a team entering a £100+ million Deferred Prosecution Agreement with an energy sector multinational company. This DPA was entered in cooperation with law enforcement agencies internationally, including the US Department of Justice and the US Securities and Exchange Commission. James also assisted a case team in successfully bringing charges against a senior company executive under the UK Bribery Act 2010.
James received a first-class honours degree in Law and Political Science from Trinity College Dublin (LL.B. (Pol.Sc.)). He also holds a Master's degree in Law and Economics awarded mutually by the Erasmus University Rotterdam, the University of Hamburg and the IGIDR in Mumbai, India at which he spent a six-month term.
Jason is a partner in our Fraud & Civil Disputes team. He advises both individuals and corporates on complex disputes, often involving allegations of fraud. He has over 15 years' experience of representing clients in Court proceedings and arbitrations.
Jason has represented a large number of clients in fraud disputes, and often deals with cases involving urgent injunctions (including freezing orders and search orders).
He advises Claimants seeking to trace and recover the proceeds of fraud, both in England and abroad, using the wide range of powers available to the English courts.
Jason also acts for Defendants who may be subject to draconian court orders. Jason has acted for both Claimants and Defendants in contempt proceedings brought to enforce English court orders.
Most of Jason's work involves an international element, and he is used to co-ordinating proceedings in multiple jurisdictions including Russia, Ukraine, Switzerland, Hong Kong, the United States and all the major off-shore jurisdictions.
Where allegations of fraud are made, there are often parallel criminal investigations and Jason is used to advising on cases where there are such investigations.
Jason also represents parties to arbitrations, and has experience of proceedings under ICC, UNCITRAL and LCIA rules as well as ad hoc arbitrations.
Jasvinder has over 20 years' experience acting for high profile individuals and companies facing complex cross-border criminal and regulatory investigations.
She is particularly skilled in dealing with cases involving individual/corporate rights and has a long track record of defending successfully in extradition, INTERPOL and asset seizure matters.
Described as "A superb lawyer and meticulous in her preparation…an understated star" (Legal 500 2021), she is the 2020 winner of Legal 500's Individual of the Year for Crime, Fraud and Licensing.
Jasvinder started her career at Peters & Peters in 1998 and has been dealing with the full breadth of business crime and related regulatory and public law matters, including Independent and Public Inquiries and Inquests.
Jasvinder acts for individual and corporate clients based in the UK and abroad, in significant financial crime investigations. Aside from acting in domestic UK investigations brought by criminal enforcement agencies such as the Serious Fraud Office, the Financial Conduct Authority and the National Crime Agency, her cases are often multi-jurisdictional in nature, involving numerous criminal and regulatory authorities. Consequently, she is particularly adept at coordinating criminal litigation advice on a global scale, especially in cases which are highly complex, high-profile and often politically-charged, and advising in parallel with foreign lawyers. She has extensive experience in dealing with cases that emanate from the UAE/Middle East, Far East, CIS countries, Eastern Europe, and South East Asia.
Jasvinder has a firmly-established expertise in criminal cartels, extradition/INTERPOL, mutual legal assistance, cash seizure/money laundering offences, corporate internal investigations, data protection and corruption matters.
In the area of criminal antitrust/cartels, Jasvinder has acted for clients facing investigation by the European Commission, US Department of Justice, Canadian Competition Commission and Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, and UK regulators, the Competition and Markets Authority, OFGEM and OFCOM.
Over more than 15 years, Jasvinder has built a well-known reputation for acting in high profile politically-motivated extradition requests from the Russian Federation and other territories, with consistent success. At the same time, she has developed many years of experience in dealing successfully with INTERPOL matters and has been invited to give evidence to the Council of Europe and UK Parliamentary Committees on the subject.
Chambers UK highlights her ‘extensive experience in cartel defence work' and her ‘thriving extradition practice'.
Jasvinder has a flourishing practice in cash seizure and money laundering investigations under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002. She also acts for approved persons in regulatory and criminal investigations by the Financial Conduct Authority, including UK nationals being investigated by the United States' CFTC and Department of Justice. She acts in investigations by regulators in the context of the discovery of a $4bn debt and the collapse of the share price of a UK public listed company. Jasvinder also acts in the police investigation into possible corporate manslaughter offences arising from the Grenfell Tower fire tragedy.
As a renowned expert, Jasvinder is invited regularly to speak, write, and participate in working groups on her areas of expertise. Jasvinder was invited by the US government as a participant in the US Exchange Visitor Program on the US criminal justice system. She is contributing author to the book, The Law of Criminal Cartels (O'Kane, OUP). She also sits on the Advisory Board of the American Bar Association's Trade, Sports, and Professional Associations Committee, and is a Trustee on the Board of Fair Trials International.
In Chambers and Partners 2021, Jasvinder is described as "hugely experienced." "She is impressive and has impeccable judgement." "She has an excellent rapport with clients - they really trust and look to her." (Crime : Extradition).
In Legal 500 2021, Jasvinder is described as an individual who "strives to make sure her clients are protected and a rising star." (Fraud: white collar crime); " a superb lawyer and meticulous in her preparation. She's an understated star." (Crime: general); "outstandingly able and wonderfully imaginative." (Regulatory investigations and corporate crime); "an exceptional lawyer- she listens to clients, understands their needs and is extremely responsive." (Public international law).
Jasvinder is co-author of our recently launched Extradition UK blog site. The Extradition UK blog is a free to use service providing comprehensive and timely news updates in respect of extradition, INTERPOL and Mutual Legal Assistance. It provides coverage of key recent developments, procedures and cases relating to these areas of law, along with a range of static resources for those who wish to better understand the law and procedures. Subscribers will remain up to date with any new information or posts.
Job Titles:
- Partner and Head of Fraud and Commercial Disputes
Dual-qualified as a solicitor (England & Wales) and an attorney-at-law (New York and California), Kerri is an Associate in our Business Crime & Investigations team. She has experience advising individual and corporate clients on a wide range of UK and cross-border criminal and regulatory matters.
Kerri has dealt with a variety of high-profile matters including INTERPOL Red Notices and investigations brought by the Serious Fraud Office, the City of London Police, and other enforcement bodies in the UK, as well as cross-jurisdictional regulatory investigations led by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the United States Department of Justice.
Prior to joining Peters & Peters, Kerri worked in the Criminal Law Reform Division of the Irish Department of Justice, where she assisted with draft legislation, including the Bills that would become the Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database) Act 2014, the Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions and Certain Disclosures) Act 2016, and the Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Act 2018. She then became the lead researcher on the Irish Law Reform Commission's Report on Consolidation and Reform of Aspects of the Law of Evidence.
Kerri holds an undergraduate degree in Law from Trinity College Dublin, a master's degree in Commercial Law from University College London and is admitted to the Bars of the States of New York (2010) and California (2014). She was admitted to the roll of solicitors in England and Wales in October 2018.
Khadija is an Associate in the Fraud & Commercial Disputes team. She has acted on high-value and international commercial disputes, with a particular focus on complex cross-border fraud claims.
Khadija has experience of dealing with civil fraud and asset recovery claims, representing both claimants and defendants. She has acted for individuals, large corporates, public-sector entities and insolvency practitioners.
Khadija spent nearly five years working at a leading international law firm in London before joining Peters & Peters in May 2022.
Khadija's most recent work includes acting for a defendant in a high-value complex financial mis-selling claim in the English Commercial Court.
Maria has extensive experience of advising corporate and individual clients on all aspects of business crime, including corruption and money laundering. Her practice focuses on white-collar cases with a truly international dimension.
Maria regularly represents high profile individuals and companies subject to complex corruption, money laundering, insider dealing and tax investigations. Maria provides strategic advice, including where there is underlying political motivation and potential abuse of a state's criminal justice system.
Maria advises on all aspects of extradition and has also successfully acted for a number of prominent individuals who were the subject of red notices and / or diffusions on INTERPOL's information systems.
She has extensive experience of advising on, and carrying out, complex and often sensitive internal investigations both here and overseas. Both as part of an internal investigation and also separately, she is asked to advise companies on their compliance with the UK Bribery Act, the money laundering regulations, sanctions and export controls.
Given the international nature of her cases, Maria works closely with teams of professional advisors both here and overseas.
Maria is former President of the Criminal Commission of the UIA (Union Internationale des Avocats); and, in 2018, was appointed as the UK National President of the UIA. Maria also sits on the Advisory Committee of the Fraud Advisory Panel. She regularly speaks and chairs panels on issues of corruption, money laundering, corporate liability and general financial crime.
Prior to joining Peters & Peters, she worked at the European Commission. She is a native French speaker, who also reads Russian and German.
Mariya joined Peters & Peters in September 2021 as an Associate in the Commercial Litigation, Civil Fraud and Asset Tracing department of Peters & Peters. She has acted on behalf of individuals and corporate clients, including insolvency practitioners, in complex and high value commercial litigation.
Mariya has experience with High Court and County Court litigation. She has advised and represented clients at all stages of the litigation process, including in mediation. Prior to joining the firm, Mariya completed her training and worked as a Dispute Resolution Associate at a corporate law firm where she gained experience in corporate, banking, insolvency and restructuring law as well as in dispute resolution.
Mariya studied International Politics at City, University of London and during her studies, she spent time abroad at SciencesPo Paris as part of the Erasmus Programme. Mariya then completed her GDL and LPC at BPP University.
Mike qualified as a Chartered Certified Accountant in 1993. He joined Peters and Peters as Director of Finance in 2011.
Mike has 30 years of experience in senior financial and management positions combining a strong finance background with expertise in strategic and operational management.
As Senior Partner he has acted in many of the most high profile and sensitive business crime cases of the last 25 years, at Peters & Peters and before that as a prosecutor. He is the author of a respected textbook on criminal cartels and co-author of the leading resource on sanctions.
Before joining Peters & Peters, Michael was a senior specialist prosecutor at the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) Headquarters. There, he was a key member of a small specialist unit responsible for the prosecution of serious and high-profile fraud, terrorist, state-security and special interest criminal matters, including the Stansted Airport Afghan airline hijacking and the prosecution of Paul Burrell (Princess Diana's butler).
Since joining Peters & Peters, Michael has acted for companies, senior executives and HNW individuals in many of the most high-profile and complex national and international business crime cases. He has particular expertise in international corruption, criminal cartels, financial sanctions, INTERPOL, extradition and private prosecutions.
He has been recognised twice in The Lawyer's Hot 100 (2009 & 2017) being described as being ‘top of the referral lists of many City firms for independent advice for directors'. Michael has also been recommended as a 'leading individual' on International Sanctions by Who's Who Legal Trade & Customs 2021: "The excellent Michael O'Kane ranks highly among peers thanks to his impressive work on export controls and international sanctions".
In 2011, the Financial Times recognised him as one of the UK's most innovative lawyers and he is listed by Who's Who publication as one the world's leading investigative lawyers.
He is described in the most recent legal Directories as:
"exceptionally knowledgeable and calming. He is fantastic in dealing with clients; his clarity of explanation is incredibly high and the level of service is very good."
"a superb lawyer and has wonderful strategic sense", "an outstanding lawyer with wonderful good sense and the knack of doing just the right thing" , highly regarded by his peers" and "one of the best strategic-thinkers."
Michael regularly appears in the media to discuss his specialist areas and he is the author of the leading textbook on the UK Criminal Cartel Offence: The Law of Criminal Cartels - Practice and Procedure (Oxford University Press).
Neil is a partner in our Business Crime & Investigations team. He has a great deal of experience advising individual and corporate clients concerned with investigations by law enforcement and regulatory authorities, both domestic and overseas. He is a regular speaker on corruption, fraud and corporate criminal liability.
Neil advises individual and corporate clients on investigation, prosecution and enforcement action taken by the Serious Fraud Office, Financial Conduct Authority and HM Revenue & Customs. He has considerable experience advising key participants in high-profile and international financial crime and corruption cases, often as part of multi-disciplinary and multi-jurisdictional teams.
His advice is frequently sought at an early stage, and he has extensive experience counselling individuals during internal investigations being carried out by their employer. He also advises individuals who are or may be the subject of Interpol notices or extradition proceedings, arising from investigations overseas.
He also advises professional firms about their regulatory obligations, both from a risk management perspective and in response to requests from law enforcement.
In Legal 500 2022, one source says, "Neil Swift is terrific. I have worked with him on a number of complex cases and he is exceptionally knowledgeable and wise; he is very skilled in dealing with clients and prosecutors; his client service and availability is excellent. He is a pleasure to work with".
In Chambers and Partners 2022, a client says "Neil swift is one of my go-to lawyers in the white-collar crime space. He is knowledgeable, pragmatic and very cool in his approach. He understands the law, and is clear on where we stand and good at explaining things".
Neil was a contributing author to Blackstone's Guide to the Bribery Act 2010 and gave evidence to the House of Lords Select Committee on the Bribery Act in 2018. He is a frequent speaker, writer and commentator on fraud, corporate crime, corruption and money laundering. He is regularly ranked in leading legal directories.
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- Partner and Head of Business Crime
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- Salisbury Rovers FC / Club Secretary & Coach