| Oct 22, 2018 11:38 am Since 31 January 2018, UK law enforcement has had a number of new powers at its disposal, introduced into the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 by the Criminal Finances Act 2017. These provide UK law enforcement with potentially ground-breaking new powers to freeze and recover the alleged proceeds of crime. Whilst there has been significant focus on Unexplained Wealth Orders (introduced by the same Act), it is likely that these lesser known provisions, which involve the freezing and forfeiture of money held in bank and building society accounts, will prove of most relevance and concern to financial institutions and bank account holders. This also signals a change in approach by UK law enforcement, with civil recovery set to become the new norm. Read more. The post Associate Maria Cronin discusses new account freezing orders and whether these are open to abuse in Financial Reporter appeared first on Peters & Peters. Read in browser »
  Oct 22, 2018 11:37 am One of the first decisions a victim of fraud will have to make – often at a very distressing time and before all the facts are known – is whether they should make a criminal complaint to the authorities or pursue their own civil remedy. Read more. The post Partner Jason Woodland discusses criminal and civil remedies in fraud cases in The Law Society Gazette appeared first on Peters & Peters. Read in browser »
Oct 17, 2018 04:50 pm Partner Hannah Laming and Associate Christopher Gribbin will be speaking on assessing fitness and propriety within financial services at an Employment Lawyers’ Association conference. Read more. The post Partner Hannah Laming and Associate Christopher Gribbin are speaking on fitness and propriety within financial services at ELA conference appeared first on Peters & Peters. Read in browser »
Oct 17, 2018 04:37 pm Special Counsel James Le Gallais will be giving a practical overview of asset recovery strategy and tactics deployed in commercial fraud litigation in a global context, ensuring the ability to pay after recovery orders and asset recovery. Read more. The post Special Counsel James Le Gallais is speaking on asset tracing and recovery at Knect365’s Financial Institutions Litigation conference appeared first on Peters & Peters. Read in browser »
Oct 17, 2018 04:36 pm Special Counsel James Le Gallais organised and co-chaired a day seminar on Bank Insolvency, Recovery and Fraud on Friday 12 October 2018 at the British Museum. Speakers included: Richard Salter QC (3VB), Jonathan Davies-Jones QC (3VB), Alain Giraud (FINMA – the Swiss Financial Regulator), Colin Diss, David Sowden (Grant Thornton) and a number of highly regarded specialist legal practitioners from the UK and mainland Europe. The post Special Counsel James Le Gallais co-chaired seminar as part of AIJA’s October London Conference appeared first on Peters & Peters. Read in browser »
Oct 16, 2018 03:48 pm Peters & Peters invite you to a breakfast seminar on the latest developments in economic sanctions on Tuesday 6 November 2018 in London – the day after full re-imposition of US secondary sanctions on Iran. Anna Bradshaw will lead the conversation with sanctions and white collar crime practitioners including speakers Barbara Linney of Miller & Chevalier in Washington DC and Maya Lester QC of Brick Court Chambers. An opportunity to take stock of changes in law and policy over the last six months, discussions will focus on the repercussions of US sanctions policy for EU businesses and the experience of the extended EU ‘blocking’ legislation to date. Panelists will also consider the interplay with global anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing standards as well as with other US and EU sanctions programs. Venue
The Law Society – Reading Room
113 Chancery Lane
London WC2A Time
8:30 am – Registration
9:00 am – Start
10:00 am – Finish Places are limited for this open invitation event. Please confirm your attendance by emailing [email protected] (indicating any dietary requirements). 
Maya Lester QC, Barrister, Brick Court Maya Lester QC is a barrister at Brick Court Chambers in public law, EU, and competition law / antitrust, and co-writes the blog www.europeansanctions.com with Michael O’Kane. She has acted in most of the leading sanctions cases in the European and English courts and undertakes a wide range of advisory and court work. Her practice is very international in nature (she spent three years as MSL & Visiting Scholar at Yale and Columbia law schools). Maya has given evidence to four parliamentary inquiries on sanctions and spoken at numerous conferences. The legal directories describe her as “Queen of the Sanctions Bar”. 
Barbara Linney, Partner, Miller & Chevalier Barbara Linney is a partner in the Washington, DC law firm Miller & Chevalier. She has been advising U.S. and international clients on international trade and business issues for more than 25 years, including on economic sanctions, export controls, defense security and foreign investment. Her practice involves representing clients before various federal agencies, including the US Departments of Commerce (BIS), Defense (DSS), and State (DDTC), as well as the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). Ms. Linney is an Adjunct Professor of Economic Sanction and Export Controls at the Georgetown University Law Center and frequently is invited to speak on international trade and business issues at national and international conferences. In addition, she is the author of numerous articles on international trade and business issues, and a recipient of Women in International Trade’s Lifetime Achievement Award. The post Peters & Peters breakfast seminar: US Iran sanctions have just been re-imposed! appeared first on Peters & Peters. Read in browser »
Oct 15, 2018 03:29 pm Diana Czugler of the law firm Peters & Peters LLP looked into whether alternative measures could be invoked as a way to challenge EAWs. Member States have other less disruptive tools to investigate alleged offences and prosecute suspects, such as the European Supervision Order (ESO), which allows them to ask another Member State to supervise a person in that country, rather than sending the person back to the requesting Member State to be held in pre-trial detention. Another available alternative measure is the European Investigation Order (EIO), which enables one Member State to seek evidence which is located in another Member State. Read more. The post Associate Diana Czugler discusses European Arrest Warrants and whether alternative measures can be used in Fair Trials article appeared first on Peters & Peters. Read in browser »
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