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Peter specialises in criminal fraud and regulatory litigation, much of it international. He has many years’ experience of investigations and prosecutions relating to fraud, corruption, cartels, export controls, sanctions, money laundering and tax/duty evasion, as well as the regulatory and civil dimensions of these investigations and proceedings. He also has extensive experience of extradition and mutual legal assistance.
Graduated in law from Exeter University. Called to the Bar 1985. He was a prosecutor at the Crown Prosecution Service and the Serious Fraud Office before becoming a partner at Peters & Peters in 1997 before co-founding Corker Binning in 2001.
Chair of the Board of JUSTICE, the all-party law reform charity. Past co-chair of the Business Crime Committee of the International Bar Association and past Treasurer of the London Criminal Courts Solicitors’ Association. Member Defence Extradition Lawyers Forum, London Criminal Courts Solicitors Association, Fraud Lawyers Association.
Peter has contributed regularly to legal journals and responses to consultation papers and has often appeared in the media as a commentator. He is a Contributing Editor of Archbold, Criminal Pleading, Evidence and Practice, the leading criminal practitioner’s book, a contributor to the 'Law of International Fraud' (Sweet & Maxwell, 2001), 'Fraud: Law, Practice and Procedure' (Butterworths, 2004) and the Practitioners Guide to Global Investigations (GIR, 2017). Regular speaker at conferences in the UK and overseas.
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He remains a real titan of the white-collar community. He has so many years of experience at the highest level.
He is one of the godfathers of white-collar criminal law. He is hugely practical and realistic. His feel for how certain arguments are going to land with prosecutors and judges is absolutely spot on.
He’s a real thought leader in this space and has been for years.
He remains a real titan of the white-collar community. He has so many years of experience at the highest level.
He is one of the godfathers of white-collar criminal law. He is hugely practical and realistic. His feel for how certain arguments are going to land with prosecutors and judges is absolutely spot on.
He’s a real thought leader in this space and has been for years.