Rachel Cook

Practice Areas

Rachel is Of Counsel at Peters & Peters, specialising in corporate and financial crime (principally cases involving fraud, international corruption, tax enforcement and money laundering), serious general crime and regulatory enforcement.

Rachel provides a range of crisis management services to individuals. She has significant expertise in allegations of sexual offences, criminal tax litigation and cases involving fraud, insider trading, anti-trust offences, money laundering and bribery.

She is also experienced in dealing with foreign and cross-border investigations, including requests for mutual legal assistance, extradition and INTERPOL Notices.

Rachel regularly acts for high-net-worth individuals, corporations and their executives, and politically exposed persons.

Career

Rachel trained at Peters & Peters Solicitors LLP, qualifying in the firm’s Business Crime & Investigations department.

Professional Memberships

• Association of Commonwealth Criminal Lawyers

• City of Westminster & Holborn Law Society

• Fraud Lawyers Association

• International Tax Planning Association

• Defence Extradition Lawyers Forum (DELF)

• European Criminal Bar Association (ECBA)

Publications

Rachel is a consultant editor for the Lloyds Law Review: Financial Crime. She is the author of numerous articles, including:

• “AI and the SFO: What could possibly go wrong?” Counter Fraud and i-law – December 2022

• "AI and SFO” Law Society Gazette – November 2022

• "Naming and Shaming: Regulatory Consequences of HMRC's Naughty List” Tax Notes - November 2022

• “Can suspects prove their own innocence? “ Fraud Intelligence – July 2022

Personal

Rachel is Of Counsel at Peters & Peters.

Industry Sector Expertise

• Bribery & Corruption

• Business Crime & Investigations

• Tax Prosecutions

• Extradition

• General Crime

Expert in these Jurisdictions

Rachel acts for clients all over the world.

Work Highlights

• Made successful representations on behalf of her client who was subject to an extradition request from the Russian Federation, which resulted in his discharge

• Representing a HNW individual accused of rape, sexual assault and kidnap of a former partner; he was acquitted at trial of all allegations

• Representing a former GCHQ employee accused of breaching the Official Secrets Act

• Represented a high-net-worth individual prosecuted for insider dealing by the FCA

Experience

Rachel is Of Counsel at Peters & Peters.

Awards