The ‘excellent’ practice at boutique litigation firm Peters & Peters Solicitors LLP provides ’user friendly and knowledgeable’ advice to corporate entities and individuals subject to criminal, regulatory and internal investigations, both domestically and abroad. The ‘outstanding’ Anna Bradshaw is ’highly skilled at running complex cases’, including those that involve financial crime or that overlap with sanctions violations. Team head Neil Swift is particularly skilled at representing individuals accused of financial crime, both at an early stage through an internal investigation, as well as in enforcement proceedings brought by agencies including the SFO and FCA.

Legal 500 Editorial commentary

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘Peters & Peters has an excellent FS contentious practice, that is user friendly and knowledgeable.’

  • ‘All members of the team are bright, efficient, thoughtful, and responsive. Every matter is given the attention it needs in a timely manner.'

  • ‘Anna Bradshaw is outstanding: she is a superstar. I wish I had more superlatives. She is highly skilled at running complex cases.'

  • 'I have always been impressed by Anna Bradshaw's thoughtful analysis of the myriad of potential issues, arising in the matter before her.’

  • 'Very personal practice, strong leadership across the group. Effective across different spectrum of the workstreams and areas my case covers.'

  • 'Anna Bradshaw and her team have the depth and breadth that my clients need, as they cover both sanctions and export controls. They can provide efficient and top-quality advice on each subject as well as on the impact of both sanctions and export controls, when, as is very often the case these days, advising on a particular scenario requires expertise in both areas. This ability sets them apart, as I am not aware of any other firm with real depth in both areas. In addition, the firm has considerable expertise in financial crime, which so often is needed in sanctions matters. Everyone on the team is responsive, pleasant to work with, and easy to collaborate with on cross-border matters.'

  • 'Peters & Peters have long been a leading name in the contentious financial services arena and in recent years have been acting in increasingly high-profile and significant cases.'

  • 'P&P are a highly regarded firm with a great reputation. They are building their team in the area of contentious regulatory work and have good work.'

Work highlights

  • Acting for a senior individual at the UK branch of a Luxembourg bank that is under investigation by the Financial Conduct Authority over its role in an alleged scheme to manipulate currency and bond markets during an embargo that cost a Gulf nation billions.
  • Advising one of the largest privately owned banks in Belarus on the impact of the UK financial sanctions regime on the client, and specifically on investments made on behalf of its customers with two UK brokers.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Neil Swift

Other key lawyers

Anna Bradshaw, Charlotte Tregunna