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Michael O'Kane
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Work Department
Domestic and international business crime and regulation.
Position
Partner and head of the fraud and regulatory department, specialising in domestic and international business crime and regulation. Particular expertise in cartel investigations, extradition, mutual legal assistance and FSA investigations. Has successfully represented many individual and corporate clients facing criminal and regulatory investigations in the UK, the US and other jurisdictions. Headline cases include: representing senior British Airways executives in the investigation by the US DoJ, Canadian Competition Bureau and the OFT into passenger fuel surcharge price-fixing; acting for the MD of Dunlop Oil and Marine in the DoJ/OFT cartel investigation; acting for a manager of British Airways Worldwide Cargo (‘BAWC’) in the ATD, CCB and ACCC cartel investigation into alleged global fuel surcharge price-fixing; acting for a senior executive in an investigation by the ATD and CCB into price-fixing of surcharges in the freight forwarding industry. Previous experience as a prosecutor of high-profile and complex criminal cases.
Career
Career: Pupillage at Criminal Bar 1992-93; Crown Prosecution Service (Greenwich) 1994-99; Crown Prosecution Service (Casework Directorate) 1999-2002; Peters & Peters 2002 to present; partner 2004. Co-author of mutual assistance section of ‘Jones and Doobay on Extradition and Mutual Assistance’ (Sweet and Maxwell). Lectures and writes widely on his specialist areas (including for the IBA, ABA and the British Institute of International Law). Delivers assistance and training to City law firms on criminal cartel investigations and extradition. Regularly provides legal commentary on television and radio.
Member
Member: Committee member of the IBA’s Business Crime Committee; American Bar Association; Competition Lawyers Association.
Education
Education: St Columb’s College, Derry; Manchester Metropolitan University (1991); Inns of Court School of Law (1992).
Leisure
Leisure: The Garrick Club.
Practice Areas
Crime - corporate; EU and competition; Fraud
