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Peters & Peters Solicitors LLP acts for high-profile politicians, HNWIs, investors, and senior executives on the full spectrum of white-collar criminal matters, with notable strength in international and cross-border issues. Former CPS prosecutor Nick Vamos heads up the team, working alongside senior partner Michael O’Kane, described as ‘one of the best in London’, who takes point on cartel, fraud, sanctions, and extradition matters. The ‘superbly efficient’ Jasvinder Nakhwal handles asset seizure matters, and Neil Swift focuses on financial crime cases, while Maria Cronin is the name to note for money laundering, insider dealing, and criminal tax investigations. Another core individual is new partner Charlotte Tregunna, who specialises in internal and regulatory investigatory matters.
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Work Department
Domestic and international business crime and regulation.
Position
Partner in the business crime team. Jasvinder is renowned for her specialism in acting for corporate and individual clients in fraud-related criminal investigations and prosecutions brought by domestic and international authorities. She has particularly strong experience in extradition, INTERPOL and mutual legal assistance matters, corporate internal investigations, cartel investigations undertaken by various competition authorities, and acting for corporate and individual clients in inquests. Jasvinder's cases are largely multi-jurisdictional in nature. She acted for the managing director of Dunlop Oil and Marine Ltd, the first person to be charged with the UK criminal cartel offence, and was involved in securing the innovative 'Marine Hose Deal' with the US DOJ. She also represented two of the four British Airways executives facing allegations of price-fixing in the first contested trial of its kind in the UK, resulting in acquittals for all four individuals. She acts for William Browder and Hermitage Capital Management Ltd, in which INTERPOL agreed not to issue any Red Notice requested by the Russian authorities against her client. Jasvinder acts for a UK bank in the SFO's LIBOR investigation, an individual in a significant insider dealing case prosecuted by the FCA and senior individuals in a US investment bank who are subject to a foreign criminal trial process. Jasvinder also acts in Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 cash seizure, corruption and money laundering cases. A contributing author to 'The Law of Criminal Cartels Practice and Procedure', she regularly writes and speaks on her areas of expertise.
Career
Trained Peters and Peters; qualified 2002; partner in the business crime department 2010.
Memberships
The Extradition Lawyers’ Association; the Competition Lawyers’ Association; The Association of Young International Lawyers (on the Executive Committee - AIJA); The American Bar Association; The International Bar Association; The International Association of Lawyers (UIA); Amnesty International.
Education
Oxford University (1995); Oxford Institute of Legal Practice (1998 LPC).
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Testimonials
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‘The team at Peters & Peters are of high expertise and know-how. They are always available to our questions and needs and treat their clients as friends.’
‘Meticulous attention to operational detail. Robust pre-interview preparation. Proactive role during interviews with the relevant regulatory bodies.’
‘They have a team of outstanding lawyers who have handled a broad range of complex criminal representations. When I am looking for criminal defence representation for individuals in the UK, they are my first call.’
‘They are knowledgeable, responsive, gain client confidence, and have credibility with the enforcement agencies.’
‘They are highly skilled in their area of practice. They know precisely whom to contact about which topic and they know the practices and procedures of the jurisdictions in which they have to represent clients.’
‘Michael O’Kane is one of the best in London. A very sophisticated thinker.'
- 'Jasvinder Nakhwal is superbly efficient and has wonderful judgment.'
‘Neil Swift is a joy to work with. He leads a team with a light touch that brings the best out in people. He manages client relationships with genuine care. He is a fantastic lawyer with real expertise in difficult disclosure issues.’
Work highlights
Advising former Prime Minister Boris Johnson in connection with the Privileges Committee’s inquiry into whether he misled and acted in contempt of Parliament over ‘Partygate’ as well as in connection with the referral by Cabinet Office of 16 alleged breaches of Covid Regulations at Downing Street and Chequers to the Metropolitan Police and Thames Valley Police.
Representing a high-profile entrepreneur charged with eight offences of cheating the revenue.