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Peter Binning Named Business Crime Defence Lawyer of the Year at Who’s Who Legal Awards 2023
November 10 2023
Peter Binning
Partner
"Peter Binning is a shrewd analyst who puts forward persuasive arguments for his clients."
THE LEGAL 500 2022
BIOGRAPHY & EXPERTISE
Peter is recognised as a Global Elite Thought Leader by Who’s Who Legal for Business Crime Defence – Individuals and Business Crime Defence – Corporates 2022, and is highlighted as “a phenomenal lawyer” whom peers consider “the best” when it comes to highly complex and high-profile regulatory and fraud-related litigation.
Chambers and Partners UK 2023 describes Peter as “an incredible force to have on a case. He is an extremely good negotiator and he has top-notch instincts.”
Peter is ranked as a key individual in the fields of ‘Financial Crime Individuals’, ‘Crime Extradition’ and ‘POCA Work & Asset Forfeiture’ by Chambers and Partners UK 2023, and in the Hall of Fame for ‘Fraud: White-Collar Crime’ in the Legal 500 UK 2023. He is also ranked as a leading individual in the field of ‘Financial Crime: High Net Worth Individuals’ by Chambers HNW 2022.
Peter has been named Best Lawyers’ Lawyer of the Year 2023 for ‘Fraud in London’ and is highlighted in The Best Lawyers in the UK for his work in criminal practice and fraud.
Areas of expertise
Peter is a highly respected criminal defence lawyer who specialises in fraud and regulation litigation, much of it international. He has over 35 years’ experience in investigations and prosecutions relating to fraud, regulatory breaches, corruption, cartels, export control, sanctions and tax evasion.
His past cases include investigations and prosecutions by all major bodies relating to international fraud, corruption, money laundering, all forms of tax and duty evasion, including civil fraud investigations conducted by HM Revenue & Customs. His wide experience includes extradition and mutual legal assistance together with regulatory investigations and inquiries in financial services and other areas such as government inquiries, major oil infrastructure and air disasters.
WORK HIGHLIGHTS
- Acting for Bernie Ecclestone, the former Formula One boss, in criminal proceedings arising out of an HMRC civil tax investigation prosecuted by the CPS.
- Acting for ENRC in the decade long SFO investigation recently discontinued on the grounds of insufficient evidence.
- Acting for several high-profile business people in current investigations by police, SFO, HMRC and/or regulators including the Rio Tinto case in which no proceedings were brought.
- Acting in a successful judicial review of police search warrant in a long running fraud and corruption investigation.
- Advising FCA regulated investment firm and its CEO in securing a successful regulatory outcome to an enforcement investigation.
- Advising witnesses in several major competition investigations conducted by the CMA.
- Advising in mutual assistance inquiries relating to US proceedings.
- Securing the acquittal in June 2019 of the former Barclays Chief Executive prosecuted by the SFO in a case relating to the bank’s 2008 capital raisings.
- Acting for senior executives in several SFO and police investigations into major multinational companies including Rolls-Royce, Tesco and GSK. No charges were brought against any client.
- Acting for several clients in the current SFO/FCA EURIBOR investigations and trials including one in which extradition from France to the UK was successfully resisted.
- Acting for clients in the SFO Forex investigation.
- Representing witnesses in several major US and UK civil fraud actions including mutual assistance deposition hearings and in Commercial Court trials.
Career
Peter graduated in law from Exeter University. He was called to the Bar in 1985. He was a prosecutor at the Crown Prosecution Service and Serious Fraud Office before becoming a partner at Peters & Peters. He was a co-founder of Corker Binning in 2001.
He is a past co-chair of the Business Crime Committee of the International Bar Association, a past treasurer of the London Criminal Courts Solicitors’ Association and is now the Chair of the Board of trustees of JUSTICE, the all-party law reform charity, the British Section of the International Commission of Jurists.
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Peter Binning comments on regulatory regimes in the Financial Times
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November 18 2022
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February 18 2022
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October 13 2021
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David Corker and Peter Binning quoted in The Times on UK Bribery Act anniversary
July 22 2021
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Peter Binning comments in Wall Street Journal on EPPO
June 9 2021
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Peter Binning quoted in Law360 on underfunded criminal courts
March 11 2021
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Peter Binning and Peter Bowles write for MLB on the importance of tackling financial crime
February 24 2021
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Peter Binning appointed Chair of JUSTICE Board
November 13 2020
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Peter Binning comments on criticism of slow pace of corporate crime law reform
November 6 2020
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Peter Binning writes for Thomson Reuters Regulatory Intelligence on the SFO in the regulated sector
October 28 2020
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Peter Binning writes for Money Laundering Bulletin on FCA extension of financial crime reporting obligation
September 15 2020
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Peter Binning quoted in The Times on proposals for tax advice changes
July 23 2020
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Peter Binning quoted in The Times on the SFO’s lack of convictions
July 9 2020
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Peter Binning quoted in BBC News
June 2 2020
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When criminal conspiracies come unstuck
May 15 2020
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Criminal mutual legal assistance: establishing a different relationship post-Brexit
April 17 2020
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Peter Binning takes part in Fraud & White Collar Crime 2020 Roundtable
February 28 2020
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Peter Binning to speak at International White Collar Crime Symposium
November 28 2019
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Peter Binning in The Times commenting on the Prince Andrew saga
November 25 2019
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Peter Binning writes for The Times on Government review into serious and organised crime
November 5 2019
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Peter Binning comments on the EU’s new anti-fraud office in The Times
April 16 2019
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Peter Binning speaking at the Cambridge Forum on Protecting the Wealthy, their Assets & Advisors
February 11 2019
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Peter Binning and David Corker comment on a £300m court for fraud, cybercrime and economic crime cases in New Law Journal, CDR and The Law Society Gazette
July 9 2018
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Peter Binning and Ben Henriques discuss the judgment in R v Darroux and how how fraud and theft are distinguished in Crimeline
July 6 2018
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Peter Binning and Ben Henriques comment on UWOs in The Law Society Gazette
May 14 2018
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Peter Binning and Ben Henriques discuss Unexplained Wealth Orders in Fraud Intelligence
April 9 2018
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Peter Binning comments on the Attorney General supporting more funding for the SFO in CDR
April 5 2018
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Peter Binning comments on the recent case of R v Skansen Interiors Limited in GIR
March 12 2018
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Peter Binning and Ben Henriques discuss sophisticated modern money laundering in Financier Worldwide
February 21 2018
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Peter Binning comments on unexplained wealth orders in the London Evening Standard
February 5 2018
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Robert Hanratty and Peter Binning discuss HSBC awarded landmark French settlement in Thomson Reuters Practical Law and Global Risk Regulator
December 11 2017
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Thomson Reuters’ Company Secretary Forum 2017 – Corporate Crime Session
November 24 2017
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Peter Binning chairing the Corporate Crime panel at Thomson Reuters’ Company Secretary Forum 2017
November 23 2017
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Peter Binning chairing a panel at 33 Chancery Lane’s Business Crime Conference 2017
October 31 2017
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Peter Binning discusses corporate fraud in Financier Worldwide magazine’s Rountable
October 30 2017
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Peter Binning and Ben Henriques discuss white-collar crime enforcement in the UK in Financier Worldwide
October 17 2017
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Peter Binning comments on the City of London’s plans for a cyber crime court in The Times
October 12 2017
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Robert Hanratty and Peter Binning examine the US Supreme Court case of United States v Allen in GIR
August 3 2017
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Peter Binning discusses the crackdown on money laundering regulations in The Times Law Brief
July 5 2017
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Peter Binning and Ben Henriques discuss corporate and white-collar crime in Financier Worldwide
June 23 2017
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Peter Binning examines the fourth Anti-Money Laundering Directive in Lexis PSL
June 20 2017
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Peter Binning discusses the Criminal Finances Act and corporate tax evasion in Compliance Week
June 15 2017
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Peter Binning discusses suspected fraudster Mark Acklom on Sky News
June 2 2017
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Peter Binning comments on the Conservatives’ pledge to dismantle the SFO in PaymentsCompliance
May 19 2017
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Peter Binning’s success at Who’s Who Legal Awards 2017
May 15 2017
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Peter Binning featured in The Law Society Gazette’s My Legal Life
May 2 2017
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Jemma Sherwood-Roberts and Peter Binning discuss rail fare evaders in The Times Law Brief
April 4 2017
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Peter Binning comments in City A.M. following the arrest of a HSBC trader at JFK airport and charged with fraud
July 22 2016
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Peter Binning discusses anonymity for suspects and victims in criminal proceedings in The Brief
July 18 2016
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Peter Binning comments on SFO head of fraud joining Latham & Watkins in GIR
July 14 2016
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Peter Binning comments on the SFO’s second DPA in The Brief and New Law Journal
July 11 2016
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Peter Binning comments on former Schroders trader sentence in The Times
June 14 2016
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Peter Binning comments on Cliff Richard’s alleged historic sexual assault on ITV News
May 11 2016
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Peter Binning comments on Merlin and the ongoing Alton Towers health & safety criminal case in the FT
April 22 2016
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Peter Binning success in Who’s Who Legal Awards 2016
April 12 2016
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Peter Binning comments on Tom Hayes confiscation order in City AM, Reuters, the Daily Mail, and the Law Society Gazette
March 23 2016
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Peter Binning comments re urge to ditch high-denomination notes featured in Payments Compliance
February 10 2016
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Corker Binning partners to attend IBA conference in Vienna
October 1 2015
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Peter Binning comments in the Financial Times re Sarao and extradition
May 8 2015
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Peter Binning and Andrew Smith’s article published in Euromoney
May 8 2015
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Peter Binning & David Corker ranked as leading lawyers by Who’s Who Legal
February 13 2015
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Peter Binning featured in Corporate LiveWire’s Fraud & White Collar Crime Roundtable 2015
February 10 2015
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Peter Binning comments re money laundering and lawyers published in The Times
February 5 2015
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Partner appointed Senior Vice Chair of the IBA’s Regulation of Lawyers’ Compliance Committee
January 1 2015
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Robert Brown’s comments on the legal decisions affecting extradition from the UK to Russia published by BBC Russian radio
December 18 2014
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Peter Binning quoted in Global Investigation Review re SFO’s Saudi bribery probe
October 16 2014
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David Corker comments on Libor legal proceedings in Risk magazine
September 8 2014
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Corker Binning partners ranked in Who’s Who Legal leading Business Crime Defence lawyers
September 1 2014
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Peter Binning comments in LexisNexis on understanding and avoiding internal fraud
August 22 2014
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Corker Binning partner will be speaking at the Carmelite Chambers International Fraud & Asset Recovery conference
June 23 2014
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Corker Binning partner awarded ‘White Collar Crime Lawyer of the Year in England’ in Corporate INTL awards 2014
May 21 2014
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Corker Binning partner reviews the 4th edition of the International Guide to Money Laundering Law and Practice, published in New Law Journal
May 2 2014
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Corker Binning partner awarded Lawyer of the Year for Business Crime Defence in Who’s Who Legal
April 1 2014
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Corker Binning partner to chair Lexis Nexis webinar discussing the current regulatory landscape
March 24 2014
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Peter Binning mentioned in The Guardian- ‘Lord chief justice helps politicians grasp courts’ ‘hot potato”
March 5 2014
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Corker Binning partner to attend the ABA International White Collar Crime Conference
March 3 2014
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Peter Binning published in The Lawyer Monthly – ‘Corruption probe for Sinopharm’
February 26 2014
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Peter Binning, David Corker and Robert Brown ranked in ‘Best Lawyers in the United Kingdom 2014’
December 12 2013
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Corker Binning win Global Law Experts: White Collar Crime Lawyer of the year in England
December 10 2013
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Partner David Corker comments in Bloomberg – ‘FX to Libor Probes Leave U.K. Traders Looking for Lawyers’
November 29 2013
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Corker Binning partner Robert Brown mentioned in The Times Law Diary re Kieron Bryan bail
November 21 2013
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Corker Binning client Kieron Bryan granted bail
November 20 2013
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Robert Brown training of Russian lawyers in St Petersburg, November 2013
November 19 2013
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Corker Binning ranked in Tier 1 for Fraud and Crime in Legal 500 2013
September 25 2013
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Corker Binning partner Peter Binning recognised as ‘the most highly regarded business crime defence lawyer in the world’
June 1 2013
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Corker Binning partner comments on criminal legal aid in China
March 1 2013
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Corker Binning partner trains Russian business crime lawyers
March 1 2013
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Corker Binning partner named top Business Crime Defence Lawyer 2013
February 1 2013
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Corker Binning partner speaks on criminal legal aid system
December 1 2012
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Corker Binning partners highly ranked in new expert guide on white collar crime lawyers
September 1 2012
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Corker Binning ranked in top tier for Fraud and Crime in Legal 500 2012
September 1 2012
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Corker Binning partner chairs tax investigations conference
September 1 2012
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Corker Binning partner comments on Assange extradition case on BBC Newsnight
August 1 2012
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Corker Binning partner speaks on corruption in business
July 17 2012
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Corker Binning partner acts for ex-Hogan Lovells partner in major fraud case
May 30 2012
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Corker Binning partner speaks on restraint orders
March 1 2012
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Corker Binning partner comments on Redknapp tax evasion case
February 8 2012
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Corker Binning partner speaks on tax fraud
February 1 2012
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Corker Binning gets top listing in Who’s Who of Business Crime Defence Lawyers 2012
February 1 2012
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Corker Binning partner comments on OFT proposals to reform UK leniency regime
January 24 2012
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Corker Binning partner speaks on corruption at RCDS
October 1 2011
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Corker Binning partner speaks on Bribery Act
October 1 2011
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Corker Binning partner speaks on tax investigations and prosecutions
October 1 2011
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Corker Binning partners complete Jungfrau Marathon
September 1 2011
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Corker Binning partner speaks on fraud
September 1 2011
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Corker Binning partner chairs session on European Arrest Warrants
June 21 2011
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Corker Binning partner speaks on cross-border tax fraud
June 1 2011
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Corker Binning partner speaks on legal privilege and money laundering
May 1 2011
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Peter Binning writes about criminal offences and Libyan sanctions
March 1 2011
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Corker Binning partners highly ranked in Who’s Who Legal 2011
February 1 2011
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David Corker acts for defendant in FSA’s largest insider dealing case
December 6 2010
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2010 money laundering cases explained by Corker Binning
December 1 2010
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Corporate manslaughter jurisdiction issue highlighted by Corker Binning
October 28 2010
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Corker Binning comments on prosecution of serious fraud cases
September 4 2010
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Peter Binning speaks on US/UK cross-border criminal cases
August 23 2010
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Peter Binning argues against the Economic Crime Agency
July 30 2010
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Peter Binning of Corker Binning speaks on European Arrest Warrants
June 29 2010
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International fraud litigation
May 1 2010
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Jury-less trials – erosion of legal bastion?
April 1 2010
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Environment Agency forced to back down
February 22 2010
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Criminal tax investigations
December 1 2009
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Practical Tax Investigations
November 1 2009
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Disciplinary and regulatory proceedings in the financial sector
October 1 2009
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Extradition between the UK and Russia
March 1 2009
Testimonials
“Peter is the safest of safe hands, for the high-net-worth individual who finds him or herself suspected of wrongdoing. He has a wealth of experience, deep insight on the law and on the financial world, plus an ability to bring a team together in the strongest way.”
Chambers HNW 2023
“Peter has long held a place amongst the most senior private defence lawyers in this jurisdiction. He is a lawyer with a lot of heart, a lot of human compassion, and a lot of backbone for his clients."
Chambers HNW 2023
"Peter Binning – has been in all the big cases and is very smart."
Legal 500 2024
"Peter Binning – proactive, strategic."
Legal 500 2024
"Peter Binning is one of the most charming and effective practitioners in the game. His strategic thinking and instinct is first rate, and he approaches the big judgement calls with composure and remarkable clarity of thought. He never gets distracted by noise and irrelevant detail, and has an extraordinary ability to quickly identify what lies at the very heart of a case and to focus on it with laser precision."
Legal 500 2024
"I love working with Peter. He knows his stuff so completely."
Chambers UK 2024
"Peter Binning knows his stuff. He doesn't get flustered; he can get on top of things and make a plan reassuringly."
Chambers UK 2023
"He has a very good manner with clients and exudes confidence."
Chambers UK 2023
"He is very experienced and a calm steady hand with very good judgement."
Chambers UK 2023
"Peter Binning is just an incredible force to have on a case. He is an extremely good negotiator and he has top-notch instincts."
Chambers UK 2023
"Peter Binning is a really fantastic strategist and a great lawyer."
Chambers UK 2023
"Peter Binning is hugely experienced, has excellent judgment and is great with clients."
Legal 500 2023
"He's very good, great with clients. Strong judgement capabilities. Great with individuals with complex investigations with lots of moving parts - multiple investigations, multiple prosecutors and authorities."
Chambers HNW 2022
"He is a great leader for a defence team. He is organised, responsive to the client, fully prepared and tactically astute."
Chambers UK 2022
"He has a lot of experience and is good at handling difficult and complex extradition cases and pulling all the threads together."
Chambers UK 2022
“Peter is organised, responsive to the client, fully prepared and tactically astute.
Chambers UK 2022
“Peter has unparalleled experience and excels in every single aspect of being a criminal defence attorney.”
Chambers UK 2022
"Peter Binning is a shrewd analyst who puts forward persuasive arguments for his clients."
THE LEGAL 500 2022
"Peter Binning is the consummate defence litigator: in command of the preparation, ultimately smooth in his dealings with clients and counsel, and with the total respect of the team; he guides cases of the greatest seriousness and sensitivity to successful outcomes."
THE LEGAL 500 2022
Peter Binning is described as "a strategist and instils great confidence in his client."
THE LEGAL 500 2022
"He’s fair-minded, academic and good with clients." “He’s objective in his advice.”
CHAMBERS UK 2021
"Peter Binning leads from the front and is an enormously reassuring guiding hand for clients."
Legal 500 UK 2020
"Peter Binning is ‘an outstanding presence in the field of extradition and multi-jurisdictional fraud’."
THE LEGAL 500 2019
"Peter Binning is 'exceptional in everything he does'."
THE LEGAL 500 2019
"Peter Binning is ‘the godfather of business crime’."
THE LEGAL 500 2019
"Peter Binning and Claire Cross are 'brilliant at the interface of insider dealing and market abuse and are able to run rings round the regulator'."
THE LEGAL 500 2019
"Bags of experience and he provides great insight into the criminal elements of international fraud cases."
CHAMBERS UK 2019
"Outstanding, very able and a pleasure to work alongside."
CHAMBERS UK 2019
"Highly skilled tactician with a wealth of experience."
CHAMBERS UK 2019
"He is tenacious in representing clients' interests, but does so in an intelligent and extremely effective way."
CHAMBERS UK 2019
"They have a high density of the leading players - both David Corker and Peter Binning are very much at the top of the tree."
CHAMBERS HNW 2017
- Acting for Bernie Ecclestone, the former Formula One boss, in criminal proceedings arising out of an HMRC civil tax investigation prosecuted by the CPS.
- Acting for ENRC in the decade long SFO investigation recently discontinued on the grounds of insufficient evidence.
- Acting for several high-profile business people in current investigations by police, SFO, HMRC and/or regulators including the Rio Tinto case in which no proceedings were brought.
- Acting in a successful judicial review of police search warrant in a long running fraud and corruption investigation.
- Advising FCA regulated investment firm and its CEO in securing a successful regulatory outcome to an enforcement investigation.
- Advising witnesses in several major competition investigations conducted by the CMA.
- Advising in mutual assistance inquiries relating to US proceedings.
- Securing the acquittal in June 2019 of the former Barclays Chief Executive prosecuted by the SFO in a case relating to the bank’s 2008 capital raisings.
- Acting for senior executives in several SFO and police investigations into major multinational companies including Rolls-Royce, Tesco and GSK. No charges were brought against any client.
- Acting for several clients in the current SFO/FCA EURIBOR investigations and trials including one in which extradition from France to the UK was successfully resisted.
- Acting for clients in the SFO Forex investigation.
- Representing witnesses in several major US and UK civil fraud actions including mutual assistance deposition hearings and in Commercial Court trials.