Experienced in all aspects of fraud and regulatory work arising from commercial backgrounds, including investigations carried out by the SFO, the FSA and other regulators.
Particular experience of anti-corruption due diligence enquiries and specialist knowledge of the Data Protection Act 1998.
Ben joined Peters & Peters in March 2003 as an employed Barrister. He transferred to the Solicitors' profession in November 2004 and became a Partner on 1st November 2007. Prior to this he had been called to the Bar in 1994, and following a civil pupillage, Ben joined a leading criminal law and fraud chambers (Hollis Whiteman, QEB) where he was in independent practice for eight years. He has the Higher Courts (All Proceedings) Qualification from the Law Society, and can appear as an advocate in all courts.
His prosecution and defence practice encompasses various types of fraud (including investment, advance fee, and diversion fraud), money laundering, serious crime (murder, armed robbery, corruption), but also specialist areas such as data protection & computer crime, and appearing at the General Medical Council. Since joining the firm Ben has been involved in the preparation of various complex fraud cases prosecuted by the FSA, SFO, HM Revenue & Customs, and in advising corporate clients on compliance issues.
Ben has also taught advocacy for the Inner Temple, was a Pegasus Scholar to New Zealand in 1997, and has been the Junior and an elected committee member of the South Eastern Circuit, and member of the Criminal Bar Association. Chair of the Fraud Advisory Panel's Data Protection Sub-group. He is a member of the Young Fraud Lawyers Group.