As Senior Partner, Michael has acted in many of the most high-profile and sensitive business crime cases of the last 25 years, at Peters & Peters and before that as a prosecutor. He is the author of a respected textbook on criminal cartels and co-founded the global sanctions blog: www.globalsanctions.com. Before joining Peters & Peters, Michael was a senior specialist prosecutor at the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) Headquarters. There, he was a key member of a small specialist unit responsible for the prosecution of serious and high-profile fraud, terrorist, state security and special interest criminal matters, including the Stansted Airport Afghan airline hijacking and the prosecution of Paul Burrell.

As Senior Partner, Michael has acted in many of the most high-profile and sensitive business crime cases of the last 25 years, at Peters & Peters and before that as a prosecutor. He is the author of a respected textbook on criminal cartels and co-founded the global sanctions blog: www.globalsanctions.com. Before joining Peters & Peters, Michael was a senior specialist prosecutor at the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) Headquarters. There, he was a key member of a small specialist unit responsible for the prosecution of serious and high-profile fraud, terrorist, state security and special intere...

Publications

White-collar Crime Law Guide

Co-author of the England and Wales chapter in the White-collar Crime Law Guide , published 3 July 2026 , alongside Maria Cronin , Rachel Cook and James Tyler .