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.
Publications
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 .