Chantal Peters

Partner, TLT

Chantal specialises in contentious financial regulatory work, litigation and legal project management. She is a Leading Partner in The Legal 500, recognised for ‘her expertise in contentious financial regulatory work, litigation and legal project management”, and is also co-chair of Women in Banking and Finance in Manchester.

She has extensive experience advising financial institutions on FCA enforcement investigations, internal and whistleblowing investigations. She routinely advises on the SMCR, the FCA and PRA Code of Conduct and fitness and propriety issues.

Chantal has advised financial institutions in connection with a range of issues including conduct and culture, systems and controls, cyber security, AML and anti-bribery, regulatory reporting, operational resilience and the treatment of customers.

Her experience includes advisory and risk management work, supporting clients on numerous Skilled Person’s reviews, past business reviews, remediation and change programmes.

Recent experience includes:

• crisis response to large scale data breaches (including engagement with three regulators);

• conduct and operational risk investigations; and

• multiple Section 166 reviews.

Chantal’s industry knowledge is supplemented by an understanding of the inner workings of firms, gained through secondments at multiple major banks.

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Dealing with a whistleblower in internal criminal investigations

Practice Notes

This Practice Note provides practical guidance on the issues that may arise following receipt of a whistleblower report from the perspective of the corporate entity (including limited companies, partnerships and LLPs) receiving the report. It covers the importance of a whistleblowing policy, initial assessment of the report, evidential considerations and responding to the report including self-reporting corporate offences.

Corporate Crime

Representing whistleblowers in internal criminal investigations

Practice Notes

This Practice Note provides guidance to lawyers representing whistleblowers in criminal investigations. It provides guidance on whether to blow the whistle, who to report to when making a whistleblowing report, dealing with employers’ requests for help and attending corporates’ lawyer interviews. It addresses the subject of privilege from self-incrimination, the difference between UK/US regimes for incentives and protection and dealing with responses to whistleblowing as well as practical tips and pitfalls to avoid.

Corporate Crime