
Peter Pender-Cudlip
Senior Managing Director J.S. Held LLC
- Dubai
Fraud and Asset Recovery Consultant | Financial Accounting Investigator | Extensive Experience in International Investigations
Biography
Peter Pender-Cudlip joined J.S. Held in May of 2022 as part of J.S. Held's acquisition of GPW. Peter has over 20 years of international investigations experience, having worked on projects in more than 40 countries across the Middle East, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Europe, the U.S., and Russia. Prior to joining J.S. Held, Peter established GPW, which rapidly became one of the leading investigations and dispute consulting firms in the sector, with offices in London, Dubai, and Singapore.
Prior to the successful development of GPW, Peter was a Director of Kroll Associates in London, following earlier careers in investment banking, financial public relations, and law. Peter works extensively with the world’s leading corporations and law firms on complex commercial issues and disputes and has extensive experience across substantially all industry sectors.
Clients retain J.S. Held on a wide range of investigative matters, including litigation and arbitration support, fraud, bribery, and corruption investigations, financial accounting (‘black holes’) investigations, asset tracing and recovery, ownership mapping, counterparty due diligence, sanctions, compliance, and operational risk reviews.
Prior to the successful development of GPW, Peter was a Director of Kroll Associates in London, following earlier careers in investment banking, financial public relations, and law. Peter works extensively with the world’s leading corporations and law firms on complex commercial issues and disputes and has extensive experience across substantially all industry sectors.
Clients retain J.S. Held on a wide range of investigative matters, including litigation and arbitration support, fraud, bribery, and corruption investigations, financial accounting (‘black holes’) investigations, asset tracing and recovery, ownership mapping, counterparty due diligence, sanctions, compliance, and operational risk reviews.
Industry Expertise
International Affairs
Information Services
Areas of Expertise
Sovereign Asset Tracing & Enforcement
Evidence Gathering
Third-Party Litigation Funded Claims
Due Diligence on Counterparties
Procurement Fraud Investigations
Strategic Disputes Advice
Commercial Asset Tracing & Enforcement
Media Appearances
Dubai detective tracks ‘pure intel’ with methods old and new
The National News online
2015-12-08
People in Peter Pender-Cudlip’s line of work were for many years associated with some pretty dubious methods. The GPW partner – a lean, super-fit former solicitor who worked for Kroll Associates – is using Dubai as his firm’s Middle East base to find solutions.
Affiliations
- Chambers & Partners, Asset Tracing & Recovery (Investigations Agencies) Band 1, Global, 2023-2025
- Who’s Who Legal Global Leader – Asset Recovery Experts 2022, 2023, 2024
- Who’s Who Legal Global Leader – Investigations Experts 2022, 2023, 2024
- Lexology Client Choice, Asset Recovery
- Advisory Excellence, Asset Recovery
Articles
Snapshot: asset confiscation in United Arab Emirates
Clyde&Co LLP2023
A Q&A guide to confiscation in United Arab Emirates, covering the legal framework, secondary proceeds, third-party ownership, value-based confiscation, using confiscated property to settle claims and more.
Snapshot: civil asset recovery in United Arab Emirates
Clyde&Co LLP2022
A Q&A guide to civil asset recovery proceedings in United Arab Emirates.
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Languages
- English