Practice Focus

Mergers and Acquisitions, Real Estate, Succession Planning and Hospitality

Experience

Peter is a business lawyer. He loves his clients and he loves transactions, especially the strategic planning and implementation of deals. One very flattering opposing counsel has described him as the Tom Brady of transactions. He regularly assists clients with buying and selling businesses and advises on succession planning, offering his business clients well planned solutions that create value and afford certainty.

Peter's experience includes:

• Lead counsel on the acquisition and financing of a $95 million portfolio of hotels
• Lead counsel on the acquisition and financing of a multi-state $15 million plumbing and heating supply business
• Lead counsel on sophisticated business succession plans for automobile, hotel and beer wholesale distributor owners, among others
• General counsel to rapidly growing international confection and chocolate manufacturer

Practice Areas

• Business
• Intellectual Property and Technology
• Real Estate

Professional Activities

• Lectured on basic corporate law, choice of entity, limited liability companies, and family limited partnerships
• Lectured on international business transactions at Pierce Law Center

Honors and Distinctions

• Cited in The Best Lawyers in America 2008-2011 for corporate law and real estate
• Recognized as a New England Super Lawyer, Corporate Law 2008-2011
• Recognized in Chambers USA, America's Leading Business Lawyers since 2005 for corporate/mergers and acquisitions
• Member and State Chair of The American College of Mortgage Attorneys
• Recipient of Small Business Association Special Advocate of the Year

Community Involvement

Board of Directors and Past Chair, Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce

Board of Directors and Former President, Concord Boys & Girls Club

Commissioner, Concord Housing and Redevelopment Authority

Board of Directors, Education For All Children

Board of Directors, Friends of Forgotten Children

Bar Admissions

Peter is admitted to practice in the states of New Hampshire and Massachusetts.

Education

Clark University, B.A., Economics, with high honors, 1982; Washington College of Law, American University, J.D., cum laude, 1986, Topics Editor, American University Journal of International Law and Policy; Fulbright-Hayes Scholar at the University of St. Gallen (Switzerland) Business School, 1982-1983; Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for International and Comparative Patent, Copyright and Competition Law in Munich, West Germany, 1986-1987