Overview
Advises hedge funds, private equity funds, hybrid funds and investment advisers in connection with their structuring, formation and ongoing operational needs, as well as on certain regulatory and compliance matters. Also represents several institutional and high-net-worth investors. Head of Investor Representation.
Peter represents a wide variety of institutional and entrepreneurial fund sponsors and asset managers in connection with their structuring, formation and ongoing operational needs, and certain regulatory and compliance matters. In addition, he represents institutional and high-net-worth investors in connection with commingled fund, “fund of one,” rated note feeder, managed account and seed investments. He also has extensive experience advising on mergers and acquisitions, including a range of complex, high-value public and private transactions across a number of industry sectors.
Before joining the firm, Peter served as in-house counsel at a privately held investment firm, where he focused on fund formation, hedge fund and private equity fund seeding and family office matters. His broad experience also includes roles with other law firms based in New York, London and Adelaide, Australia.
Results
- Advises managers of hedge, private equity and hybrid funds regarding structure, formation, marketing and ongoing operational issues and transactional matters across a broad range of asset classes.
- Structures and negotiates commingled products, managed accounts and “funds of one,” and negotiates commingled fund, seed, joint venture and strategic investments on behalf of both managers and investors, including asset managers, pension funds, high-net-worth individuals and family offices, and insurance companies.
- Advises managers regarding carry-sharing arrangements and other incentive compensation systems.
Recognitions
- Chambers USA, Hedge Funds and Investment Funds: Investor Representation
Community
- Global Board of Directors, Help For Children
Credentials
Education
Duke University School of Law, LLM, magna cum laude
University of Melbourne, LL.M. (Commercial), with honors
University of South Australia, Graduate Certificate in Legal Practice
The Flinders University of South Australia, LLB, with first class honors, 1996
Admissions
New York
Prior Experience
Reservoir Capital Group, 2011-2016
Sullivan & Cromwell, 2006-2011
Cowell Clarke, 2003-2006
Finlaysons, 1997-1999, 2001-2003
Clifford Chance, 1999-2000
