While serving as both Co-Chair of the firm’s Mergers & Acquisitions Practice and Chair of the firm's International Practice, Peter handles a wide variety of corporate matters, both domestic and international.

He represents clients in: mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, corporate finance, joint ventures,
insurance and reinsurance transactions.

 

Peter has worked on several hundred transactions throughout his career. He provides general corporate representation to many public and private companies, with a particular focus on advising European companies entering the U.S. market.

 

Recently, Peter served as the lead outside counsel on four of the 50 largest M&A transactions as listed in the Philadelphia Business Journal. The combined enterprise value of those transactions was more than $2 billion.

​

Peter also serves as Chair of the firm's International Practice Group. He previously served as Co-Chair of the firm’s 200-attorney Corporate Department and as a member of the Executive Committee, the firm’s governing body.

​

Before Fox Rothschild
While previously serving as the Chair of the International Practice Group at an Am Law 20 law firm, Peter was the architect of the first-ever acquisition of a European law firm by a U.S. law firm with which it had no prior affiliation. This historic acquisition received extensive press coverage in both the United States and Europe. Immediately prior to joining Fox, Peter was an equity partner at DLA Piper.

​

Beyond Fox Rothschild
In 2005, the President of the Republic of France, Jacques Chirac, bestowed upon Peter the title of Chevalier (Knight) of the French Legion of Honor. The French Legion of Honor, which was established by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1802, recognizes eminent service to the Republic of France and is the country's most prestigious award.

​

In addition to Georgetown University, Peter studied at the University of Dijon in France and The Hague Academy of International Law in the Netherlands.

​

Peter is also very active in the community. He is Chairman of the Board of Trustees of The Pennington School, a private, secondary school near Princeton, New Jersey.

 

In 1989, Peter incorporated the Philadelphia Chapter of the French-American Chamber of Commerce as the Founding Secretary and a Founding Board Member. He served as President for 16 years from 2000 - 2016. 

 

For more than 10 years, he also served multiple terms as Co-chair of the International Law Committee of the Philadelphia Bar Association.

​

International travel is one of Peter's passions and his current goal is to attain membership in the Travelers' Century Club by traveling to at least 100 countries. To date, he has visited 94 countries.

​

Peter maintains the world’s largest private collection of furniture, paintings, books and documents owned by Joseph Bonaparte, the elder brother of Napoleon Bonaparte. Joseph was at one time King of Naples and later King of Spain. Peter curated an exhibition of his Bonaparte collection, which was profiled in The New York Times. Peter also appeared in a television documentary, “Bonaparte’s Retreat,” which has aired many times on PBS.

​

Peter is also very active in philanthropic initiatives. In March 2014, he participated in a medical mission to Haiti in conjunction with The Pennington School and in July 2014 and July 2015 participated in medical missions to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

​

Bar Admissions:  Pennsylvania, New Jersey
 

Education: Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., 1986), Georgetown University (B.S.F.S., cum laude, 1983)
                     The Pennington School (1979)

 

Memberships: International Bar Association, American Bar Association, Pennsylvania Bar Association, Philadelphia Bar Association, American Society of the French Legion of Honor, Board of Directors / Trustees, The Pennington School (Chairman), French-American Chamber of Commerce, World Affairs Council of Philadelphia, The Andalusia Foundation,
Bordentown Historical Society, Friends of Washington Crossing Park, Inc.

 

Former Board and Other Positions:
Tulane University's School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine – Former Member of the Dean's Advisory Council
HSBC Bank USA, National Association – Former Member of Advisory Board
Philadelphia Regional Port Authority – Former Chief Counsel
Dikembe Mutombo Foundation – Former Member of Board of Directors
Philadelphia University – Former Member of Board of Trustees
Declaration Fund – Former Member of Board of Directors
Widener University – Former Adjunct Faculty Member
United States House of Representatives – Former Finance Co-Chair for three Congressional elections