One of the only foreign lawyers with permanent residency in mainland China, Peter is one of the longest serving expatriate lawyers in Shanghai, having worked there since early 1996, and formerly in Hong Kong and in Beijing. He has spent extended periods of time studying law and language in China and in Japan. Peter experienced each of the periods of China's legal development as a student and lawyer - the opening up of the 80's, the joint venture wave in the 90's, the M&A wave in the first decade in the millenium, and the restructuring wave that followed. He also has been a pioneer in the field of anti-trust in China.

Peter's passions are mediation, and helping China to address its environmental issues. He has focussed his efforts on cleantech since 2005, and is now one of the only lawyers on the mainland that can claim to have primarily a environmental focus. He helps cleantech companies structure their pathways into mainland China, and Chinese companies invest offshore into such projects.

Peter is an enthusiastic proponent of mediated settlements to disputes. He helped to forge a relationship between Shanghai Commercial Mediation Center and the leading mediation institution in the US, JAMS. He is a recipient of cross-border environmental dispute settlement training from Mediators Beyond Borders.

Peter has been active in business community based environmental and cleantech activities, and is an active supporter of local community programs, such as the lunch box program for the elderly and childless at the Shanghai Jin'an Golden Key Community.

Peter is author of one of the leading texts on the operation of the Chinese legal system which is used in law schools around the world: "Foreign Investment in China: the Administrative Legal System" (Trans Juris Publishers and Hong Kong University Press, 1997), as well as numerous academic legal articles on China and Japan in leading law journals and books, such as "Doing Business in China" and the American Journal of Comparative Law.

PRACTICE AREAS
-Establishment of compliance management system;
-FCPA and anti-corruption and bribery investigation;
-Compliance audit;
-International arbitration;
-Corporate matters;
-Domestic litigation & arbitration.

SOCIAL COMMITMENTS
-Chairman of Compliance Management Committee of China Enterprise Culture Improvement Association
-Deputy Chairman of International Risk and Compliance Association
-Member of China delegation in negotiation of ISO19600 Compliance Management System – Guidelines, ISO37001 Anti-Bribery Management System, ISO31022 Legal Risk Management System
-Vice-Director of the Working Committee on China’s national standard Compliance Management System – Guidelines
-Editor-in-Chief of The Compliance Reviews (www.compliance.reviews)
-Independent director of the import & export entity of ZTE
-Arbitrator of Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre
-Associate Mediator of Singapore Mediation Centre