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Peter heads the Corporate and Commercial team at McCormicks. He is an internationally recognised expert in Sports and Media and Entertainment Law.
Regarded as one of the top sports lawyers in the UK, Peter is best known as the Chairman of the Legal Advisory Group of the Premier League. He Chairs Tribunals and Appeals for the League, Football Association and Professional Game Match Officials Ltd. He is also a Chairman of the Sports Dispute Resolution Panel, a Trustee of the Football Foundation, and Chairman of Football Stadia Improvement Fund Ltd.
He advises businesses, organisations and individuals on Corporate and Commercial, Media, Regulatory and Disciplinary, Defamation and Reputation Management issues.
Peter is also a leading national figure in Charities Law. He advises charity clients on a local and regional basis and also national charities, including The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award and The Outward Bound Trust. He is Chairman of the Yorkshire Young Achievers Foundation, Vice-Chairman of War Memorials Trust and a Trustee of the National Media Museum and the Helen Feather Memorial Trust. He was awarded the OBE for services to charity on 1 January 2000.
Peter was voted the inaugural Yorkshire Lawyer of the Year and Niche Practice Lawyer of the Year by the Yorkshire Law Societies. He is ranked as a leading expert by the Legal 500 and Chambers UK, the leading independent guides to the profession, in Sport, Media and Entertainment, Corporate and Commercial, Commercial Litigation, Defamation and Reputation Management, Professional Discipline and Charities.
In 2008, Peter received the Lifetime Achievement in Business Award at the Ackrill Media Group Business Awards.
  
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