Peter Crawford > Freeths LLP > Sheffield, England > Lawyer Profile

Freeths LLP
FIFTH FLOOR, 3 ST PAUL'S PLACE
129 NORFOLK STREET
SHEFFIELD
S1 2JE
England

Work Department

Corporate

Position

Partner and Head of Corporate at Freeths Sheffield

Career

Peter leads Freeths’ Sheffield corporate team. He previously worked in Cambridge and Brussels, returning to Sheffield in 2007.

Peter’s background is in company and commercial law. He has a broad range of experience of company acquisitions and disposals, drafting and negotiating complex commercial agreements, implementing joint venture structures, refinancing and company law generally. He acts for a wide portfolio of both local and national clients.

Peter was shortlisted for Insiders’ South Yorkshire Dealmaker of the Year Award in 2015, and Freeths’ Sheffield corporate team was shortlisted for Corporate Law Firm of the Year in 2016, and 2017.

Peter is recognised as an “Elite Leading Lawyer” in Corporate & Commercial by The Legal 500.

Lawyer Rankings

Yorkshire and the Humber > Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Sheffield, South Yorkshire

(Leading individuals)

Peter CrawfordFreeths LLP

Freeths LLP has an established reputation amongst Sheffield’s manufacturing and engineering businesses, as well as a growing practice advising technology clients. Peter Crawford heads the corporate team and has experience handling company acquisitions and disposals, fundraising, and joint venture matters. Meanwhile Roger Gough, who recently joined from DLA Piper, leads the commercial practice and has particular expertise in trading and supply agreements, and warehousing and transport contracts. Recently promoted partner Lisa Wallis is another key contact in the group.