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Simons Muirhead Burton Offices
87-91 Newman Street
LONDON
W1T 3EY
England
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Peter Weiss
Work Department
Corporate and commercial
Position
Partner and head of the corporate and commercial department. Advises start-ups, lenders and institutional clients, as well as family offices, owner operated businesses and those in the media and entertainment, fashion and retail industries; provides specialist strategic corporate and property finance advice, M&A and joint ventures and has specialist experience on advising on complex partnership issues (in particular LLPs). Chairs the firm’s Social Responsibility Group and works with a number of national and international charities. Acts as non-executive director for several Sport England subsidiaries including the National Sports Trust Council responsible for implementing the media campaign, This Girl Can. Peter is also a trustee of the International Centre for Social Franchising.
Career
Trained NabarroNathanson; qualified 2000; assistant NabarroNathanson; assistant then associate Davenport Lyons 2001-06; partner 2007; partner Simons Muirhead and Burton 2013 to date.
Languages
French.
Education
Vassar College, New York (BA English); College of Law, London (CPE; LPC).
Leisure
Writing, cycling, tennis.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
Simons Muirhead Burton‘s corporate, commercial, and finance group offers both transactional and advisory services, including assistance on M&A, cross-border, and investment transactions. The team covers a wide range of industry sectors such as media, technology, and energy. Natalie Wright and Peter Weiss co-head the practice and have expertise in M&A, restructurings, joint ventures, and corporate finance transactions. Neal Hodges is noted for his aptitude in advising private equity houses on M&A and joint ventures, while Alon Domb concentrates on the media, technology, and property sectors.
Lawyer Rankings
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- Crime, fraud and licensing > Crime: general
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Theatre, publishing and other media
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Civil liberties and human rights
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Film & TV
- Private client > Family
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Franchising
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Music
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design