Peter H. Lieberman > Greenberg Traurig LLP > Chicago, United States > Lawyer Profile
Greenberg Traurig LLP Offices
77 WEST WACKER DRIVE, SUITE 2500
CHICAGO, IL 60601
ILLINOIS
United States
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Peter H. Lieberman
Work Department
Corporate
Position
Chair, Global Corporate Practice
Career
Peter H. Lieberman is Co-Chair of the Global Corporate Practice. He has more than 30 years of broad experience in mergers and acquisitions, private equity, public company and hedge fund transactions, start-up and venture capital financings, and complex securities trading and structuring matters. Throughout his career, Peter has been involved in advising boards of directors, special committees, and controlling interest holders on conflict, governance, change of control, and similar matters. Peter brings to his work a diverse transactional background and trained at the New York law firm of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, where he was involved in both hostile and negotiated transactions (including proxy contests and the implementation of takeover defenses).
Concentrations
Mergers and acquisitions
Private equity
Hedge fund (including PIPE) transactions and securities trading and hedging compliance
Corporate and securities matters and structuring
Capabilities
Corporate
Private Equity
Mergers & Acquisitions
Capital Markets
Food, Beverage & Agribusiness
Admission to Practice
Illinois
New York
Languages
English
Education
- J.D., cum laude, Harvard Law School, 1988
- Editor, Harvard Law Review
- Master’s in Public Policy, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government, 1988
- A.B., University of Michigan, 1984
- Phi Beta Kappa
- Angell Scholar
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Industry focus > Native American law
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Real estate > Real estate
Firm Rankings
- Healthcare > Health insurers
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Industry focus > Native American law
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Finance > Fintech
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Finance > Project finance
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Government > Government contracts
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: litigation and regulation
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)