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Corporate, Technology & Innovation

Partner

Peter Colegate is a partner in the Corporate Group. His practice is focused on privacy, data protection and strategic corporate-commercial and regulatory work in the technology and innovation sectors.

Peter has a keen interest in emerging technologies and has worked on numerous blockchain based offerings and smart contract projects across multiple jurisdictions. A privacy and data protection specialist, Peter is a member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals and sits on the Cayman Islands Government’s Working Group on Data Protection.

Since 2021, Chambers and partners has ranked Peter as a Band 1 lawyer for Offshore Fintech. Legal 500 named Peter as a ‘Next Generation Partner’ in 2022, and has noted him as a “subject matter expert, responsive and detail-oriented” for Regulatory and Compliance.

He is a founding member of the Blockchain Association of the Cayman Islands, a member of the Financial Services Legislative Committee Fintech Sub-Committee, the Cayman Finance Fintech Innovation Lab and the Fintech Professionals Association.

A privacy and data protection specialist, Peter is a member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals and sits on the Cayman Islands Government’s Working Group on Data Protection.

• LLM Commercial Intellectual Property, Nottingham Law School
• LLB (joint honours), University of Keele