Peter Collins

Peter is a corporate lawyer who specialises in creating commercial delivery structures for public sector clients through corporate vehicles, collaboration arrangements, partnerships and joint ventures. He regularly advises clients on public/private sector joint ventures relating to property assets in the context of land development and regeneration. Peter is also a recognised expert in the field of local authority trading companies.

He has considerable corporate finance experience which he now harnesses to provide pragmatic and commercial advice to local authorities and other public bodies. Peter also acts for clients on company acquisitions and disposals, private equity investments, fundraisings, financing and local arrangements, and corporate governance.

Peter’s role:

As part of his corporate work, Peter advises clients on public procurement and subsidy control matters. He is regularly asked to advise accountable bodies on the terms of multi-million-pound grant agreements.

Skills and strengths:

Peter provides pragmatic, unfussy and commercially focused advice.  He aims to develop trusted relationships with his clients, whether they are public or private sector, and to become an effective extension of their legal or management team.