Peter is an Associate whose main areas of practice include ship finance and ship registration, energy and natural resources law and corporate and commercial law.
He began his career at Fenech & Fenech Advocates as a Trainee Advocate before qualifying Doctor of Laws in 2012. He then pursued a Master of Laws degree in energy law and policy from the University of Dundee, graduating in 2013 prior to joining Holman Fenwick Willan LLP in London on Secondment within the shipping and corporate, projects and finance departments.
As a member of the Shipping Practice he focuses on the registration of vessels and yachts and sales/acquisitions of vessels. He regularly assist international banks, as lenders in transactions involving Mortgages registered over Malta-flag vessels, as well as Maltese and non-Maltese shipping companies in their capacity as borrowers and mortgagors.
Within the energy sector he has gained experience advising international oil companies in relation to offshore petroleum E&P activities, energy investors in downstream and midstream energy activities and renewable energy investors in licensing, planning and permitting requirements, EIA approvals and financing arrangements.
He further has exposure to the International Practice Group at Fenech & Fenech Advocates, where he frequently assists with corporate financing structures and transactions including mergers, takeovers and restructurings, related security arrangements, as well as corporate governance and general company law issues. He also assist with both vendor and purchaser related legal due diligence processes relevant to the sale and purchase of corporate entities