Peter focuses his practice on general corporate matters. Peter regularly advises owners of family-owned and closely held businesses, limited liability companies, corporations and start-up businesses on such topics as strategic planning, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, complex buy-sell arrangements, executive benefit planning, general commercial relationships, employment law, as well as succession planning.
Peter often serves as outside general counsel to his clients with an emphasis on representing companies in the manufacturing, distribution, service and food industries, real estate and technology ventures as well as medical professionals of varying disciplines. In addition to the representation of businesses, Peter regularly serves as a business and legal counselor to high net worth individuals who are contemplating new business ventures. Peter also works with several institutional lenders in connection with arranging various commercial loan transactions ranging from asset based loans to real estate collateralized loans.
Peter is the former Mayor for the Township of Cedar Grove where he currently serves as Councilman. Peter is also a former Deputy Attorney General with the New Jersey Attorney General Office, Division of Law.
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Areas of Practice
Corporate & Transactional
Bar Admissions
New Jersey, 2000
U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, 2000
Education
Quinnipiac University School of Law
J.D.
Montclair State University
B.A.
Honors and Awards
Mayor, Township of Cedar Grove, 2007-2008
Councilman, Township of Cedar Grove, 2004-Present
Recipient of the Young Lawyers' Achievement Award from the Essex County Bar Association
Recognized as the Lawyer of the Month by the Essex County Volunteer Lawyers for Justice
Former law clerk to the Honorable James G. Troiano, Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division, 1997/98
Professional Association Memberships
New Jersey State Bar Association
Essex County Bar Association, Young Lawyers Section Trustee, 2004
Professional Business Builders
Officer and General Counsel, Unico National, Cedar Grove Chapter
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