Peter Collins

Partner - Sharpe Pritchard

Peter is a corporate lawyer who specialises in creating commercial delivery structures for public sector clients including through subsidiary companies, 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 also acts for clients on company acquisitions and disposals, private equity investments, fundraisings, group reorganisations and corporate governance.

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

Peter is also a trusted adviser to a number of local enterprise partnerships, having been at the forefront of developing the corporate governance arrangements for a number of LEPs following the requirement for them to become incorporated.

Peter provides pragmatic, unfussy and commercially focussed 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.