Peter has extensive experience in advising companies on technology procurement, the outsourcing of services, contract disputes, software development and the licensing and exploitation of intellectual property. He also advises companies on agency agreements, research and development agreements, distribution agreements and franchise agreements.

He acts for both customers and suppliers, and has significant experience in acting for Indian-based IT and outsourcing vendors.

Peter is ranked as a leading lawyer for both outsourcing and technology law in all major legal directories. It is stated in the 2008 edition of Chambers that he "knows how the market is developing and its key issues, so he knows how to add value in terms of constructing the contract." He is also described in the 2009 edition as having "deep technical knowledge."

Peter is a frequent speaker on technology law and outsourcing issues in the UK and worldwide, and has been widely published in legal journals in the UK and internationally.

He is the editor and co-author of Technology and Offshore Outsourcing Strategies published by Palgrave Macmillan in June 2005, and a co-author of The Secure Online Business Handbook, published by Kogan-Page in 2006.

Relevant Experience

• Advising a major vendor on its outsourcing contract with a large UK utility
• Advising a leading vendor on the resolution of a contractual dispute with a UK company
• Advising a UK energy company on the procurement of technology assets
• Advising a leading bank on the outsource of its fund management operations
• Advising the UK Home Office on a £250M outsourcing of IT support and maintenance
• Advising Tata Consultancy Services on its role in the National Health Service National Programme for IT — the largest ever UK Government technology project
• Advising the Home Office in relation to the design, development and integration of a biometrics system for iris recognition - one of the cornerstones of the UK Government's use of biometric data.

• Partner, Simmons & Simmons, 2004-2007
• Associate, Simmons & Simmons, 2001-2004
• Associate, Baker & McKenzie (Sydney, Australia)1998-2001
• Legal and Business Affairs Executive, (Sydney, Australia) YG-Village Roadshow Pty Ltd 1997-1998
• Lawyer, Copyright Agency Limited, (Sydney, Australia) 1994-1997

• ITechlaw Planning Committee 2007
• Intellect
• Society for Computers and Law
• National Outsourcing Association
• Editorial Board, "The Intelligent Outsourcer"

• LL.M., University of New South Wales, 1997
  
• BA LLB (Hons), Australian National University, 1994