Peter was formerly a partner of Cornwall Stodart. His areas of expertise are insolvency and commercial disputes.

Peter is well known for his insolvency expertise and has acted regularly for trustees in bankruptcy, liquidators, receivers, creditors and administrators of companies.

He is a member and former national chairman of the Insolvency and Reconstruction Committee of the Law Council of Australia, and a member of the Editorial Board of the Insolvency Law Journal.

Peter authored the chapter on bankruptcy investigations in Laws of Australia and has represented the Law Council of Australia in Senate Committee hearings.

Peter is an Accredited Mediator under the Australian National Mediator Accreditation Scheme and a member of the Victorian Bar Dispute Resolution Committee.