Peter is an International Tenant at Burnell Chambers. He is a member of the Bar of New South Wales, Australia, specialising in tax, tax investigations, commercial law and chancery. He practises in all Australian superior court jurisdictions. He has appeared as lead counsel in the High Court of Australia (UK Supreme Court equivalent) and myriad state and federal courts of appeal (UK Court of Appeal equivalent). He advises on all aspects of taxation law in Australia, including stamp duty, capital gains tax, taxation of corporate groups and cross-border transactions, in context of commercial restructures and resolution of tax disputes.

Peter is generally engaged by solicitors and accountants to act for taxpayers, however a significant portion of his practice has involved acting for the Crown. He is a member of a Crown panel. Peter is also well-known to senior tax officials in respect of the resolution of high-value disputes.

Prior to being called to the Bar, Peter practised as a solicitor at Mallesons Stephen Jaques (now King & Wood Mallesons), a top-tier law firm, in banking and finance law and state taxes.

He previously worked at ANZ Bank’s Global Treasury, in fixed interest, derivatives, foreign exchange and project finance.

Peter is a Fellow of the Taxation Institute of Australia, a Member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners and holds a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Commerce (Finance) from the University of New South Wales.