Peter works with both borrowers and lenders across the country.
He helps clients finance utility, telecommunications, agribusiness, transportation, infrastructure, and other corporate operating and liquidity needs.
Peter's finance background includes senior, second lien and subordinated commercial financings; private placements and other taxable long-term debt issuances; government-guaranteed financings; project financing; public, pollution control and industrial revenue bond issuances; structured financings of inventories; commercial paper offerings; secured and unsecured corporate indenture offerings; lines of credit; and letter of credit transactions.
- Represented originator and servicer in connection with $150 million receivables purchase agreement.
- Represented corporate borrower in $200 million, syndicated, secured, multi-currency revolving credit facility.
- Represented provider of equipment financing in connection with $50 million, syndicated, revolving, asset-based loan with a private credit administrative agent and with secured and unsecured mezzanine facilities.
- Represented Heritage Life Insurance Company in the closings of two secured margin loan revolving facilities totaling $500,000,000 in aggregate commitments.
- Negotiated and developed documentation for a small-scale crude oil prepayment arrangement to serve as an alternative to reserve base lending for a crude oil developer in the Bakken area of North Dakota.
- Recognized by The Legal 500 United States in the area of commercial lending: advice to borrowers and lenders (2023)
- Recognized as "Lawyer of the Year" by The Best Lawyers in America in the area of project finance law (2023)
- Named to The Best Lawyers in America in the area of banking and finance law (2019-2024), project finance law (2007-2024) and utilities law (2015-2021)
- Recognized by Chambers USA: Guide to Leading Business Lawyers in the area of energy (2011-2023)
- Recognized as a stand-out lawyer by Acritas Stars: Independently Rated Lawyers (2018-2020)
- Selected for inclusion in Georgia Super Lawyers® (2012) and also recognized in the areas of banking (2007, 2011) and energy and natural resources (2007)
- Member, American Bar Association
- Member, State Bar of Georgia
- Member, Atlanta Bar Association
- Member, Leadership Georgia
- Member, Leadership Atlanta
- Georgia
- J.D., Columbia Law School,
Editor, Columbia Law Review
- A.B., magna cum laude, Duke University
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