Peter Allen Bio

Peter is a partner heading up both our North West corporate team and the firm’s Manchester office. Peter is a highly regarded adviser to all types of businesses, both UK and international. He is referred to in Legal 500 as providing “years of experience and great commercial awareness” and “a first rate service”. Peter advises on all aspects of company law and corporate transactions but specialises in M&A, being particularly adept at looking after owner-managers and founders of businesses in the period leading up to and culminating in their exits. He has a strong reputation for his unwavering support for his clients and going the extra mile, his pragmatic and collaborative approach, his ability to solve problems proactively and for providing balanced and commercially focused advice. Peter brings over 25 years of experience to transactions both large and small. He has worked on transactions worth £100k to $3bn during his career. His ethos is that every transaction, whatever the monetary value, is a significant transaction to those involved. Peter’s opinions and input are widely sought on a variety of areas both legal and otherwise in relation to NW business and he is a regular collaborator and presenter at events and participant in panel discussions.