Peter Tucci Bio

While serving as both Co-Chair of the firm’s Mergers & Acquisitions Practice and Chair of the firm's International Practice, Peter handles a variety of corporate matters, both domestic and international. While previously serving as the Chair of the International Practice Group at an Am Law 20 law firm, Peter was the architect of the first-ever acquisition of a European law firm by a U.S. law firm with which it had no prior affiliation. This historic acquisition received extensive press coverage in both the United States and Europe. Immediately prior to joining Fox, Peter was an equity partner at DLA Piper. In 2005, the President of the Republic of France, Jacques Chirac, bestowed upon Peter the title of Chevalier (Knight) of the French Legion of Honor. The French Legion of Honor, which was established by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1802, recognizes eminent service to the Republic of France and is the country's most prestigious award. In addition to Georgetown University, Peter studied at the University of Dijon in France and The Hague Academy of International Law in the Netherlands. Peter is also very active in the community. He is Chairman of the Board of Trustees of The Pennington School, a private, secondary school near Princeton, New Jersey. For 16 years he served as President of the Philadelphia Chapter of the French-American Chamber of Commerce. In addition, Peter serves on the Board of Directors of Canada Life Reinsurance Company. For more than 10 years, he also served multiple terms as Co-chair of the International Law Committee of the Philadelphia Bar Association. International travel is one of Peter's passions and his current goal is to attain membership in the Travelers' Century Club by traveling to at least 100 countries. To date, he has visited 93 countries. Peter maintains the world’s largest private collection of furniture, paintings, books and documents owned by Joseph Bonaparte, the elder brother of Napoleon Bonaparte. Joseph was at one time King of Naples and later King of Spain. Peter recently curated an exhibition of his Bonaparte collection, which was profiled in The New York Times. Peter also appeared in a television documentary, “Bonaparte’s Retreat,” which has aired many times on PBS. Peter is also very active in philanthropic initiatives. In March 2014, he participated in a medical mission to Haiti in conjunction with The Pennington School and in July 2014 and July 2015 participated in medical missions to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.