Profile

Peter holds the Chair in Energy and Climate Law at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies on the Lincoln's Inn Fields campus at Queen Mary University of London. He teaches Renewable Energy Law and Contracts as well as Mining Law and Natural Resources.

He has held various academic posts at the European University Institute, the University of Leiden, Dundee (Scotland) and, as visiting academic, the National University of Singapore, Stanford Law School, the Oxford Centre for Soco-Legal Studies, and the University of Madrid (Autonoma).

Peter is qualified as a barrister (England & Wales, Middle Temple), and has acted as arbitrator in international disputes under ICSID and ICC rules. He has also provided expert witness testimony in arbitrations and national courts, and been consultant to the World Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Asian Development Bank and various United Nations agencies.

Peter was elected to the Royal Society of Edinburgh as Fellow in 2013.