• Commercial dispute resolution
• Partnership and shareholder disputes
• Construction
• Competition regulation
• Intellectual property disputes
• Insolvency and corporate recovery

Peter trained with Furley Page and became a Partner in 1983. He was later appointed Head of what is now the Dispute Resolution Team. In 2001 Peter was elected Senior Partner.

Peter acts for a wide range of business clients.  He has extensive experience of dispute work in most types of forum including High Court and County Court together with alternatives such as arbitration and mediations. Peter is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb).

Peter’s portfolio of clients range from national and international companies to smaller entrepreneurial enterprises. Peter acts for a number of educational institutions in the schools, colleges and higher education sectors. He also regularly advises professional partnerships (lawyers, accountants, architects, doctors) agricultural and commercial partnerships on a range of succession issues.

In addition to client work, Peter is actively involved in many business organisations including the board of Canterbury for Business (C4B), the Business Advisory Board (BAB) for KCC and Kent Invicta Chamber of Commerce.

Peter is a Patron of the Turner Contemporary in Margate.

Peter Hawkes is recommended for commercial litigation work by The Legal 500. Peter is also recognised by Chambers and Partners for his work in dispute resolution, “Sources say he has great commercial nous and a real sense of empathy with his clients.”

• Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

• Competition Lawyers Association

• Society for Computers and Law

• Association of Employment Lawyers

• Mediation Clinic Advisory Board, Canterbury Christ Church University

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