Peter Burgess
About
Provided by Peter Burgess
Practice Areas
Peter deals with all aspects of private family law including high net worth finance, private children and pre/post nuptial agreements. He has particular experience in cases involving trusts and companies and also mental capacity. Peter is also an FMC Accredited Mediator.
Career
Peter studied at the University of Nottingham and spent a year at the University of Melbourne, achieving a 2:1 in his BA in Law with Australian Law (with distinction). After his LPC, Peter went on to train at top ranked family law firm Withers LLP, where he qualified in 2005. In 2013 he co-founded Burgess Mee Family Law which now has 16 lawyers across 3 offices.
Professional Memberships
Peter is an active member of Resolution, serving as Secretary on the National and Executive Committee. He is also chair of the Drafting Committee.
Publications
International Trust and Divorce Litigation by Jordans
Chambers Review
UK
Peter Burgess frequently acts on financial remedy matters involving substantial assets, as well as cross-border leave to remove matters. He also advises clients on jurisdictional disputes and nuptial agreements. He has further experience in mediations.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Peter is really fun to work with, he's really personable and very hands-on. He is an excellent lawyer; I would always happily refer a client to him."
"He is very meticulous and methodical, but at the same time he is very empathetic and easy to deal with. He is very good at dealing with the most vulnerable clients. I am always happy to refer clients to him."
"Peter Burgess is a pleasure to deal with. He's really good with clients, he's accessible and collaborative."
"He is very bright, intuitive and has great judgement; he can see the wood for the trees and is able to cut through all of the distractions to get the client on board and see the bigger picture."
"Peter is great - steady, calm and has a knack for predicting the other sides next move."
"Peter is really fun to work with, he's really personable and very hands-on. He is an excellent lawyer; I would always happily refer a client to him."
"He is very meticulous and methodical, but at the same time he is very empathetic and easy to deal with. He is very good at dealing with the most vulnerable clients. I am always happy to refer clients to him."
"Peter Burgess is a pleasure to deal with. He's really good with clients, he's accessible and collaborative."
"He is very bright, intuitive and has great judgement; he can see the wood for the trees and is able to cut through all of the distractions to get the client on board and see the bigger picture."
"Peter is great - steady, calm and has a knack for predicting the other sides next move."
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