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Corporate, Technology & Innovation

Partner

Peter Colegate is a partner in the Corporate Group. His practice is focused on privacy, data protection and strategic corporate-commercial and regulatory work in the technology and innovation sectors.

Peter has a keen interest in emerging technologies and has worked on numerous blockchain based offerings and smart contract projects across multiple jurisdictions. A privacy and data protection specialist, Peter is a member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals and sits on the Cayman Islands Government’s Working Group on Data Protection.

Since 2021, Chambers and partners has ranked Peter as a Band 1 lawyer for Offshore Fintech. Legal 500 named Peter as a ‘Next Generation Partner’ in 2022, and has noted him as a “subject matter expert, responsive and detail-oriented” for Regulatory and Compliance.

He is a founding member of the Blockchain Association of the Cayman Islands, a member of the Financial Services Legislative Committee Fintech Sub-Committee, the Cayman Finance Fintech Innovation Lab and the Fintech Professionals Association.

A privacy and data protection specialist, Peter is a member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals and sits on the Cayman Islands Government’s Working Group on Data Protection.

LLM Commercial Intellectual Property, Nottingham Law School LLB (joint honours), University of Keele