Peter Goldson joined MFG in 1988 and became a Partner in 1994. Peter is a Partner in the firm’s Commercial Department and is the head of the firm’s Intellectual Property practice. He is the former Managing Partner, former Head of the Commercial Department and is now the firm’s Senior Partner. He advises clients on a wide range of commercial matters including mergers and acquisitions, hotel developments and sales, pensions, intellectual property, project finance, capital markets, securities and regulatory advice.
Results
Divestment of the Assets of the Sugar Industry
Team Leader
Legal Expert
MFG represented the client in a bid to acquire the full package of assets of the sugar industry of Jamaica
UWI Cogeneration Plant
Team Leader
MFG acted for the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus in the procurement, and construction of a 7 MW net power facility which is to be powered by LNG.
Harmony Cove project
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Advising Tavistock, one of 2 joint venture partners in large hotel and casino developent on Jamaica’s North Coast
Cable & Wireless (Jamaica) Limited
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Scheme of Arrangement and steps to de-list company from the Jamaica Stock Exchange
UWI Student Housing
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MFG acted for the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus in its project involving the Finance, Construction, Operation, and Maintenance of 1,584 dormitory rooms at the institution.
Acted for the Transaction Manager in relation to a Request for Proposals for the divestment of lands owned by the Government of Jamaica.
Century National bank
Team Member
Part of team responsible for placing Century National Bank under temporary management under the Banking Act; this exercise involved the review of loan documents and questionable transactions into which the bank entered; also part of litigation team which included final appeals to the Privy Council against the directors and for recovery of non-performing loans
Century National bank
Team Leader
Main Attorney responsible for advising the financial advisers placing Workers’ Savings & Loan Bank into temporary management; reviewing documents and correspondence evidencing bad loans and questionable transactions into which the bank entered.
FINSAC
Team Member
Part of the legal team advising FINSAC in relation to the restructuring and sale of National Commercial Bank Jamaica Limited and other financial institutions given a number of bad loans and poor banking decisions made by the bank and questionable transactions into which the bank had entered; negotiating with the creditors of these financial institutions and preparing for suit against some of them; advising the client generally in relation to the sale of these non-performing loans and sale of some of the under-performing institutions.
Community
Advisory Board of the Companies Office of Jamaica
Chairman
Advisory Board of Jamaica Intellectual Property Office
Former Chairman
Jamaica International Financial Services Authority
Deputy Chairman
Jamaica and Commonwealth Caribbean Rhodes Trust
Chairman
Jamaica and Commonwealth Caribbean Rhodes Scholarship Selection Committee
Secretary
Jamaica and Commonwealth Caribbean Rhodes Trust
Secretary
JamaicaN Bar Association
Member
Credentials
1988
Certificate of Legal Education, Norman Manley Law School
1987
Bachelor of Civil Law (B.C.L) (First Class Honours), University of Oxford, St John’s College
1985
Rhodes Scholar for Jamaica
1984
Bachelor of Laws Degree (Upper Second Class Honours), University of The West Indies LLB (Hons.) (Barbados)
Recognition
BAND 2
Chambers and Partners for General Business Law
“Peter Goldson is a widely respected lawyer with considerable experience in M&A. He is also highly regarded for his expertise in pensions and intellectual property law, with a particular focus on trade marks. He operates out of Kingston. He comes to mind as a standout practitioner.”
RANKED AS HIGHLY REGARDED
by IFLR 1000
RECOMMENDED IN THE PRACTICE AREA OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
by WTR 1000
