Peter Goldson

Partner

Corporate Finance, Intellectual Property, Mergers & Acquisitions, Pensions, Securities

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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

Team Leader

Advising Tavistock, one of 2 joint venture partners in large hotel and casino developent on Jamaica’s North Coast

Cable & Wireless (Jamaica) Limited

Team Leader

Scheme of Arrangement and  steps to de-list company from the Jamaica Stock Exchange

UWI Student Housing

Team Leader

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

ARTICLES BY Peter Goldson