Peter has enjoyed a successful 20-year litigation career and been at Partner or Director level since 2009. During that time, he has held senior roles in risk and compliance, including Chief Compliance Officer, Anti-Bribery and Corruption Officer, Anti-Money Laundering Reporting Officer, Data Protection Officer and Risk Manager. He brings this skill set to Unity Business & Legal Consultancy Ltd to help other businesses with their planning and strategy needs.

Whether you are looking for help to set-up your new business, or are seeking guidance for a growing organisation, Unity will provide the support you need.  We understand that often, businesses grow organically and the structure that suited a small start-up may no longer be appropriate for a business growing in size and increasing its headcount. This transitional stage can be a difficult one and lead business owners to feel a sense of loss of control. Unity will provide the straight-talking advice and practical help you need to allow your organisation to evolve whilst at the same time, de-risking your business to limit personal exposure to Partners and Directors.

We can explain the roles and requirements of business owners, directors and shareholders and draft the documents required for legal and compliance purposes. Unity will also help you establish your Business Plan to not only set out your vision for the future of your business, but also the mechanism of achieving it.

We can also analyse the day-to-day operations of your business and gather data to deliver feedback on potential growth, identifying gaps and putting in place practical, workable solutions to meet business needs and mitigate risk. We help you through the often-difficult questions of whether the business is compliant, whether you have enough resources, and are they the correct resources, is the business exposing itself to risk and are there better ways of achieving a goal? Many businesses already use Peter as a “sounding board” for ideas, knowing that he has the benefit of being independent, and also the experience of running his own businesses.

It is important to us that we offer a solution that is right for not only the business, but also right for the people behind the business. We understand that each of us is different and generic advice of how a business should be run is both unrealistic and unhelpful. We work closely with our clients to understand them, their business, and the long term goal so that we can make sure that the solution is appropriate and one that they are comfortable with.