Georgina Peters

Contact details:

3-4 South Square, Gray’s Inn, London WC1R 5HP.

Telephone +44 (0)20 7696 9900. Fax +44 (0)20 7696 9911. LDE 338 (Chancery Lane).
Email georginapeters@southsquare.com. Web www.southsquare.com

Education:

MA (Cantab) History (First Class) Christ’s College, Cambridge

Postgraduate Diploma in Law, City University, London

Bar Vocational Course (Outstanding), ICSL, London

Scholarships and awards:

Sir J. H. Plumb Award (Christ’s College)

Lord Mansfield Scholarship (Lincoln’s Inn)

Lord Haldane Scholarship (Lincoln’s Inn)

J P Warner Award (Lincoln’s Inn)

Professional career:

Called to the Bar July 2005 (Lincoln’s Inn)

Tenant at 3-4 South Square since February 2008

Réferendaire in the Chambers of Judge Uno Lõhmus at the European Court of Justice, Luxembourg (2005-2006)

Stagiaire in the Chambers of Advocate General Francis Jacobs at the European Court of Justice (2005)

Stagiaire at Jeantet Associes (Corporate Finance team at French law firm), Paris (2003-2004)

Trainer of business, financial, legal and social English to French employees at Metropolitan Communications, Paris (2001-2002)

Areas of practice:

General commercial and company law

Corporate and personal insolvency law

Pro Bono:

Fully-trained FRU representative (social security)

Lectures and seminars:

European Academy of Law, Trier, Germany: lecture on “Termination of the company: Liquidation and insolvency” (2008)

Deutsche Richterakademie, Trier, Germany: lecture on English Public Law (2006)

Publications:

“Undervalues and the Value of Creditor and Debtor Covenants: A Comparative Analysis” (2008) 21 Insolvency Intelligence 81

Contributor to Company Directors: Duties, Liabilities and Remedies (OUP, 2008)

Contributor to International Corporate Rescue

Languages:

French: Fluent and capable of functioning in a legal/ business environment.