Allen Matkins Expands Corporate Group with Addition of Partner Peter R. Fischer

LOS ANGELES – August 21, 2023 – Allen Matkins announced today the addition of corporate and real estate partner Peter R. Fischer to its Century City office. Peter’s practice focuses on mid-market M&A matters, stock and asset transactions, fund formation, syndication, joint ventures, and private placements. Peter represents a broad range of companies, funds, investors, and entrepreneurs. Peter also counsels his clients on crisis management, pre-litigation workouts, and investor, partnership, and shareholder disputes. 

Peter is an experienced deal lawyer advising clients on complex corporate and real estate transactions. He regularly represents real estate developers and owners, private equity funds, investors, lenders and entrepreneurs with mid-market M&A deals, stock and asset transactions, fund formation, syndication, joint ventures, and private placements.

“Peter’s impressive cross section of corporate work and real estate transactions is a perfect fit for our platform and our clients,” says Allen Matkins partner Matthew J. Ertman, corporate practice group leader. “Allen Matkins continues to build upon its industry-leading real estate funds and finance practice, and Peter is a welcomed addition to our team.”

Peter began his career in New York as a project and bank finance attorney representing financial institutions and private equity funds. After relocating to Los Angeles, Peter began representing borrowers/sponsors and later practiced in entertainment finance. Most recently, Peter practiced as a real estate and corporate partner at Sklar Kirsh LLP.

Peter received his J.D., cum laude, from the American University Washington College of Law, and his B.A. in Political Science and East Asian Studies from Union College.

About Allen Matkins

Allen Matkins, a law firm with more than 225 attorneys, was founded with deep roots in real estate that has leveraged that foundation to grow and build prominent litigation, corporate, tax, labor and employment, land use, and environmental practices allowing us to partner with clients across myriad industries and markets. For more than 45 years, Allen Matkins has worked with clients drawn to us by our reputation for market leading solutions, pragmatism, exemplary quality, approachability, and our unparalleled network of contacts and connections in business and government. For more information about Allen Matkins please visit www.allenmatkins.com.