Peter Tomczak serves as the Chair of Baker McKenzie's North America Litigation and Government Enforcement Practice Group. Peter serves on the North America Pricing Committee, and oversees the practice group's development and review of non-hourly fee based arrangements, or AFAs. In addition, he serves as a member of the Global Steering Committee of the Firm’s Industrials, Manufacturing and Transportation (IMT) industry group. He joined Baker McKenzie in 2003, after having served as a law clerk for the Delaware Court of Chancery.
Peter's principal areas of practice are corporate internal investigations, corporate compliance and complex business disputes. He has conducted internal investigations of compliance issues, including in particular under the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, for multinational corporations in multiple international jurisdictions. He regularly counsels clients and their boards of directors on issues of corporate compliance and corporate governance, particularly with respect to anti-corruption matters. Peter also focuses his practice on complex business disputes, primarily those involving disputes among corporate constituents and fiduciary wrongdoing, and has significant experience with claims for emergency injunctive relief and other extraordinary equitable remedies.
Peter has advised clients in multiple industries, including among others the medical device, nuclear medicine, pharmaceutical, software, aviation, insurance, oil and gas and real estate industries.
Obtained an internal controls US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act resolution and a civil money penalty of USD 375,000 with the Securities and Exchange Commission and a declination from the Department of Justice for a global health science company whose employee engaged a Russian agent and approved bribes to foreign officials.
Conducted internal investigations in, among other jurisdictions, the United States, Brazil, Canada, Chile, India, Mexico, and Russia for multinational business enterprises involving compliance issues, in particular those arising under the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
Conducted anti-corruption due diligence on third-parties in, among other jurisdictions, Brazil, Mexico, Panama and Turkey.
Conducted anti-corruption due diligence on target companies in cross-border mergers and acquisitions, and joint venture partners in international joint ventures.
Tried to a favorable judgment in the Delaware Court of Chancery five public pension fund limited partners’ removal of the general partner of a USD 70 million real estate limited partnership.
Obtained order on appeal reversing an USD 11 million jury verdict and entering judgment in favor of founders of an electronic stock exchange on a fraud claim brought by a former business associate.
Represented a Japanese global life insurer in the Delaware Court of Chancery against challenges to its acquisition of a US insurer.
Represented a Japanese global life insurer in the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon against challenges to its acquisition of a US insurer.
Represented an acquirer in successfully opposing a shareholder’s motion to enjoin a multibillion dollar merger with the target (trial and appeal in the same day).
Conducted an internal investigation for the US subsidiary of a German company involving allegations of trade secret misappropriation and corporate espionage.
Daniel H. Grady Prize for achieving the highest scholastic average of his graduating class.
Class of 1908 Scholarship Award for achieving the highest scholastic average of his second-year law school class.
Maurice Weigle Scholarship Award for achieving the highest scholastic average of his first-year law school class.
Emmett E. Eagan Award for excellence in the study of corporate law.
He also served as Articles Editor, Michigan Telecommunications and Technology Law Review.
Peter received his Bachelor of Science in Economics, with Highest Honors, from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1999. He was named to the Bronze Tablet, which is the University's highest honor for graduating students, and was a member of the Campus Honors Program.
Peter was selected as a "Rising Star" by Illinois Super Lawyers.