Peter O’Connor

Founder and Director Principal of O’Connor Law, Peter has been a solicitor since 1982 and has more than 30 years professional experience in commercial law, corporations law, estate planning and wills, commercial and residential property, superannuation, succession planning, trusts, leasing and securities.

Experience

Peter has extensive experience negotiating, documenting and dealing with issues arising from corporate and commercial transactions involving families, sole traders, partnerships, joint ventures and large and publicly listed companies, as well as complex estate and succession planning advice and will drafting. He has been involved in large commercial transactions, the establishment, compliance and operation of corporations and of self-managed superannuation funds, conveyancing of property and business, the establishment of and advice regarding trusts and estate planning and leasing. He also has experience in the areas of commercial litigation, general litigation, family law and personal injuries.

As well as his law and commerce qualifications, Peter also holds a Diploma of Financial Planning and prior to retiring as a financial planner in 2012, was a Certified Financial Planner.

Areas of Practice

• Commercial law
• Corporations law
• Property law, including residential and commercial
• Estate planning, wills and estate administration
• Succession planning
• Trusts
• Superannuation
• Business structuring and asset protection advice
• Leasing

Qualifications and Memberships

• Bachelor of Commerce, University of Queensland, 1979
• Bachelor of Laws, University of Queensland, 1982
• Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queensland, 1982
• Solicitor of the High Court of Australia, 1986
• Diploma of Financial Planning, Deakin University, 2001
• Certified Financial Planner (CFP), 2001 (Retired)
• Member of Australian Institute of Company Directors
• Member of the Queensland Law Society
• Member, Far North Queensland Law Association
• Retired Affiliate, Financial Planning Association
• Former Chair, Diocesan Finance Council of the Catholic Diocese of Cairns
• Member, Audit Risk & Compliance Sub-Committee, Catholic Diocese of Cairns
• Honorary Solicitor, Cairns Taipans (Member of the NBL)
• Committee Member, Cairns Basketball Inc