Peter John Asher

Peter specializes in Corporate and Commercial Law, Taxation, Lending and Finance.

Peter is an Attorney-at-Law of the Supreme Court of Jamaica and a Barrister at Law of Lincoln’s Inn London.

Born September 1966, Peter attended the University of the West Indies (Mona Campus) where he completed a Bachelor’s Degree of Arts; He has an Oxford Diploma and a Post Graduate LLB Degree from City University in London.

Peter previously worked with the largest law firm in the Caribbean, Myers Fletcher & Gordon before going on to become the Managing Partner of Lex Caribbean, a regional Law Firm with offices in Jamaica, Barbados, Trinidad and the British Virgin Islands.

Peter has conducted and been involved with several major trans-national finance transactions including Highway 2000 US$52M loan facility; US$30M loan facility to Jamaica Public Service Company Limited; financing for Digicel a large Caribbean telecommunications entity; the sale of I.G.L. (Industrial Gas Limited); the acquisition of National Fuels & Lubricants by Total Group, one of the largest corporate organizations in the world etc.

Peter presently acts as counsel for several local and international individuals and firms including being lead counsel for Total Jamaica Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Total Outré Mer of France.

Peter (more popularly known as “PJ”) is married with two (2) children. He is an avid golfer, amongst his other recreational pursuits.