Peter McCormick

Who is Peter McCormick?

Peter David Godfrey McCormick OBE is an English lawyer. He is the Senior Partner of McCormicks Solicitors of Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England. He is one of the leading Sports and Media lawyers in Europe. He is the Chairman of the Legal Advisory Group of the Premier League. He is a Chairman of Sport Resolutions, Chairman of Football Stadia Improvement Fund Ltd, and a Trustee of the Football Foundation, the National Media Museum, the Helen Feather Memorial Trust, the John Strutt Centre for Parrot Conservation, Chairman of the Yorkshire Young Achievers Foundation and Vice-Chairman of the War Memorial Trust. He was awarded the OBE for services to charity on 1 January 2000. He became the inaugural Yorkshire Lawyer of the Year and Niche Practice Lawyer of the Year in 2000 and was awarded the Ackrill Media Group Lifetime Achievement in Business Award in 2008. He is recommended by the leading independent guides to the legal profession, the UK Legal 500 and Chambers UK, as a Leader in the Field for Corporate and Commercial law, Charities, Defamation and Reputation Management, Media and Entertainment, Professional Discipline and Sport. Yorkshire Business Insider magazine has described him as one of Corporate Elite of Yorkshire.