• Newsletter Sign Up
• Newsletter Sign Up

Peter E. Reinert

Partner

Practice Areas

• Corporate and Securities
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Federal Tax

Specialty Practices/ Industries

• Private Equity and Venture Capital
• Real Estate Investment Trusts
• Global

Education

• University of Miami, LL.M., Taxation, 1986
• University of Miami School of Law, J.D., 1984
• State University of New York at Buffalo, B.S., 1978 cum laude

Admitted

• The Florida Bar - 1984
• U.S. Tax Court
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida

Recognition

• Martindale-Hubbell Rating: AV
• Listed in the Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law and Securities Law portion of the Best Lawyers in America
• Orlando's Best Lawyers 2007-2010 Orlando Magazine

Professional Certification, Memberships and Activities

Professional Associations
Orange County Bar Association, Chair, Business Law Committee, 1999-2003, Outstanding Committee Chairman of the Year, Business Law Committee, 2003
American Bar Association, Vice Chair, Membership Committee, Antitrust Section, 1993-2003, Member, Executive Council, Antitrust Section, 1993-1995, Assembly Speaker, Young Lawyer Section, 1992-1993, Assembly Clerk, Young Lawyer Section, 1991-1992,
Director, Young Lawyers Section, 1990-1991, Chair, Affiliate Outreach Project National Conferences, Young Lawyer Section, 1989-1990, Chair, Tax Law Committee, Young Lawyers Section, 1988-1989, Member, ABA Special Committee on Substance Abuse, 1993-1995,
Member, Standing Committee on Bar Activities and Services, 1991-1992
The Florida Bar, Co-Chair, Educational Programs, Tax Section, 1999-2001
Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Association for Corporate Growth, Orlando Chapter
Florida Venture Forum - Board Member, 2010-present
Financial Executives International, Central Florida Chapter
Dade County Bar Association, Young Lawyer Section, President, 1990-1991, Outstanding Pro Bono Attorney Award Recipient, 1986, 1987, 1988
Legal Services Corporation of Miami, Inc., Director, 1998-1991
Professional Certifications
CPA licensed in Florida and New York

Community Activities

BioOrlando of the Metro Orlando Economic Development Commission, Founding Member, 2006-present
Enterprise Florida, Florida Life Science Council, Member, 2007-present
University of Central Florida Incubator, Executive Advisory Board, Member, 2002-present
Orlando Museum of Art, Board of Trustees, 2008-present
Sweetwater Episcopal Academy, Board of Trustees, Treasurer, 2008-present
Central Florida Innovation Corporation - Emerging Business Network, Executive Advisory Board Member, 2001-2003
Historical Society of Central Florida, Inc. Chairman of the Board 2004-2005, President 2002-2003, Director 2000-2005
Christian Service Center of Central Florida, Inc., President 2004, Director 2000-2004, 2009-present, Treasurer 2000-2003
Rebuilding Together of Central Florida, Inc., President 2007-2009, Director 2003-2009

Publications and Lectures

Author, "Florida Secured Transactions Under Revised Article 9 of the Uniform Code,: Data Trace, 2002, Supplement 2007, 2008
Speaker, "Mergers and Acquisitions in the Healthcare Industry," bioFlorida Conference, 2005
Speaker, "Negotiating the Term Sheet," Florida Venture Conference, Gainesville, 2003
Speaker, "Mergers and Acquisitions," KPMG National Conference, Orlando, 2000
Speaker, Central Florida Innovation Corporation Capital Conference, 2000-2004
Speaker, "Corporate Accountability after Sarbanes-Oxley," University of Central Florida, 2002
Author and Speaker, "Mergers and Acquisitions in Florida," National Business Institute, 2002
Speaker, "Advanced Estate Planning Techniques," Florida Bar Tax Section, Annual Meeting, Florida, 2000
Speaker, "Florida Limited Liabilities Companies," Orange County Bar Association, 2000
Moderator, "Practicing Before IRS: Dawn of a New Day," Florida Bar Tax Section, Mid-Year Meeting, Florida, 2000
Speaker, "Mergers and Acquisitions," Orange County Bar Association, Florida 1999
Speaker, "Compliance with Antitrust," General Electric National Conferences, 1992-1995
Speaker, "Choice of Entities Bridge-the-Gap Seminar," Florida Bar, 1988-1991
Author, "Estate Planning for the Non-Resident Aliens," Florida Bar Journal, 1990
Author of numerous additional articles and commentary on, and frequent lecturer regarding, such topics as taking companies public, mergers and acquisitions, taxation, corporate law and securities regulation

Representative Client Experience

• Represented many public and private companies (including leading consolidators) in mergers, acquisitions and sale transactions (including General Electric Company, CNL Financial Group, Milcom Venture Partners, NationsRent, Inc., AutoNation, Inc., and Kemper Insurance Companies)
• Served as issuer's counsel and special Florida counsel in numerous public and private securities offerings (including CNL Macquarie Global Growth Trust, Inc., CNL Macquarie Global Income Trust, Inc., CNL Real Estate Advisors Company, CNL Lifestyle Properties, Inc., Priority Healthcare Corporation and Florida Public Utilities)
• Represented many diverse businesses and entrepreneurs in raising (private and pre-public) equity, venture and debt capital including monetization transactions valued in excess of $2.4 Billion
• Represented public and private companies successfully before the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission regarding antitrust compliance and anti-takeover issues

Prior Professional Experience

• Akerman Senterfitt, Shareholder, Orlando Corporate Practice Group Leader (1998-2008)
• General Electric Company, Senior Counsel - Transactions (1992-1997)
• GE Service Management, Inc., Vice President and General Counsel (1994-1997)
• International Institute for Management Development (IMD), Program for Executive Development, Lausanne, Switzerland (1994)
• U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Law Clerk (Miami, 1983-1984)
• KPMG, Florida, Tax Senior (1983-1985)
• Ernst & Whinney, New York, Advanced Tax Accountant (1977-1981)
• Certified Public Accountant, Florida (1984)
• Certified Public Accountant, New York (1980)