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Peter leads Fortive’s global legal organization, including compliance, securities and governance, litigation, labor and employment, M&A, intellectual property and risk capabilities. He also oversees the company’s environment, health and safety and regulatory affairs/quality affairs functions.

Before joining Fortive, Peter served as vice president, general counsel and secretary at Regal Beloit Corporation in Beloit, Wisconsin. He was responsible for all legal activities and staff, and negotiated and closed M&A transactions in jurisdictions around the world to help grow the company from $1.8B to nearly $4B. Peter came to Regal Beloit from the Milwaukee office of Foley & Lardner LLP, where he was a partner specializing in M&A, securities laws, reporting compliance and corporate governance.

Peter brings extensive experience with a wide variety of domestic and international corporate transactions, with a focus on advising public and private manufacturing businesses. His leadership and legal expertise ensure Fortive’s strong culture of integrity and compliance.

Peter holds a JD from Harvard Law School and a BA in international relations and Soviet studies from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He studied Russian language and culture at Moscow State University in Moscow, Russia. Peter lives in Duvall, Washington.