Peter Zablud was admitted to legal practice in 1970. He is the principal of the firm of  Peter Zablud & Co. Solicitors and Notaries of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The primary focus of his work as a lawyer is in the areas of property and business law.

He has been a notary since 1990 and has built a substantial and respected notarial practice, based upon a high standard of service and a comprehensive knowledge of global notarial and authentication requirements.

His clientele includes many of Australia's most significant public companies as well as a wide range of private enterprises and individuals who have transactions and interests abroad. He also assists the IP departments of several major law firms and advises a number of Melbourne's patent and trademark attorneys in relation to notarial law and practice.

Professor Zablud is a Fellow of The Australian and New Zealand College of Notaries and is the Chairman of the College's Board of Governors. He is also a  Fellow of the Society of Notaries of Victoria and is a Councillor and past President of the Society.  He was the first Australian individual member of the International Union of Notaries.

As Director of Notarial Studies at Melbourne's Victoria University, Professor Zablud  is responsible for the design and presentation of the programme for the Graduate Diploma in Notarial Practice -  the pre-eminent qualification for Australian notaries and one of the outstanding courses of education of its kind in the common law world. He also presents notarial practice courses and masterclasses throughout Australasia.

In constant demand as a speaker, Peter Zablud has delivered papers on legalisation of public documents and various aspects of notarial practice to conferences, seminars and workshops organised by government, industry, patent attorneys and private organisations.

In February 2009, Professor Zablud was given the signal honour of presenting the keynote address to the Hague Conference on Private International Law Special Commission on the operation of the Hague Apostille Convention.

He has written extensively about notarial practice and is the author of "A Notary's Forms and Precedents" (2002) and the authoratative reference work  "Principles of Notarial Practice" (2005), which has been sold in 21 countries.