Philip has a track record in a wide variety of substantial commercial disputes (both litigation and arbitration) and is particularly known for his financial services expertise since undertaking a secondment in the enforcement division at the Financial Services Authority (FSA). Philip now also has a niche financial services practice advising brokers, hedge fund managers and investment bankers in relation to enforcement proceedings brought by FSA or foreign regulators as well as claims resulting from the credit crunch.
Philip’s financial services expertise includes corporate internal investigation, insider dealing, spread betting, wall crossing, misleading statements and practices, contracts for differences, market abuse, bookbuilding, breaches of Listing Rules, corporate finance issues, endowment misselling, high income products, perimeter, unregulated collective investment schemes, financial promotion, money laundering, overallotment, conduct of business e.g. best execution, customer order priority misselling of non packaged product and appearing as advocate before the Regulatory and Decisions Committee of the FSA.
Philip is a member of the Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers and a Solicitor Advocate of the Higher Courts (Civil). In addition, Philip is a CEDR Registered Mediator.
Philip is a member of the Advisory Council of The Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International Investment. A joint centre of Columbia Law School and The Earth Institute, Columbia University. http://www.vcc.columbia.edu/
Recent work advising
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an FSA authorised operator with regard to misselling of tax efficient schemes.
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an Estate of a high Net Worth individual with regard to the sale by a Bank of a structured product with a significant Madoff element.
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an activist hedge fund in relation to corporate govenance and associated issues in relation to a major PLC.
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a Nigerian oil company in LCIA arbitration proceedings in London in relation to a drilling dispute and in associated interim measures proceedings in a number of offshore jurisdictions
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Acting for a entrepreneur in relation to the collapse of the Icelandic Banks
Random fact
Philip is married with two children and lives in Central London. He remains a keen but not talented squash player.
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