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Phillip D’Costa

Phillip is a commercial disputes partner, head of the IT and IP disputes team and co-head of the India group at Penningtons Manches Cooper. He has over 20 years’ experience of complex, high value commercial litigation and arbitration, often with a cross-border element, and regularly advises on commercial, technology, financial services and civil fraud disputes, as well as enforcement and asset recovery. Phillip has acted on a number of board and shareholder, banking and IT disputes and represents a range of private sector clients. He assists businesses and individuals with insolvency and regulatory compliance issues, and has a particular interest in contentious and transactional work involving India, having acted on several English law disputes involving Indian parties. · Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP

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About

Phillip D’Costa is a commercial disputes partner at Penningtons Manches Cooper, head of the IT and IP disputes team and co‑head of the India group. He has over 20 years' experience of complex, high‑value commercial litigation and arbitration, often cross‑border, and regularly advises on commercial, technology, financial services and civil fraud disputes, as well as enforcement, asset recovery, insolvency and regulatory compliance, with a particular focus on matters involving Indian parties.

Practice areas

LitigationInternational ArbitrationIntellectual PropertyTechnologyBanking & FinanceInsolvency & RestructuringFraudAsset Recovery

Office

Expertise

Cross‑border commercial disputesIT and technology disputesEnglish law disputes involving Indian partiesFinancial services disputesBoard and shareholder disputesBanking disputesInsolvency and regulatory complianceCivil fraud and asset recovery

Admissions

  • Qualified 1997

Languages

Hindi