Lawyers in England

Philip Walton

Partner in the corporate team specialising in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and private equity, training of directors and corporate strategy. Sector specialisations include healthcare (particularly GP and pharmacy), education, charities, retail, digital and manufacturing.

Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP

Philip Way

Work includes advising a wide range of individuals with complex financial and personal arrangements in relation to divorce; preparing pre-marital contracts; and advising trustees and beneficiaries as to the implications for them of divorce. Has extensive experience acting for a wide range of individuals in relation to the issues that arise on divorce and family breakdown. Acts for an equal number of husbands and wives. Clients or their spouses are usually either successful business people or professional people. Philip is able to represent clients in traditional court-based proceedings and is also an experienced Collaborative Family Lawyer and Mediator.

Mills & Reeve LLP

Philip Weaver

Partner

Broadfield Law UK LLP

Philip Whitcomb

Philip works in the firm’s wills, tax and trusts team and specialises in succession planning, asset protection, heritage law and tax advice for individuals, trusts and family businesses. His clients include owners of landed estates, farmers, high-net-worth individuals and their families. Philip uses his extensive knowledge and practical experience to advise clients on the issues arising in estate planning including the tax efficient ownership of agricultural, business and heritage property. He deals with all aspects of wills and farming partnerships — advice which requires a high level of technical know-how combined with commercial acumen. He also acts for trustees and beneficiaries on a range of trust issues including the scope of trustees’ powers and the interpretation of complex trust arrangements. Philip takes time to understand his client’s circumstances and their particular needs and wishes. His clients want pragmatic legal advice from someone who empathises with the issues and challenges they face.

Clarke Willmott LLP

Philip Withey

Philip is a partner in the banking and financial services team. He has extensive experience advising both lenders and borrowers on a range of acquisition, asset, development, real estate, structured and project finance transactions. Philip advises on structuring, risk allocation and security/collateral issues. Philip specialises in complex financing transactions in the financial services sector. His capital markets, investment/treasury products and derivatives expertise provides specialist support for a number of financial institution and other clients.

Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP

Philip Wood

Browne Jacobson LLP

Philip Woolham

Principal Associate • EPI Liverpool

Weightmans LLP

Philip Youdan

Philip specialises in resolving disputes concerning money and other assets left on trust or under the terms of a will and in contentious regulatory work.

Cripps

Philippa Barton

Philippa is a Director in the Court of Protection (Property & Affairs) department at Duncan Lewis Solicitors. She specialises in acting as a professional deputy and trustee for mentally incapacitated clients. Many of her clients have received substantial damages awards for brain injury claims. She also manages the financial affairs of clients with dementia, mental health problems and learning disabilities. Philippa is sensitive and sympathetic in her dealings with clients and their families as many of her clients are vulnerable. She and her team are proud of the very personal service which their clients receive. She has experience of managing a wide range of complex family and financial circumstances. Where conflicts arise, Philippa takes a pragmatic and sympathetic approach to resolve difficult issues. Philippa regularly publishes articles in the legal press on issues relating to professional deputyship and vulnerable clients. Philippa also acts as an expert witness giving evidence as to likely future deputyship costs.

Duncan Lewis Solicitors

Philippa Cobb

Philippa offers an abundance of private practice and in-house experience. A commercial property specialist, she advises across a wide spectrum of real estate matters, including commercial landlord and tenant, property portfolio management, buildings management, estates management, and building projects. Throughout her career, Philippa’s client base has ranged from SMEs and large complex organisations, to private individuals. Having spent a decade in-house, she has a unique set of skills which can be utilised for the benefit her clients. In addition to her general property expertise, Philippa has an in-depth understanding and knowledge of the Higher Education sector, having practised in-house for a leading Russell Group university.

Keystone Law

Philippa Collison

Michelmores LLP

Philippa Connaughton

Philippa acts for both corporate clients and trustee boards on the whole ambit of pensions-related matters. She has particular expertise in relation to topical de-risking projects, such as pension increase exchange offers and enhanced transfer value exercises where she has recently advised both the corporate sponsor and trustee boards. Philippa’s practice is broad, spanning negotiations with sponsors on trustee project work, drafting scheme documentation, advising on scheme mergers and demergers, negotiating public to private sector outsourcing contracts and providing advice on regulatory matters and investigations involving the Pensions Regulator. As well as providing corporate strategy advice to corporate clients, Philippa frequently advises on the UK pensions aspects of large international corporate acquisitions, disposals and group reorganisations and plays a pivotal role in the Sackers team that provides transactional support services to other law firms.

Sacker & Partners LLP

Philippa Davies

Philippa Davies is a Senior Associate in the Court of Protection team at Lester Aldridge.

Lester Aldridge LLP

Philippa Dempster

Managing Partner of London office Philippa is regarded as a leader in the field of Dispute Resolution by the Legal 500. She also uses her litigation experience to draft and negotiate contracts focusing on the key areas of risk. She has a Master’s Degree in Advanced Litigation and is a trained ADR mediator. Philippa has since 2016 been selected by her peers for inclusion in Best Lawyers in England 2016 for Litigation law and is described as ’’ Highly Rated’’ by the Legal 500 (2018). She also won the prized accolade in The Lawyer, Hot 100 list 2017 and is “Hot 100 Lawyer” .

Freeths LLP

Philippa Dolan

Partner

Collyer Bristow LLP

Philippa Griffin

Philippa has a substantial prosecution practice before the European Patent Office (EPO), and she is responsible for the coordination and strategic management of complex worldwide patent portfolios covering commercially significant products. Philippa is also highly experienced in the conduct of offensive and defensive opposition and appeal proceedings before the EPO. Other aspects of her practice include drafting, freedom to operate, and opinion work. Philippa has particular expertise in handling inventions relating to antibodies and immunology; immunotoxin-based therapeutics; recombinant protein production and formulation; synthetic biology, gene editing, cloning, and sequencing technologies; rapid/bedside diagnostics; modified and thermostable enzymes; bone and cartilage regeneration; and vaccines. She acts for a diverse range of clients, including international biopharma and bioscience companies, SMEs, public sector organisations, and universities.

Mathys & Squire LLP

Philippa Hipwell

Partner

Davitt Jones Bould

Philippa Langton

Philippa has a strong background in commercial shipping, with a focus on charterparty and other contractual disputes, and has advised many international, high-profile companies on a wide range of issues. Philippa also now works closely with the leisure marine and superyacht sectors, providing advice on contentious, non-contentious and regulatory matters. Philippa’s P&I Club background and experience of working closely with shipowners and operators enables her to provide quick, commercial and practical advice that is focused on the business needs of her clients. She also has a particular interest in East Asia, having a BA in Mandarin, spent several years living and working in Shanghai and the last few years working with the Japanese market.

Lester Aldridge LLP

Philippa Luscombe

Partner heading the clinical negligence and personal injury team in Guildford, Acts for claimants in all aspects of clinical negligence claims, particularly cases involving brain injury, delayed diagnosis, spinal care and injury and death. Acts for claimants in catastrophic injury personal injury claims – particularly brain, spinal and fatal injury claims. Advises on investigations and inquests

Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP

Philippa Shutter

Philippa is a specialist construction lawyer with experience advising on a broad range of construction matters, from procurement to drafting and negotiating contracts to dispute resolution. Philippa has advised on projects concerning residential and commercial developments, independent schools and large scale infrastructure. Her clients include owners, developers, contractors, consultants and lenders in the UK property market. Philippa is familiar with the leading industry national and international standard form contracts. Philippa is known for her personable and focussed approach, which allow her to provide clear, strategic advice to meet the specific needs of each client.

Farrer & Co

Philippa Widman

Partner

Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP

Philippa Yeo

Philippa is committed to helping couples navigate all aspects of the legal process on the breakdown of their relationship in a pragmatic, collaborative and family-focused way including supporting couples to reach arrangements for their children and achieve healthy future co-parenting relationships. Philippa has significant experience advising a wide range of clients on all aspects of family law. She specialises in resolving high net worth financial cases involving complex trust assets, farms and businesses as well as arrangements for children (including international relocation). Philippa joined Clarke Willmott in 2022 following just over six years at a boutique family law practice. Before that she spent five years at a leading London law firm at which she trained and qualified Philippa is a qualified family mediator and deals with all types of mediation including financial claims arising on divorce, disputes arising from cohabitation and children arrangements. She is available to conduct sole mediations and co-mediations in our offices in Taunton and Bristol, as well as virtually. Philippa is a qualified mediator and member of Resolution, the family lawyers’ association which aims to resolve Family Law matters through a constructive approach. How Philippa can help you Philippa offers a bespoke and personal service to support clients through the legal process to achieve their particular aims. Philippa is valued by her clients for her calm and supportive approach, and her willingness to do her utmost to achieve the best possible outcome. Philippa provides an excellent service to clients, taking their individual needs into account, frequently receiving referrals from current and former clients, as well as from other professionals as a result of her approach. Philippa regularly deals with: Divorce Financial provision on divorce, including after overseas divorce Cohabitation rights Applications for domestic and international relocation with children Separation agreements Disputes about the care or education of children Child residence and contact disputes Cases involving allegations of domestic violence and applications for non-molestation and occupation orders. Variation or set aside of existing financial orders Experience Advising parties in financial disputes. including complicated asset structures, multiple properties and inter-jurisdictional elements. Advising parents and wider family members in relation to child arrangement proceedings including cases where there are serious allegations of significant harm. Advising clients with complex assets including farms, business assets, trusts, carried interests and Restricted Stock Units/Share Options. Advising clients in conjunction with out of Court options such as mediation, arbitration and Private Financial Dispute Resolution (FDR) hearings.

Clarke Willmott LLP

Philippe Chappatte

Partner; Philippe has extensive experience of both EU and UK competition law with expertise in merger, cartel, behavioural and competition litigation cases in both jurisdictions. Philippe is resident in our London office, but is also established in Brussels, where he spends a proportion of his time. He is a member of the Brussels Bar (A list), as well as being qualified as a solicitor (England and Wales).

Slaughter and May

Philippe Freund

Partner (Barrister)

Fieldfisher