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Phillip Patterson

Phillip Patterson

Work Department

Phillip has a wide-ranging commercial and insolvency practice with experience of high value and complex disputes. 

He has particular expertise in technical company law issues, which makes him an obvious choice for claims involving allegations of mismanagement and breach of duty as well as shareholder disputes. Phillip handles a wide variety of banking and financial services disputes where his postgraduate qualification in banking law gives him a decided edge. A significant proportion of Phillip’s current and recent work concerns corporate and personal insolvency, a field in which Phillip is fast becoming a go-to junior for a range of matters.

Position

Phillip Patterson has a wide-ranging commercial dispute resolution and insolvency practice with experience of high value and complex disputes in a variety of courts and tribunals, including the Business and Property Courts and the Privy Council.

As part of the commercial dispute resolution work he has undertaken, Phillip has represented clients in key industries such as aviation, construction/engineering and financial services. He has an astute business understanding which helps him give focused and practical advice to commercial clients.

He has particular expertise in technical company law issues, which makes him an obvious choice for claims involving allegations of misfeasance, mismanagement and breach of duty as well as shareholder disputes. Phillip has extensive experience of partnership and joint venture disputes, often in relation to large construction projects.

A significant proportion of Phillip’s current and recent work concerns corporate and personal insolvency, a field in which Phillip is fast becoming a go-to junior for a range of applications, acting both for and against office-holders. Phillip has acted for many of the largest firms of insolvency practitioners in the UK in recent years.

Phillip has a significant and growing civil fraud practice, with recent experience of major and high-profile fraud claims, including many with a cross-border element. Phillip has acted for clients and in relation to claims concerning a number of foreign jurisdictions including the British Virgin Islands, Gibraltar, Kuwait and Trinidad and Tobago.

He speaks and understands French to a high level.

Career

Called 2008 (Gray’s Inn)

Languages

French

Memberships

COMBAR ChBA LCLCBA R3

Education

BA (Jurisprudence), Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford LLM, University College London Bar Vocational Course, College of Law

Leisure

Cricket, golf, cooking

Mentions

London Bar

Insolvency

Leading junior5
Phillip Patterson – Gatehouse Chambers ‘Philip is very effective on his feet. His cross-examination style is thorough and he does not move on until his point has hit home with the judge, but he measures this well.’