Philip is an EU law specialist with a particular focus on Competition Law and Telecommunications. He also has experience in Public Procurement, Commercial Litigation and Indirect Tax. He is a recommended junior for Competition/European Law and Telecommunications Law in Chambers and Partners, which has described him as “an absolutely fantastic junior who is extremely bright and knowledgeable about telecoms” “a considered advocate and people really listen to him,” and as having “a great work ethic and is very hands-on.”
Philip appears regularly in the Competition Appeal Tribunal, High Court, Court of Appeal and in the First Tier and Upper Tier Tribunals. He also advises on regulatory proceedings before Ofcom, the OFT, the Competition Commission and the European Commission.
He is a Quondam Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford University and a contributing author to recent and current editions of Bellamy and Child’s European Law of Competition (7th edition, OUP 2013 and 8th edition, OUP 2018).
He is a Quondam Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford University and a contributing author to recent and current editions of Bellamy and Child’s European Law of Competition (7th edition, OUP 2013 and 8th edition, OUP 2018).
Called 2004, Lincoln’s Inn; completed pupillage Monckton Chambers 2006. Publications of note: Chapter on Non-Covert Horizontal Arrangements in Bellamy & Child, European Community Law of Competition (OUP, 7th Ed); chapters on ‘The Powers of HMRC’ and ‘Chargeable Event’ in the Sweet & Maxwell VAT looseleaf ‘Value Added Tax: Commentary and Analysis’.
Philip speaks French, German and Italian.
Philip is a committee member of COMBAR and a member of the Competition Law Association, Bar European Group and Procurement Lawyers’ Association.
Oakham School; Peterhouse, Cambridge (2001 BA history); Brasenose College, Oxford (2003 BA law, Wronker prize for jurisprudence); Inns of Court School of Law (2004 BVC); All Souls’ College, Oxford (2005 BCL).