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"I am a corporate lawyer who specialises in complex corporate reorganisations and capital restructurings, both in the UK and internationally. I offer commercial, pragmatic guidance underpinned by broad technical knowledge."
Overview
Philippa is a counsel in London who specialises in corporate reorganisations and capital restructurings. She has extensive experience advising corporates and financial institutions on a wide range of complex domestic and multi-jurisdiction mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, distributions and reorganisations across a variety of sectors.
Philippa was seconded to the ECM legal team at JPMorgan in 2004 and to Vodafone in 2013.
Work highlights
- Tate & Lyle: advising on the US$1.7bn separation and sale of a controlling stake in its primary products business to KPS Capital Partners.
- Sibanye-Stillwater: advising on the reorganisation following its £285m recommended takeover of Lonmin.
- thyssenkrupp: advising on several transactions, including its reorganisation in relation to the EUR17.2bn sale of the thyssenkrupp elevator business to a consortium led by Advent and Cinven.
- Bank of America, JP Morgan and other financial institutions: advising on complex intra-group restructurings, including in relation to Brexit-planning, streamlining the relevant group and releasing excess capital.
- Advising on reorganisations in relation to IPOs, demergers and reverse takeovers, including for Old Mutual, Al Noor Hospitals, Atlantica Yield, ASA International Group, BGL and Brait.
- Various global professional services firms: advising on cross-border intragroup restructurings.
- Unilever, Experian, PSPIB, NTT, Keystone Foods and Chanel: advising on restructurings and cross border mergers.