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Philip specialises in commercial litigation, with expertise in insolvency, financial services, regulatory compliance, general commercial disputes and debt recovery. He acts for ASX-listed companies, regulators, financial institutions, insolvency practitioners and high net-worth individuals.

Philip acts in complex commercial disputes, including contractual and shareholder disputes, corporations matters, product liability, misleading or deceptive conduct claims and debt recovery.

He also advises clients in the banking, consumer credit and insurance sectors on compliance with complex regulatory regimes.

Philip acts for insolvency practitioners across personal and corporate insolvency litigation. He has represented regulators and government departments – including ASIC and the ATO – in insolvency proceedings across multiple jurisdictions.

Experience includes:

• ASIC: Acted in bankruptcy proceedings against the former directors of the responsible entity for the collapsed ASX-listed investment trust, Prime Care and Aged Care Property Trust.
• National bank: Acted in Supreme Court of Victoria proceedings alleging breach of mandate arising from unauthorised withdrawals from customer bank accounts.
• McGrathNicol: Acted for the liquidators of Global Merces Funds Management (In liquidation), the responsible entity for multiple registered managed investment schemes, in relation to investor insurance claims and indemnification issues.
• Confidential client: Advised a Swiss banking group in relation to litigation and regulatory risks associated with the provision of financial services in Australia, including obligations under the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 (ASIC Act) and Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing (AML/CTF) Act 2006.
• Credit Corp: Acted for Australia’s largest ASX-listed debt purchaser and collector in debt recovery and enforcement proceedings across all Australian jurisdictions.
• Confidential clients: Acted for the defendants in Supreme Court of New South Wales proceedings seeking damages of $15m in respect of alleged misleading or deceptive conduct relating to investments into a forex trading hedge fund.
• Powerplants Australia: Acted for the respondent in Federal Court proceedings alleging misleading or deceptive conduct in respect of a failed construction project for a medicinal cannabis facility in Tasmania.
• Olimpia Splendid: Acted for the Australian subsidiary of a multinational company group in Federal Court proceedings concerning a product liability claim and product recall arising from defective heating products supplied in Australia.