Philip advises on a wide range of commercial real estate matters. His expertise includes complex development agreements, particularly those involving office and logistics buildings, as well as large-scale residential developments. He is also experienced in investment work, handling both the acquisition and disposal of real estate assets.
In addition, Philip is well-versed in real estate financing and has significant experience drafting and negotiating joint venture agreements and asset management agreements. He also deals with distressed real estate issues and is a founder and continuing member of the Fixed Charge Receivers Association (formerly known as NARA).
Experience
Advising an historic college and charitable organisation on the development of two adjacent sites to their existing building with two major housebuilders, providing new performance, rehearsal and studio space and a large new building for student accommodation.
Advising an award-winning real estate developer on all aspects of the preparation of a suite of documents for a joint venture with a religious charity for the development of a 2,000-plus residential unit site in east London with a gross development value of approximately £1bn.
Advising a real estate developer on the joint venture documentation for a major London riverside residential development comprising multiple tower blocks.
Preparing a suite of documents on behalf of a livery company for the redevelopment of a City office building.
Preparing a suite of documents for the redevelopment, financing and forward letting of historic listed buildings in central London.
Coordinating the due diligence and reporting process in relation to the acquisition of a portfolio of 16 restaurants and drafting the property-specific provisions of the associated asset purchase agreement.
Publications
Co-authored an article relating to the Olympic East Village case relating to Remediation Contribution Orders under the Building Safety Act.
Author of much of the internal guidance on the implications of the Building Safety Act for real estate transaction lawyers.
Endorsements
Member of the Fixed Charge Receivers Association (formerly NARA).
Member of the Law Society Property Section.
Completed the Harvard University Law Leadership course.
Completed the Financial Times Non-Executive Director’s diploma course.
Philip's insights
Building Safety Act
Jan 12, 2026
Building Safety Act enforcement – six cases that have redefined liability and risk
Corporate structures offer no safe harbour. Recent rulings confirm that associated companies, parent entities and even later acquirers can be held jointly and severally liable for remediation costs – sometimes decades after construction. Judges scrutinise ownership links, financial interdependence and
Update: Olympic east village and the battle for the moral high ground
Key takeaways from article: Becoming the parent company of a developer through acquisition is sufficient for a party to be viewed as an ‘associated person’ – potentially making them liable for costs. The Tribunal may consider it is ‘just and
Part one: Occupied hrbs must be on the register – BSA occupational insights (england)
Under the Building Safety Act 2022 (“BSA“) and corresponding regulations all existing occupied higher risk buildings in England are to be registered with the national Building Safety Regulator (“Regulator”) by 1 October 2023. A failure to do so could lead
