Philip Corser focuses his practice on global and UK corporate transactions. He has 15 years’ experience acting on a wide range of complex public and private mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, equity capital market transactions and solvent and insolvent restructurings. Philip provides comprehensive advice on private asset and share purchases, public takeovers, stock exchange listings, shareholders’ agreements, group reorganisations, securities regulations, listing, disclosure and reporting rules, corporate governance and company law.

Philip has a wealth of experience in a wide range of business areas, including in particular the healthcare, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, financial services and industrial sectors.

• Advised TSB Bank plc on its acquisition of a GBP3.3 billion portfolio of Northern Rock mortgage loans from Cerberus*
• Advised LabCorp on its USD1.2 billion acquisition of Chiltern International*
• Advised M.P. Evans Group PLC on its successful defence of a takeover offer by Kuala Lumpur Kepong Berhad*
• Advised Jefferies, Berenberg and Shore Capital on the AIM IPO of Market Tech Holdings Limited*
• Advised Tradition on the establishment of the Trad-X and ParFX electronic trading platforms*

*Matter handled prior to joining McDermott

• Mergermarket Young Dealmaker of the Year, 2011

Education
BPP Law School London, LPC, 2002
BPP Law School London, PgDL, 2001
Magdalen College, Oxford University, BA (first class Hons), Classics & Modern Languages, 2000

Admissions
England & Wales

Languages
English
French
German