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Philipp Simon

Philipp Simon

  • Called to BAR: 2004
  • Banking & Financial Services
  • Company
  • Contract Law
  • Partnership Disputes

Summary

Philipp is a commercial barrister who draws on experience as a legal professional in not only England & Wales, but also Luxembourg and Germany. He is qualified to practice law in all of these jurisdictions and has rights of audience in the courts of these countries. Philipp’s focus is on cross-border work in a corporate and commercial context where he can assist clients not only with the legal challenges of different foreign jurisdictions but also on differences in process, procedure, language and culture.   His expertise ranges from cross-border mergers/company/joint venture work through jurisdiction issues and enforcement of judgments to advising government figures on European Competition Law matters and the so called “passporting” of rights and licences.  Banking and finance as well as corporate insolvency are particular areas of strength.

Specialist areas of law include

  • Banking & Financial Services
  • Company
  • Contract Law
  • Partnership Disputes

Profile description

Philipp is one of very few people able to advise on both English and Luxembourg law issues and this expertise gives him an undoubted edge given that Luxembourg is one of Europe’s principal financial centres and the biggest centre of the Investment Fund outside the USA.

His clients include major corporates, inhouse counsel, high net worth individuals and litigation funders.

Commercial Litigation

Philipp regularly appears in the context of international and cross-border commercial litigation. His background means that his cases often have a “German connotation” and may entail aspects of German law or language.  For example, he recently acted for the GT-racing wing of a leading Formula 1 team on the recovery of a vehicle from Germany.  In the High Court Philipp won an order for delivery up against the defendants, a German motor sport team, and subsequently guided the client through the German process of enforcement of the English judgment.

He has a particular niche in product liability and has acted for both private clients and insurance companies in relation to defective and sub-standard medical devices, where they have caused harm and injury, and advised and assisted with associated claims.

His work is often advisory such as, on instructions by one of Germany’s leading law firms, providing extended guidance on English contract law and the construction and interpretation of a specific set of contracts entered into by a leading manufacturer of interior and gauge components with a British household name car manufacturer.

International

International work is the mainstay of Philipp’s practice and he advises on a wide variety of commercial areas (see the other parts of his profile).  He has particular expertise operating across Europe but also handles work further afield.

His international work covers not only commercial cases but also personal injury and private client work, acting for English speaking clients abroad.

Recent work

  • His international profile has led to his involvement in the major international SKAT case which concerns alleged dividend arbitrage fraud litigation. SKAT has brought proceedings in the Commercial Court in London in a case with about 100 defendants, seeking over £2bn. There are associated proceedings against hundreds of Defendants in Denmark, the USA and Malaysia. Philipp acted for a Luxembourg resident defendant and he managed to get SKAT’s case withdrawn against that defendant, pending a strike out application.
  • Philipp regularly advises English litigation funders on the prospects of perceived cases of medical negligence governed by German law. This includes reviewing the available material in respect of its merits in law, the procedural circumstances and the economic environment of the case.
  • He also often advises English travellers, their insurances and solicitors where the traveller has suffered an accident abroad (and Germany in particular) and are now forced to seek redress abroad and under foreign law. Such advice covers remedies and quantum available under substantive law as well as procedural steps that must be taken to successfully bring a claim.
  • Philipp has helped both foreign clients in England and English clients abroad with the process of obtaining probate and administrating the estates of deceased persons at home and abroad.

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