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Philip Baker
Work Department
Real estate, construction.
Position
Partner
Career
Trained Paisner & Co; qualified 1999; Paisner & Co 1999-2001; Berwin Leighton Paisner (following merger) 2001-05; Forsters LLP 2005-06; Lawrence Graham LLP 2006 to date; Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co, partner, 2014.
Languages
French.
Memberships
Society of Construction Law.
Education
University of Birmingham (1994 BA Hons history); Brasenose College, Oxford (1996 BA Hons jurisprudence); College of Law, Chester (1997 LPC).
Lawyer Rankings
London > Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
Philip Baker, Gordon Bell, Sue Ryan, and Mike Stewart make up the consortium of lawyers that lead the non-contentious construction team at Gowling WLG
, boasting ‘diverse expertise across the real estate and construction sector’. The team is well equipped to handle initial acquisitions, procurement strategies, and negotiating building contracts for major commercial developments. Tarfa Ahmad and Hannah Daeche are other key members of the team, advising on design and build contracts on residential projects and significant public sector redevelopments.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Real estate > Environment
- Investment fund formation and management > Listed funds
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Advertising & marketing
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Water
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition: trade, WTO anti-dumping and customs
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Employment > Health and safety
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Mining and minerals
- Real estate > Planning
- Transport > Rail
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Renewables
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Risk advisory > ESG
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity and nuclear)
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £500m)
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
- Real estate > Social housing: finance
- Industry focus > TMT
- Transport > Aviation
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: corporate and commercial
- Real estate > Property finance
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport