Gatehouse Chambers

Philipp Simon is a commercial barrister with an international mindset. He 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 acts in Litigation, ADR (particularly arbitration) and as advisory counsel.

His 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.

Philipp is one of very few people able to advise on both English and German law issues and this expertise gives him an undoubted edge given that Germany is Europe’s biggest economy.

With Luxembourg being one of Europe's principal financial centres and the biggest centre of the Investment Fund outside the USA his knowledge is a valuable addition to any transaction or litigation involving aspects of Luxembourg law.

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

With a view to Germany, Philipp has recently acted in the Hamburg Registry of the German High Court (Landgericht Hamburg) where he successfully defended a € 145 million negligence claim against two board members of an insolvent listed company.

Call: 2004

British Jurists’ Association, Germany The German British Chamber of Commerce ArsLegis e.V. Industrie Club Düsseldorf e.V.

German Bar (2006) Luxembourg Bar (2007)