Philip specialises in commodities trade finance and has acted for a wide range of entities up and down the global commodities supply chain, including lenders, borrowers, suppliers, producers, processors, distributors, insurers, logistics operators and end-users.

He has worked across the full spectrum of trade finance arrangements including syndicated secured debt facilities, bilateral/regional (uncommitted) facilities, pre-export and post production/prepayment structures, tolling transactions, borrowing base financings and debt capital markets offerings for investment into the trade finance asset class.

His work spans a number of geographical jurisdictions and he has extensive experience in the emerging markets.

He frequently writes articles published on trade finance and often speaks at international conferences.