Philippa Richards
PSL Counsel
London
Philippa Richards
PSL Counsel
London
Contact Details
Philippa is in the Corporate M&A and advisory team in London.
She joined Allen & Overy upon qualification in 1997 and worked as an Associate for four years before joining the Know-How team in 2001. Philippa advises on a broad range of corporate transactional and technical company law issues. Her particular areas of interest include private equity and other private capital M&A, directors' duties, corporate governance, company distributions and other technical Companies Act and common law issues.
Philippa also lectures regularly to a variety of client and internal audiences, and has responsibility for the ""corporate university"" training programme for Allen & Overy's junior lawyers from around our global network. Philippa supports the Private Equity, Corporate Infrastructure, Growth and Venture Capital and Building Societies and Mutuals teams.
Qualifications
Professional
Admitted as solicitor, England and Wales, 1997
Academic
LLB, University of Birmingham, 1994
LPC, College of Law (Chester), 1995
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Publications: 13 December 2021
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Blog Post: 16 November 2020
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Qualifications
Professional
Admitted as solicitor, England and Wales, 1997
Academic
LLB, University of Birmingham, 1994
LPC, College of Law (Chester), 1995
