Graham Phillips specialises in corporate and M&A.
Graham advises private equity houses, financial sponsors and corporates on a wide range of matters, including acquisitions and disposals, takeovers, mergers, joint ventures, equity raises, restructurings, refinancings and general corporate advisory matters.
Graham acts for clients across a range of sectors including healthcare and industrials, and has extensive experience in the Energy & Resources sector.
- EQT on the acquisition of a majority stake in McGill & Partners, a leading specialty (re)insurance broker, from Warburg Pincus
- EQT on the acquisition of a majority stake in AMCS, a global leader in performance and sustainability software to resource-intensive industries, from Insight Partners
- Onex on its majority investment in Fischbach KG, a global leader in sealant and adhesive packaging
- Onex on its majority investment in Morson Group, an engineering and technical staffing and workforce solutions business
- Onex on its acquisition of Independent Clinical Services, a healthcare workforce solutions business, from TowerBrook Capital
- Pollen Street on its acquisition of Universal Banking, Finastra’s core banking solution division
- Pollen Street and its portfolio company Keylane on the acquisition of Heywood, a leading pension technology and software solutions provider, from BlackRock
- Partners Group in connection with its increased investment in Swiss watchmaker Breitling owned together with CVC
- Blackstone on the acquisition of CRH plc's European distribution unit
- Blackstone on the merger of its portfolio company The Office Group with Fora, to create a premier flexible workspace group
- Gyrus Capital on its acquisition of Essential Pharma Group, an international specialty pharma company
- Permira on its strategic equity investment in payment solutions provider Klarna
- Cinven, Permira and Mid Europa on their acquisition of Allegro, the online marketplace, from Naspers
- Verlinvest on the new investment by BC Partners in Valtech, a global leader in digital services and business transformation
- CD&R and its portfolio company WSH Group on the acquisition of the coffee and bar chain Notes Coffee
- Livingbridge and management on the sale of Portman Dental Care to Core Equity Holdings
- Rhône Capital and GP Investments in connection with the combination of Austrian-listed RHI and Brazilian-listed Magnesita to create a leading refractory company listed on the London Stock Exchange
- McLaren Group in relation to the combination of McLaren Automotive and McLaren Technology Group and buy-out of Ron Dennis
- JP Morgan Infrastructure Investments Fund (IIF) on the acquisition of a 49% stake in several UK wind farms from Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners
- The Rise Fund, a global impact investing fund managed by TPG, on the acquisition of approximately 1GW of solar PV projects from Chinese based Trina Solar
- Iberdrola on the acquisition of 88% of Electricity North West (ENW), the electricity distribution network operator (DNO) for the North West of England
- Iberdrola on the acquisition of a majority stake in eight offshore wind projects from Svea Vind Offshore AB in Sweden
- Iberdrola on the sale of a portfolio of LNG assets to Temasek-owned Pavilion Energy
- Iberdrola on the sale of ScottishPower's portfolio of pumped storage, hydro and gas-fired power generation assets to Drax Group plc
- Harbour Energy on its acquisition of Wintershall Dea assets from BASF and LetterOne
- Chrysaor on its reverse takeover of UK-listed Premier Oil, resulting in the combined group (renamed Harbour Energy) being the largest independent oil and gas company listed on the London Stock Exchange
- Chrysaor on the acquisition of ConocoPhillips’ UK oil and gas business
- ENGIE and Mitsubishi on the sale of their stakes in an LNG bunkering business to joint venture partner NYK
- ENGIE on the sale of its upstream and midstream LNG activities, liquefaction, shipping and international LNG trading, to Total
News and client work
Contact details
- Clifford Chance, London
- +442070062354
- Email me
- Sector Healthcare & life sciences, Energy & resources
Career & qualifications
- Admitted as a solicitor in England & Wales 2004
- Joined Clifford Chance 2012
- Partner since 2015
Awards and citations
- "Graham Phillips is very user friendly - he is a real problem-solver and has an excellent knowledge of the sector. He is extremely well liked and respected by executive teams and performs to a consistently high standard."
Legal 500 UK 2019
- Listed as a rising M&A star by Legal Week in 2015