OVERVIEW

Philippe advises companies, founders, and investors on their most important legal and business decisions. Clients rely on Philippe not only to solve discrete legal issues, but also to help them think through the decisions that shape their businesses.

Philippe’s practice centers on mergers and acquisitions and other strategic transactions, including acquisitions, divestitures, investments, and joint ventures. He regularly leads deals from initial structuring through closing, with a focus on maintaining momentum, identifying the issues that matter, and keeping negotiations grounded in commercial reality. His transactional work is complemented by ongoing advisory work across the business. He frequently assists clients in structuring key commercial relationships, navigating sensitive situations, and addressing issues as they arise in the ordinary course.

Philippe is known for being direct, pragmatic, and responsive. He focuses on helping clients make decisions with a clear understanding of risk and tradeoffs, and on moving matters forward efficiently. His approach is shaped by experience in large law firm, boutique, and in-house environments, and by an understanding of how legal advice is actually used within organizations.

EXPERIENCE

In addition to his transactional practice, Philippe advises on labor and employment matters and represents clients in commercial and employment-related disputes. This broader experience informs his approach to transactions and counseling. He is attuned not only to how deals are documented, but to how they play out in practice—particularly in areas such as workforce integration, customer relationships, and post-closing disputes.

Philippe has experience across a wide range of industries and transaction types, with particular familiarity in sectors where operational considerations are central to legal outcomes, including metals and manufacturing, staffing and workforce solutions, specialty ingredients, and facilities management. His work often involves companies navigating growth, integration, or expansion into new markets, including cross-border transactions and U.S. market entry.

RECENT REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS

• Flack Global Metals in its successive acquisitions of metals distribution and service center platforms (CSi’s Consolidated Metal Products business; Kenwood Painted Metals; Pacesetter Steel Service)
  

• Flack Global Metals in its investments in manufacturing platforms (acquisition of Fabral, a supplier of metal building envelope solutions; investment in Windsor America, an OEM specializing in residential and commercial sectional overhead garage doors)
  

• Proman Group, the U.S. arm of leading French staffing firm Proman, in its U.S. “buy-and-build” growth strategy through its successive acquisitions of staffing firms (Paramount Staffing; TalentForce; Trade Masters; PeopleShare)
  

• Solina, a global provider of customized savory food solutions, in its acquisition of ingredient manufacturers (Asenzya - a custom dry seasoning and ingredient solutions provider; Saratoga Food Specialties - a manufacturer of custom seasonings and sauces serving QSR and food manufacturers; Advanced Food Systems - a developer of custom ingredient systems)

QUALIFICATIONS

• Education

  • Cornell Law School (J.D.)

  • Sciences Po Paris (Diplôme, Section Economique et Financière)

  • Paris X Nanterre University (French graduate degree in European Business Law)

  • Paris II Panthéon-Assas University (French J.D.)

• Admitted to Practice

  • New York

  • Illinois

  • Delaware