Member Profiles

Bonaccord is a commercial boutique established to support the scientific community. While our largest practice is in life science we also work in the space and satellite, innovative food and drink, specialty chemical and engineering sectors. In addition to legal work we assist our clients with IP and business strategy, sourcing investment and identifying other specialist service providers or partners around the world We aim to establish long term relationships with our clients and pride ourselves on taking a genuine interest in our client’s technologies and success. Our low overhead model and friendly, business savvy approach makes us particularly well suited to working with early stage and smaller businesses who are looking for hands on support.

Ben is a veteran disputes resolution lawyer with 35 years’ experience. Ben was formerly special counsel in the London office of a US law firm, specialising in international commercial arbitration and litigation, and partner in a leading London based disputes resolution firm, where he was head of commercial litigation. He has vast experience of handling arbitrations conducted under the LMAA, ICC and LCIA rules involving a wide range of matters, including disputes arising out of on and off shore energy, engineering, refining contracts, construction disputes, waterborne transport, aviation, and insurance. Ben is a seasoned litigator having acted in the Commercial Court in relation to shareholders disputes, in complex fraud cases involving allegations of conspiracy, and has successfully defended statutory demands. He acted in one of the leading reported cases in relation to piercing of the corporate veil. He acted in one of the largest asset recovery matters on behalf of a Swiss bank successfully recovering very substantial sums, coordinating worldwide actions in multiple jurisdictions. He has extensive experience in obtaining and defending freezing injunctions. His experience in interlocutory matters extends to anti-suit injunctions restraining proceedings brought in breach of an agreed jurisdiction clause. Ben has been involved in numerous challenges to arbitration awards and handled commercial cases in the High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court and the European Court of Justice, being one of the first English lawyers to have done so. He is a Chartered arbitrator, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, a member of the panel of Arbitrators maintained by the China Maritime Arbitration Commission, Emirates Maritime Arbitration Centre and Singapore Chamber of Maritime Arbitration. He is a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Arbitrators; a Supporting Member of London Maritime Arbitrators Association and a Member of Indian Maritime Association.

Neuroradiology (Brain and Spine CT & MRI): A.Neonatal B.Paediatrics C.Adults BRAIN Non Accidental Head Injury Traumatic Brain Injury Birth / Baby Head Injury Alzheimer’s & other Dementias Stroke / Cerebrovascular Disease Vertigo / Dizziness Brain injury Brain tumour Cerebral palsy Concussion Dementia Physiotherapy Rehab A&E Medicine Mental Health Seizures/ Epilepsy Numbness Tremor Memory loss Seizures Bell’s palsy Normal pressure hydrocephalus Headache Multiple sclerosis Neuralgia Neuropathy Parkinson’s disease Psychiatric conditions Scoliosis Movement Disorders Neurodegeneration SPINE Back pain Birth defects of the brain and spinal cord Spinal trauma Disk disease of neck and lower back Spinal cord injury Spinal deformity Spine tumour

With over 25 years of experience, Philip focuses his practice on energy and oil and gas transactions, particularly in the upstream space. Philip has extensive experience in transactional, commercial, and project work throughout the world, including Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, Asia, and Europe. He is a member of the Association of International Energy Negotiators and is former Chair of the UK Energy Lawyers Group. In addition to his energy and oil and gas experience, Philip has advised on numerous mining and other natural resources projects. Relevant Experience Advised an international energy company on the sale of assets in Pakistan and Ghana. Advised a major Brazilian mining company on a CFR term prepayment contract for the sale and purchase of iron ore to a major international trading company for $200 million. Advised an international energy company on the sale of producing gas assets in Southern Africa. Advised a petroleum company on the sale of its interests in Block BC-10 in the Campos Basin, Brazil for $1.54 billion. Acted for a petroleum company on its acquisition of certain upstream and midstream assets in Nigeria. Advised an international company on a gas project in Nigeria worth in excess of $6 billion. Advised a client on a series of acquisitions of development assets in West Africa that also involved raising $600 million of equity, debt, and mezzanine finance, including a pre-export finance facility secured over certain of the company’s assets and shareholdings. Advised an upstream oil and gas company on the acquisition of a package of interests in three different West African countries for $200 million. Advised a major Middle Eastern investor on its $600 million preferred bid for a package of North Sea assets. Advised an upstream oil and gas company on all contractual requirements for a West African deep-water drilling campaign. Advised various companies on farm-in agreements and related joint operating agreements for upstream interests in Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa, Mozambique, Papua New Guinea, and Australia. Advised an international company on its interests in a gas to liquids plant in Qatar. Advised a petroleum company on the $2.1 billion acquisition sale of an oil and gas company’s international operated and non-operated business having business operations in 12 countries, including an integrated project financed LNG project in Latin America. Advised a European food company on the acquisition of a substantial UK dairy business. Advised a major listed company on the acquisition of a UK hotel and restaurant business. Memberships Association of International Energy Negotiators

I have done over 23,000 medicolegal reports over a period of 30 years. The majority are necessarily Claimant instructions but I have also done a significant number of Defendant instructions. I hold the Diploma in Disability Assessment Medicine (Department of Occupational Health, Royal College of Physicians London) in addition to being a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh. I also have the Cardiff University Law School/ Bond Solon Expert witness qualification, fulfilling one of the requirements of the Academy of Royal Colleges May 2019 paper indicating that all experts must be trained. My annual appraisal is on my medicolegal work, which is another requirement of that paper.