Philip Vickery | Partner | Brisbane

Philip is a partner in the firm’s Corporate and Commercial team. Philip has over eleven years experience and his broad range of professional expertise includes corporate and commercial law with a particular expertise in financial services and privacy law, mergers and acquisitions, capital raisings and franchising.

Philip recently joined Holding Redlich from a large national law firm. Philip has advised leading national and international companies on a range of areas including:

• acting for Bank of Queensland in its merger by way of scheme of arrangement with Pioneer Building Society
• acting for Bundaberg Sugar Limited in relation to proposed merger with Mulgrave Sugar Mill
• acting for PIPE Networks Ltd - IPO and rights issue
• acting for FKP – non renounceable entitlements offer
• acting for Pan Australian Resources – accelerated renounceable entitlements offer
• acting in private equity transactions including Michel’s Patisserie management buy out
• acting for Queensland Cotton, Nestle, Fig Tree Developments, Consolidated Press, Teys Brothers and The Rock Building Society in M&A transactions
• advising government entities including Queensland Health, QIMR, Ports Corporations Queensland and Maritime Safety Queensland in relation to a wide variety of commercial contracts
• advising QIC, Australian Insurance Group, Aegis Group, Freeman Fox, Qantas Staff Credit Union, National Transport Insurance and CM Capital on financial services licensing issues
• drafting and reviewing franchise agreements and disclosure documents and advising franchisors in relation to a range of franchising issues including Subway, Home Ice Cream, Ray White and Bartercard
• conducting privacy audit and privacy law training program for QR

Qualifications
Master of Law - Queensland University of Technology
Bachelor of Laws (Honours) - University of Queensland
Bachelor of Arts - University of Queensland

Memberships
Australian Corporate Lawyers Association
Financial Services Institute of Australia
Franchise Council of Australia
Queensland Law Society
Queensland Law Society Corporations Law Committee

Appointments
Admitted to practice as a solicitor 2000
Chairman, Financial Services Institute of Australasia, Young Finance Professionals Committee (QLD Chapter)
Guest Lecturer – Legal Practice Course
Organising Committee Member, Australian Business Law Conference