BSc (Hons), Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Patent Agents, Registered UK and European Trade Mark Attorney, European Patent Attorney, Patent Agent Litigator, Member of AIPPI, LES, SCI and Patent Agent Litigators Society. Also, past or present tutor in the EPI training programme for the European Qualifying Examination.

Philip read microbiology and virology at the University of Warwick. He worked in private practice specialising in the chemical and biotechnology fields before joining Potter Clarkson in 1994. He became a partner in 1998 and joined the Board of Management in January 2006.