Sandy Phipps

Practice Areas

Sandy is an experienced commercial junior with a broad, multi-jurisdictional practice. His work covers the full range of commercial disputes including, among other things, banking and finance, civil fraud, insolvency and company, sale of goods, and jurisdiction and conflict of laws. He has acted or advised in relation to disputes in English and foreign courts or in arbitrations, as well as in internal or regulatory investigations and Parliamentary inquiries.

Alongside his practice, Sandy maintains an active interest in academic law. He has published in areas including banking law, contract, jurisdiction and civil procedure. He is a regular contributor to and is on the Editorial Board of the Journal of International Banking & Financial Law and writes the chapter on guarantees in one of the leading banking law textbooks.

Career

Sandy was called to the Bar in 2008. Prior to that he practiced as a commercial litigation solicitor in Sydney (Gilbert and Tobin) and London (Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer).

Professional Memberships

COMBAR; Chancery Bar Association; Anglo-Australian Lawyers Society; Lincoln’s Inn

Personal

Education: Bachelor of Arts with First Class Honours, 2001, Australian National University; Bachelor of Laws with First Class Honours and the University Medal, 2003, Australian National University; Bachelor of Civil Law with Distinction, University of Oxford, 2006.