Elliott Phillips

Partner  |  Signature Litigation
JURISDICTION

England & Wales, Gibraltar

TOP SPECIALISMS

Civil Fraud

Commercial Litigation

Trusts: Contentious

Office Location

Gibraltar, United Kingdom

Professional Biography

Elliott is regularly instructed in global commercial litigation where there is a strong Gibraltar connection to litigation. Elliott has considerable experience in the area of trusts and estates disputes and appears before all courts on matters relating to the administration of trusts and particularly in relation to applications for directions brought by Trustees and claims brought by beneficiaries. Elliott is recognised in Chambers Global and Chambers Europe for General Business Law: Dispute Resolution. Elliott has also been named as one of Legal Week’s Private Client Global Elite lawyers in 2019- 2022, reflecting his position as one of the leading private client and trust and estates litigators in the world. In 2020 Elliott was recognised by CityWealth’s Leaders List as one of the Top 100 Trust Litigators. SInce 2015, Elliott has been a Member of Parliament in the Gibraltar Parliament and has served as Leader of the Opposition between 2017- 2020.

What is your favorite restaurant to take a client or colleague to?

The Delaunay

What is the best piece of advice you have ever received?

Never look back .

What was your first job?

mixing concrete

What is the book you recommend to everyone?

Ulysees

What changes do you expect to see in your practice over the next year?

Increasing challenges to the provision of financial services in the context of Brexit and shifting attitudes towards digital assets.

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