Philip Taub is the Co-Head of the firm’s nationally acclaimed Private Equity Transactions practice. He focuses his practice in the area of corporate transactional work, including mergers, acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, joint ventures, start-ups, shareholder disputes and venture capital financing. In addition to his transactional work, he acts as corporate counsel to a number of publicly and privately held businesses from coast to coast in the United States and in Europe. Philip has held many leadership positions in the firm including serving on the firm’s Management Committee and previous chair of the firm’s Business and Finance department.
Philip is a frequent lecturer and presenter on the latest trends in mergers and acquisitions, business strategies, and issues most important to CEOs, CFOs, and general counsel. He has been recognized for exceptional standing in the legal community by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business (2006-2012). Philip has also been recognized as a “New England Super Lawyer” in business and corporate law based on a peer-review survey by Thomson Reuters (2007-2011) and included in The Best Lawyers in America (2010-2012) in Corporate Law.
While in law school, Philip clerked at the Federal Court of Claims in Washington, DC, and at the District Court in Massachusetts. As an undergraduate, he spent a year attending the University of Cape Town in South Africa.
Publications
- Mergers & Acquisitions Law 2012, 2012 ed.
- Inside the Minds: Business Due Diligence Strategies, 2010 ed.