Philip Deja

Philip regularly acts for founder-led and owner-managed businesses at significant moments in their development, such as succession planning, raising investment and preparing for sale. 

He advises private equity investors and management teams on transactional matters, working alongside accountants, corporate finance advisers and tax specialists to ensure deals are properly structured and efficiently executed.

Alongside his client work, Philip is the firm's General Counsel and recently completed a four-year term as Managing Partner of Streathers' North London offices - an experience that gave him a firsthand perspective on the commercial and governance challenges businesses face from the inside.

What distinguishes Philip is his ability to combine City-trained technical expertise with a pragmatic, commercially focused approach. Clients value his responsiveness, clear judgement and long-term perspective, often working with him as a trusted adviser as their businesses grow.

His advice is tailored to each client’s objectives, with a focus on protecting value, maintaining momentum and achieving a workable outcome.

Experience

Philip has over fifteen years of experience advising on corporate and commercial matters, including time spent at a large international City law firm acting for UK and multinational clients.

Recent experience includes:

• Advising an international publishing group on acquisitions, restructuring and its ultimate sale to a US buyer as part of its strategic growth journey.
• Acting for a fast-growing footwear business as ongoing strategic adviser across more than 50 commercial and international projects.
• Advising on a staged investment, 50/50 joint venture and ultimate sale of an online foreign exchange business to a consortium of investors, with aggregate consideration exceeding £6 million.
• Acting on the staged sale of an ecommerce business to a US aggregator backed by private equity and venture capital investors, with consideration exceeding $5 million.
• Advising on the sale of a marine insurance business to a buyer backed by institutional investors, with total consideration of approximately £5 million.
• Supporting a management team on a complex management buyout of a media business over an extended transaction period.
• Advising on the acquisition of a London hotel business with a transaction value of approximately £10 million.
• Acting on the share sale of a special purpose vehicle holding a mixed-use commercial property for consideration of over £21 million.
• Advising on three separate sales of optician businesses to private equity-backed consolidators, with transaction values ranging from £500k to £1.3 million.

Memberships & Accreditations

Philip is an affiliate member of the British Footwear Association and has previously served on the Council of the British Contact Lens Association. Philip also plays a leading role within the Euréseau network of international lawyers.

Beyond the Law

What keeps Philip busy away from the office? “I’d love to say travelling the world, experiencing different cultures, cuisines and music – but I have a young child so you’re much more likely to find me at a kid’s birthday party or playground these days, keeping up with the football, literature and music wherever I can.”