Philip O. Brandes

Phil Brandes represents strategic and financial investors in mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, debt and equity securities offerings, bank financings, joint ventures and restructurings, frequently with a cross-border dimension.  He has particular experience advising private equity sponsors across a wide variety of industries. International Finance and Law Review's Guide to the World's Leading Financial Law Firms recommended Phil as a leading U.S. M&A lawyer, noting his "great responsiveness," "good manner" and "quality advice." Global M&A Network named Phil among the top 20 M&A lawyers in North America.  Phil serves as a trustee of PublicPrep, a leading charter school network in New York City, and has done further pro bono work for the NAACP and U.S. Squash. 

He is fluent in German.

• Recommended as a leading US M&A lawyer by International Finance and Law Review’s Guide to the World’s Leading Financial Law Firms
• Named among the top 20 M&A lawyers in America by the Global M&A Network

• Fordham University School of Law, JD
• Amherst College, BA, magna cum laude
• Freie Universität Berlin

• Nueva York

• English
• German

• Trustee, Public Prepatory Network, Inc.
• Member, American Council on Germany