“Philip Lee Solicitors offers ‘tactical and strategic advice’, with Philip Lee singled out as ‘extremely experienced and affable, but able to display steel and tenacity’.” – Legal 500

“Philip Lee is ‘very experienced in procurement law’ with a ‘high level of knowledge in relation to the field of data protection’.” – Legal 500

Role: Managing and Founding Partner

Practice Areas:
Procurement and competition law, PPPs, property, construction, energy, trade and WTO.

Philip has developed a leading expertise in the area of procurement, competition, trade and construction law and advises clients in relation to the largest public utilities projects in the country. Philip's extensive PPP experience includes roads, waste, waste water and electricity PPP projects where he acts for both public and private bodies. As an expert in European and Irish competition law, Philip has provided his specialist competition knowledge and his expertise as a litigator in a variety of sectors including the construction and cement industries, the health sector, pharmaceuticals, telecommunications, transport and energy.

With a well-established background in energy law and telecommunications regulation from his previous role as a legal advisor in the petroleum industry and as a consultant to multinational enterprises on the application of European and international law, Philip is ideally positioned to advise clients in sectoral-specific regulatory matters.

As a litigator, Philip was the first private lawyer to represent countries before the WTO appellate body; he acts as an advocate in construction arbitration and has appeared before the ECJ representing clients on matters of European law.

Philip is author of “Public Procurement " published by Butterworths, 1992. He has also published numerous articles on competition law and international trade.

Qualifications: 
Solicitor, Law Society of Ireland (1980)
Barrister-at-Law (BL), King’s Inns, Ireland (1986)
Associate of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (1990)
Bachelor of Civil Law (BCL), University College Dublin (1978)
Master in EC Law. (LL.M.), College d'Europe, Bruges (1979 - 80)
Columbia Leiden Programme on US Law (Netherlands Government Scholarship), University of Leiden, Netherlands (1980)
Certificate in Oil Refinery Management, Netherlands (1989)

Memberships:
Irish Maritime Law Association
Irish Wind Energy Association
Fellow of International Trade Law in University College Dublin (2002)
Chairman and founding member of Irish Green Building Council
The Energy Institute
Founder of Connect Ethiopia

Recent Speaking Engagements:

The National Water Services & Flood Management Conference
CMG Events, March 2011

Implementing Green Public Procurement
Public Affairs Ireland, September 2010

The New Public Procurement Remedies Directive Guidance for public servants on adherence to new EU procurement rules
Public Affairs Ireland, October 2009, and December 2009

Legal training on the new Remedies Directive and compliance with Public Procurement law
Mater hospital, November 2009

Training on Construction, Disputes and Contract Preparation, for the Ethiopian Arbitration Institute
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, October 2009

Delivering Positive Outcomes for Employer and Contractor Under Government Fixed Price Contracts Strategies on how to ensure your government lump sum fixed price contracts deliver value, efficiency and good working relations
White paper conference company, September 2009

2nd Annual International Trade and Customs Compliance Strategies Conference
Prague, September 2009

A critical look at GCCC contracts
Public Procurement Conference 2009 the Future of Construction Procurement, June 2009