Philipp Knoll

Philipp's practice covers all aspects of pensions, employee benefits and executive compensation law, including plan administration, governance, investment, design and taxation. He also advises on the pensions and employee benefits aspects of corporate transactions.

Philipp provides legal services to both public and private sector plan sponsors and administrators.

Prior to joining Blakes, Philipp spent several years at a top-tier law firm in Germany and the U.K., where he advised multinational employers on a variety of pension, benefits and employment matters.

Eldorado Gold Corporation on its C$3.8-billion acquisition of Foran Mining Corporation

dentalcorp Holdings Ltd. on its C$2.2-billion acquisition by investment funds affiliated with GTCR LLC

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. on its acquisition of Stelco Holdings Inc., a transaction representing an enterprise value of approximately C$3.4-billion