Philip is the co-founder and CEO of Garfield AI (www.garfield.law). Garfield AI is the first technology firm to be authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority as a law firm. It was the first law firm anywhere in the world to be authorised to provide legal services via AI.

Garfield is a web based, AI powered, software application that assists businesses recover their debts of up to £10k through the small claims Court process in England & Wales easily, quickly, and affordably.

Philip is a solicitor and a solicitor advocate. On qualification, he joined Baker & McKenzie (www.bakermckenzie.com) and spent eight years primarily in B&M’s London (and also Hong Kong) offices, specialising in complex litigation and arbitration, usually high value to very high value claims and with an international element. In 2009 he co-founded London law firm Cooke, Young & Keidan LLP (www.cyklaw.com), a “boutique” law firm that specialises in complex commercial dispute resolution. He retired from practice in 2022. In 2023 with quantum physicist Daniel Long he co-founded Garfield AI.

Separately, he sits as a member of the advisory committee of Winward Litigation Finance (www.winward.uk), a commercial litigation funder.