- P: 215.495.6555
- F: 215.495.6600
- pfisher@regerlaw.com
Cira Centre
2929 Arch St, 13th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19104
"Details, details, details are what can make or break a deal. My tenacity for looking out for the client in M&A and general business transactions is my hallmark."
Practice Areas
- Corporate & Business Services
- Bank & Institutional Borrowing
- Bankruptcy & Creditor’s Rights
- Business Succession Planning
- Contract Preparation & Negotiation
- Corporate Governance
- Entity Formation / Start-Ups
- Franchise & Distribution
- Intellectual Property
- Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures
- Private Equity Investments
- Tax
- Litigation
- Shareholder Disputes
- Real Estate
- Acquisition, Sale & Development
- Commercial & Industrial Leasing
- Equity & Debt Financing of Projects
- Loan Workouts
Bar Admissions
- New Jersey
- New York
- Pennsylvania
Education
- J.D., Villanova University School of Law (1989) cum laude
- B.B.A., University of Notre Dame (1983)
Philip W. Fisher is a partner of the firm’s Philadelphia office and Chair of the Corporate & Business Services Group. Phil has extensive experience structuring and negotiating mergers and acquisitions, dispositions, private securities offerings, corporate finance, secured transactions, licensing, leasing, joint ventures, and real estate transactions.
Philip’s client base includes startup companies and smaller entities to large organizations, such as software developers, distributors, banks and finance companies, manufacturing companies, technology companies, inventors and founders, and telecommunications corporations. Additionally, he has represented lenders and borrowers in financing and leasing transactions, including real estate, construction, and revolving credit financings.
Philip also advises clients on transactions involving technology and intellectual property. He assists clients involved in the commercialization of new technologies, intellectual property and licensing transactions, and technology research and development, including business transactions and practices over the internet.
Philip has substantial experience in business insolvency and reorganization law. In particular, he focuses on pre-bankruptcy workouts, debt restructurings, and the counseling of financially healthy businesses to implement changes to corporate and capital structures necessary to enhance value and protect them from financially troubled businesses. He has also successfully represented a variety of creditors, debtors, and purchasers in all types of bankruptcy proceedings.
Prior to joining Reger Rizzo & Darnall, Philip was a partner in the Business Department of a prominent Mid-Atlantic law firm.
When not hard at work, you can find Phil taking drives into the back country, hiking, running and looking for his next adventure and especially fresh powder to further his joy for skiing; along with spending time with his wife and three wonderful daughters.
- $125 million sale of an internet retailer to a large public corporation
- $124 million purchase by a large shipping company of a fleet of vessels
- $80 million sale of a freight company to a private equity fund
- $50 million sale of a division of a large national railroad construction company
- $50 million sale of assets by a Chapter 11 debtor engaged in the airline services industry
- $25 million purchase of an electronic consumer products company from a private equity fund
- Various private equity transactions
- Many purchases and sales of radio stations and television stations
- Recognized as a 2015 Leaders Circle Honoree by the National MS Society of the Greater Delaware Valley.
- American Bar Association
- Pennsylvania Bar Association
- New Jersey State Bar Association
- Philadelphia Bar Association
- American Association of Attorneys-CPAs
- Board Member, St. Christopher’s Foundation for Children
- National MS Society