He is a partner in the London and Paris based law firm Signature Litigation which focuses on high value, high stakes cross-border commercial disputes.
On 13 September, it was announced that he would not stand re-election He was elected to the Gibraltar Parliament during the 2015 Gibraltar general election and initially served as the Shadow Minister for Justice between November 2015 and November 2017.
In 2019 he was re-elected to parliament and currently serves as Shadow Minister for Health and the Environment.
[1] Phillips is widely viewed as the de facto Deputy Leader of the Opposition despite not being officially appointed.
He also acted as the GSD's spokesman on matters related to the COVID-19 outbreak.