About
Philip Baker KC is a practicing barrister and King's Counsel with chambers in Field Court, Gray's Inn. He is also a Visiting Professor at Oxford University Law School and a Senior Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London.
He specializes in international aspects of taxation, covering both corporate and private client matters. He has advised and represented several governments on tax matters and has appeared as an expert witness in cases around the world. He has a particular interest in taxation and the European Convention on Human Rights. He is the author of a book on double taxation treaties and editor of the International Tax Law Reports. He was one of the general rapporteurs on the practical protection of taxpayers' rights for the International Fiscal Association Congress in Basel in 2015 and is one of the directors of the Observatory for the Protection of Taxpayers' Rights.