Jonathan R. Philips

Prior to joining Cherokee, Mr. Philips served as an executive officer and General Counsel of a closely held company headquartered in New York City, where he identified, structured and closed private equity investment and strategic relationships.
Previously, Mr. Philips practiced as a corporate attorney with Davis Polk & Wardwell in the Merger and Acquisitions and Capital Markets groups, where he represented private equity, banking and corporate clients in over 25 transactions, comprising over a billion dollars of closing value.
Before Davis Polk, Mr. Philips founded and led a Manhattan-based company and, previously, worked as a strategic management consultant.
Mr. Philips has served as an advisor to corporate and nonprofit entities and is actively involved with several nonprofits throughout the country.
Mr. Philips received his law degree from the Yale Law School, where he was an Olin Fellow in Law and Economics, and his Bachelors degree from the University of Virginia, where he was an Echols Scholar with double Highest Distinction.