Philip Pennings studied notarial law at the University of Utrecht and fiscal law at the University of Amsterdam. 

He started his career at Deloitte in Milan in 2000, after which he worked at Loyens & Loeff for 6 years where he mainly advised on international corporate tax matters.During this period he was also seconded to Di Tanno Professionisti Associati in Rome.In 2006, Philip moved to the structured finance department of ABN AMRO NV, followed in 2009 by a switch to Aegon NV where he gained more than 9 years experience as an in-house tax specialist. Philip has practical experience in a variety of national and international corporate tax matters, ranging from transfer pricing and asset management to investment structures and tax risk management.

Since October 2018, Philip is working as a Counsel to Atlas in the Eindhoven office.