Philip Ward's practice in general business law includes advising corporations, partnerships, and entrepreneurs; commercial transactions; bankruptcy; real estate, particularly commercial leasing; financings; compliance with, the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act; advising non-profits including religious organizations and entities; advising clients who are entering or leaving federal government service on compliance with federal ethics requirements and lobbying disclosure laws and representing them before federal ethics agencies; and employment agreements.

He has advised and represented a foreign government, a major educational institution, a major healthcare provider, not-for-profit corporations, Roman Catholic religious orders and institutions, and a variety of corporations, limited liability companies, and partnerships. Examples include representing a variety of privately held companies in the sale of their businesses, in most cases to public companies; advising persons nominated for Federal government positions on compliance with the Ethics in Government Act and related ethics issues; advising former federal government officials on employment and consulting agreements and establishing post-government service consulting businesses (including compliance with federal ethics and lobbying disclosure laws); representing the owners of a group of minor league baseball franchises in the sale of those franchises; representing a major healthcare provider in establishing a physician primary care network; representing creditors in a variety of bankruptcy adversary proceedings and on creditors committees; representing the Baltimore Orioles in the development of Orioles Park at Camden Yards, including negotiating and documenting the initial lease; and representing a foreign government in a refinancing of its private external debt.

Mr. Ward has served on the Washington Advisory Council of the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, the Board of Directors of CARA at Georgetown University, the Board of Governors of the John Carroll Society and the Board of Directors of Carroll Publishing.