A series of four new bis(imino)phosphine [NPN] ligands PhP(C6H4-2-HC=NAr)2 (Ar = 4-OMeC6H4 (L1, 1), 4-ClC6H4 (L2, 2), 4-BrC6H4 (L3, 3), 2,6-iPr2C6H3 (L4, 4)) were synthesized and structurally characterized. Their reactions with Cu(I) halides CuX (X = Cl, Br, I) were explored for the assembly of coordination complexes LnCuX, and the effects of substituent (Ar) and anion (X) were also investigated in a comparative manner. It was found that the reaction of methoxy substituted L1 (Ar = 4-OMeC6H4) with CuX gave the mononuclear Cu(I) complexes L1CuX (X = Cl (1a), Br (1b), I (1c)) with isostructural feature. In contrast, when halogen-substituted ligands L2-3 (4-ClC6H4, 4-BrC6H4) were applied, their reactions with CuCl afforded the formation of tetranuclear dimer [Ln(CuCl)2]2 (n = 2 (2a), 3 (3a)) bridged by the Cu2Cl2 square, regardless of the composition of the reactants. On the other hand, reactions of L2-3 with CuBr and CuI generated the mononuclear Cu(I) complexes LnCuX (n = 2, X = Br (2b), I (2c); n = 3, X = Br (3b), I (3c)) again. In all these cases above, L1-3 ligands played the tridentate role by biting the copper(I) centers through NPN sites. When the bulky L4 (Ar = 2,6-iPr2C6H3) was involved, the binuclear dimer (L4CuI)2 (4c) bridged by iodide anions was obtained, where each L4 ligand coordinated the copper center using the bidentate P^N mode with another imino arm pendant. In further exploration, 1,10-o-phenanthroline (denoted as phen) was introduced to produce the heteroleptic complex L1CuCl(phen) (1d), where both imino arms in L1 were pendent. The obtained ligand (L1-4) and Cu(I) complexes were characterized by melting point, elemental analysis, FT-IR, UV–Vis, NMR, and single crystal X-ray diffraction.