After the lightning strike on our mains transformer one of the printers (Brother MFC-9320CW) lost Ethernet link.
Upon further troubleshooting I concluded that the PHY chip gave up the ghost.
The chip in question is ASIX AX88796BLF. It appears from the board it has absolutely no input protection what so ever, hence it gave up the ghost.
A bit of warning: the AX88796BLF comes in QFP64 7mm x 7mm package with a microscopic 0.4mm pin pitch. I would not recommend this repair without hot air.