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Position

Bill Wood KC is one of the UK’s leading commercial mediators.

Bill Wood was awarded Mediator of the Year 2018 and is ranked #1 Mediation Silk 2019 in WWL’s UK Bar Guide. He is consistently ranked in the top tiers by Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners.  He has been included in the Who’s Who Legal top ten list of commercial mediators globally every year since the list was first published in 2011.  His mediation practice now takes him to Dubai, Hong Kong, Singapore, France, Switzerland, Spain, South Africa, Kenya, Mexico and the US as well as to all parts of the UK and the Channel Islands.  In all he conducts around 80 mediations each year.

Lawyer Rankings

London > Dispute resolution > Mediators

(Hall of Fame)Ranked: Tier 1

William Wood KCBrick Court Chambers

(Mediators)Ranked: Tier 1

William Wood KCBrick Court Chambers

William Wood KC – Brick Court Chambers 

Handling approximately 70 disputes a year, Brick Court ChambersWilliam Wood KC‘s global practice encompasses a vast array of business disputes, including insurance, banking, oil and gas, and construction and engineering-related claims. Wood, who is also the current deputy chair of the Judicial/ADR Liaison Committee, additionally mediates conflicts concerning product liability, Pharma, and professional negligence, and is increasingly involved in human rights cases, as well as remote mediations. In recent highlights, Wood mediated a £200m dispute over an expiring ten-year software contract; and a $2bn claim by a nation state against a major bank for facilitating a corrupt payment.

William Wood KC – Brick Court Chambers 

Handling approximately 70 disputes a year, Brick Court ChambersWilliam Wood KC‘s global practice encompasses a vast array of business disputes, including insurance, banking, oil and gas, and construction and engineering-related claims. Wood, who is also the current deputy chair of the Judicial/ADR Liaison Committee, additionally mediates conflicts concerning product liability, Pharma, and professional negligence, and is increasingly involved in human rights cases, as well as remote mediations. In recent highlights, Wood mediated a £200m dispute over an expiring ten-year software contract; and a $2bn claim by a nation state against a major bank for facilitating a corrupt payment.