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Ben Woolgar
Position
Ben specialises in heavy-duty, high profile commercial litigation and arbitration. His broad commercial practice spans civil fraud, energy, banking, mining and insurance work, including jurisdiction challenges and injunctions.
He is recommended as a “Rising Star” in Legal 500 for Commercial Dispute Resolution, International Arbitration, Civil Fraud, Banking and Finance and Energy, and is also recommended in Chambers & Partners for Commercial Dispute Resolution and Civil Fraud. He has appeared in The Lawyer’s Top 20 Cases list in all but one of the years he has been in practice.
Career
Call: 2014
Education
2013-2014: BPTC, City Law School (Outstanding)
2012-2013: GDL, City Law School (Distinction, 4th in year)
2009-2012: MA, Philosophy, Politics and Economics, University of Oxford (Balliol College) (First Class, Gibbs Prize for Best Thesis in Politics)
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Commercial litigation
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 5Ben Woolgar – Brick Court Chambers
‘Ben is a very versatile barrister – he combines excellent written and oral advocacy skills with outstanding legal analysis. Absolutely one of the stars at the Bar, and will rise to the very top of the profession at this rate.‘
London Bar > Fraud: civil
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 4Ben Woolgar – Brick Court Chambers
‘Razor-sharp advocacy and cuts straight to the chase.‘
London Bar > Banking and finance (including consumer credit)
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Ben Woolgar – Brick Court Chambers ‘Hard-working, very bright star of the future.’
Members of Brick Court Chambers continue to be instructed in significant banking and finance cases, concerning a broad spectrum of national and international lending. Tim Lord KC is sought after by both investors and banks in high profile banking and finance litigation – he is instructed for the claimants in Loreley Financing v Credit Suisse, a case concerning the allegedly negligent sale and structuring by Credit Suisse of residential mortgage-backed securities. James McClelland KC is an established silk who has taken the lead in leading commercial disputes, having been involved in test cases for PPI mis-selling – he also handles cases involving heavyweight public law issues. Ben Woolgar is noted for his practice handling both commercial banking, including complex bond and note transactions, and retail banking.
London Bar > Energy
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 4Ben Woolgar –Brick Court Chambers ‘Ben’s razor-sharp advocacy cuts straight to the jugular.’