London Bar
Company
Leading junior‘Ben is incredibly bright and has the ability to synthesise large amounts of complicated information very quickly. He is one of the real junior stars at the Bar, and able beyond his years.’
Brick Court Chambers
Arbitrators
Ben Woolgar
Brick Court Chambers, London
- Phone0207 379 3550
Position
Ben specialises in the most challenging and high profile commercial litigation and arbitration. His broad commercial practice spans civil fraud, banking & finance, energy, mining & crypto work, including jurisdiction challenges and injunctions. He is also a specialist in shareholder disputes/company law, and insolvency law. He has an extensive offshore practice, focussed on the BVI (he is a member of the BVI Bar), Cayman, Bermuda and Mauritius.
Ben was nominated for Commercial Litigation Junior of the Year at the Chambers & Partners Bar Awards 2024, and he is consistently ranked in both Chambers and Partners and Legal 500, across a range of practice areas including Commercial Dispute Resolution, Civil Fraud, Banking & Finance, Offshore, Energy, Company, International Arbitration & Insolvency law. A recent survey of The Lawyer’s Top 20 Cases feature showed that Ben had appeared on that list 9 times in the last decade, more than any other junior at the Bar.
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)
Mentions
London Bar
Energy
Leading junior‘The sharpest tool in the toolbox, his brain works like a supercomputer. His cogent and calm advocacy is through the roof.’
London Bar
Banking and finance (including consumer credit)
Leading junior‘Ben is formidable. He has a very forensic eye.’
London Bar
Commercial litigation
Leading juniorLondon Bar
Insolvency
Leading junior'Ben is able beyond his years. He is extremely intelligent and able to offer complicated advice at short notice.'
London Bar
Fraud: civil
Leading junior 'He is a truly first rate lawyer with a strategic sense far beyond his years. He consistently identifies the winning points and his written advocacy is tremendous.'
The English Bar Offshore
Commercial disputes
Leading junior ‘Ben is incredibly bright and hardworking. He is beyond his year of call in terms of his experience and advocacy ability, and a go-to for tough cases where you need the best counsel team you can get.’
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