London Bar
Banking and finance (including consumer credit)
LEADING JUNIORS2Ben Woolgar – Brick Court Chambers 'Hard-working, very bright star of the future.'
Ben Woolgar
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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.
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
Commercial litigation
LEADING JUNIORS5Ben 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
Energy
LEADING JUNIORS4Ben Woolgar –Brick Court Chambers ‘Ben’s razor-sharp advocacy cuts straight to the jugular.’
London Bar
Fraud: civil
LEADING JUNIORS4Ben Woolgar – Brick Court Chambers 'Razor-sharp advocacy and cuts straight to the chase.'