London Bar
Commodities
LEADING JUNIORS3Alistair Wooder – Twenty Essex ‘Alistair is particularly good at identifying the key issues in any dispute, and his submissions are always well drafted and thought out.’
Alistair Wooder
Arbitration and mediationbanking and financecivil fraud and asset tracingcommercial litigationconstitutional public and human rights lawenergy and natural resourcesinsolvency and company lawinsurance and reinsuranceprivate international lawpublic international lawshippingsport, Twenty Essex
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Arbitration and mediation
Banking and finance
Civil fraud and asset tracing
Commercial litigation
Constitutional public and human rights law
Energy and natural resources
Insolvency and company law
Insurance and reinsurance
Private international law
Public international law
Shipping
Sport
Position
Alistair Wooder is a barrister practising in commercial litigation and arbitration with particular emphasis on shipping and commodities. He also has experience of high-value commercial fraud litigation.
Alistair has appeared in the Court of Appeal and High Court. He has acted in arbitrations under most major arbitral rules, with particular experience of LMAA arbitration.
Alistair has experience of a wide range of issues commonly arising in shipping and commodities disputes, including repudiation, off-hire, demurrage, cargo claims, damage to vessel, misdelivery and claims against bill-holders.
In more general commercial litigation, highlights include:
Defending US$250m enforcement proceedings in Deutsche Bank v Sebastian Holdings (England, Turks & Caicos Islands and Connecticut). Acting for former CEO of Lloyds Bank in his successful claim for his share scheme award.Alistair holds a first-class law degree and LLM from Cambridge. He was the top-ranked student in his year in Bar exams.
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