Middle East: The English Bar
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Leading junior1Jennie Wild – Keating Chambers 'She is mature and calm, has excellent attention to detail, and deals well with clients.'
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Jennie Wild
Keating Chambers, London
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Position
Jennie is a well-regarded and experienced specialist in oral and written advocacy in high-value, and complex, construction and energy disputes, resolved by way of arbitration or litigation.
Jennie was recently awarded “Construction Junior of the Year” for 2024 at the Legal 500 MENA Awards.
She is ranked as a leading junior by Chambers & Partners and the Legal 500 in Construction, Energy, International Arbitration and the Middle East. She has been described as “a legal wizard”, “a master tactician”, “meticulous and thorough”, “user-friendly and down-to-earth”, being “strategic and thoughtful”, having “an elegant drafting style”, “undaunted by large and complex cases”, “someone you want on your team” and “in reality, already a star”. She is also featured in a text of “40 under 40” rising arbitral practitioners from around the world.
Jennie’s practice is a balance of international arbitration and domestic litigation. Her experience includes four international airports, four power stations (including the world’s largest air-cooled and photovoltaic stations), three major hospitals, roads and tunnels and a national water network. Her arbitral experience includes disputes subject to the ICC, DIAC, ADCCAC, MCCI and UNCITRAL rules concerning projects in the UAE, Qatar, Oman, Australia, South Africa, Slovakia and Mauritius. Her recent domestic instructions include: (i) Building Safety Act 2022 cladding and fire safety matters, (ii) adjudication enforcements; (iii) “live” advice in relation to major London infrastructure/development projects; and (iv) a major PFI termination account dispute.
Jennie contributes to the Construction Law Reports, Keating on Construction Contracts, Keating on JCT, Keating on Offshore Construction and Marine Engineering, PLC and Halsbury’s Laws.
Before coming to the Bar, Jennie worked at the Law Commission on the reform of insurance law, unfair contract terms and fiduciary duties and prior to that, in Australia, at the Victorian Government Solicitor’s Office and for the Principal Judge of the Victorian Commercial Court.
Career
Australian Wheat Board (2008-2009); Victorian Government Solicitors Office (Melbourne) (2009-2010); associate to the Honourable Justice Hargrave, Supreme Court of Victoria (Melbourne) (2010-2011); The Law Commission (2011-2013); called to the Bar (2013); Inner Temple; pupillage Keating Chambers (2013-2014); tenant 2014 to date.
Languages
English, French (basic).
Memberships
SCL
TECBAR
COMBAR
LCLCBA
Young ICCA
Arbitral Women
Education
University of Nottingham, LLB (Hons) Law with Australian Law (First Class); City University, Bar Professional Training Course (Distinction).
Leisure
Jennie enjoys art, yoga, netball, singing and spending time with her family.
Mentions
London Bar
Construction
Leading junior1Jennie Wild – Keating Chambers 'She is mature and calm, has excellent attention to detail, and deals well with clients.'
London Bar
Energy
Leading junior4Jennie Wild – Keating Chambers ‘Jennie is an erudite, conscientious barrister.’
London Bar
International arbitration: counsel
Leading junior3Jennie Wild – Keating Chambers 'Jennie is a joy to work with, even when under pressure. She is a hands on and supportive member of the arbitration team. Excellent analytical and drafting skills, and an energetic advocate. Top quality barrister.'
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