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About
Provided by Ben Woolgar
Practice Areas
Ben specialises in heavy-duty, high profile commercial litigation and arbitration. His broad commercial practice spans civil fraud, energy, banking, and mining work, including jurisdiction challenges and injunctions. He also has particular experience of company and insolvency work, and is a member of the BVI Bar.
Ben has been 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, Energy, Banking and International Arbitration. 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.
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Ben Woolgar regularly appears in commercial disputes involving allegations of fraud and conspiracy. He is well regarded for his expertise in asset disclosure orders and freezing orders.
Ben Woolgar is praised for his client-friendly approach to banking and finance proceedings. He is regularly sought out to act in high-stakes matters related to fraud, conspiracy and bribery claims, among many others.
Ben Woolgar's practice covers major areas of commercial litigation, in particular fraud, banking and finance, and insolvency. He has been admitted to practice in the BVI and also has experience in Mauritius. Woolgar acts for financial institutions in relation to banking and cryptocurrency proceedings.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Intelligent, with a strong grasp of both the law and commercial considerations."
"Ben has a great brain and a tremendous work ethic."
"Extremely intelligent and very hard-working, he'll pour everything into a case."
"Totally energetic and enthusiastic, he's incredibly prodigious and a barrister of high quality."
"A strong junior who is developing an enviable offshore practice. Easy to work with and always readily available."
"We will recommend work to Ben at every opportunity we are able to. He delivers. He is absolutely brilliant."
"Mr Woolgar thoroughly impressed me with his quick grasp of issues, speedy turnaround time and excellent writing style.He is an excellent junior that any counsel team would be happy to have on board."
"Ben is very switched on, he's ahead of his time. He's someone we'd trust to come in and help on things where we require input from external counsel."
"Ben is very pleasant and easy to deal with. A great rising star. He's very diligent and open to different points of view, and has a lot of potential. He's excellent."
"A strong junior who is developing an enviable offshore practice. Easy to work with and always readily available."
"Ben delivers. He is absolutely brilliant."
"Mr Woolgar thoroughly impressed me with his quick grasp of issues, speedy turnaround time and excellent writing style.He is an excellent junior that any counsel team would be happy to have on board."
"Ben is very switched on; he's ahead of his time. He's someone we'd trust to come in and help on things where we require input from external counsel."
"Ben is very pleasant and easy to deal with. A great rising star. He's very diligent and open to different points of view. He's excellent."
"Ben is one of the stars of the future. He is very good at fraud and banking disputes, and has a great brain and a tremendous work ethic."
"He is intelligent, with a strong grasp of both the law and commercial considerations."
"He's a very good writer and very thoughtful."
"Ben is very good on the details. He's someone who operates at a different level to most; he is so quick and is very responsive too."
"Ben is brilliant. He's one of the stars of the future. He's very good at banking disputes, with a great brain and a tremendous work ethic."
"Intelligent, with a strong grasp of both the law and commercial considerations."
"Ben has a great brain and a tremendous work ethic."
"Extremely intelligent and very hard-working, he'll pour everything into a case."
"Totally energetic and enthusiastic, he's incredibly prodigious and a barrister of high quality."
"A strong junior who is developing an enviable offshore practice. Easy to work with and always readily available."
"We will recommend work to Ben at every opportunity we are able to. He delivers. He is absolutely brilliant."
"Mr Woolgar thoroughly impressed me with his quick grasp of issues, speedy turnaround time and excellent writing style.He is an excellent junior that any counsel team would be happy to have on board."
"Ben is very switched on, he's ahead of his time. He's someone we'd trust to come in and help on things where we require input from external counsel."
"Ben is very pleasant and easy to deal with. A great rising star. He's very diligent and open to different points of view, and has a lot of potential. He's excellent."
"A strong junior who is developing an enviable offshore practice. Easy to work with and always readily available."
"Ben delivers. He is absolutely brilliant."
"Mr Woolgar thoroughly impressed me with his quick grasp of issues, speedy turnaround time and excellent writing style.He is an excellent junior that any counsel team would be happy to have on board."
"Ben is very switched on; he's ahead of his time. He's someone we'd trust to come in and help on things where we require input from external counsel."
"Ben is very pleasant and easy to deal with. A great rising star. He's very diligent and open to different points of view. He's excellent."
"Ben is one of the stars of the future. He is very good at fraud and banking disputes, and has a great brain and a tremendous work ethic."
"He is intelligent, with a strong grasp of both the law and commercial considerations."
"He's a very good writer and very thoughtful."
"Ben is very good on the details. He's someone who operates at a different level to most; he is so quick and is very responsive too."
"Ben is brilliant. He's one of the stars of the future. He's very good at banking disputes, with a great brain and a tremendous work ethic."
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