Jennie Wild

Career

Jennie is an 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 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 and roads and tunnels. 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 is a contributor to the Construction Law Reports, Keating on Construction Contracts, Keating on JCT, Keating on Offshore Construction and Marine Engineering, and PLC.