Peter Wood
Partner
Peter is a partner in the litigation and arbitration team and CEO of the dispute resolution team.
He has 30 years of experience and is currently the lead partner in a number of cases in which the amount at stake totals nearly £700 million. Peter specializes in commercial litigation and arbitration, restructuring, insolvency, credit and asset recovery, particularly in regard to company disputes, often advising on shareholder and joint-venture issues.
Peter leads the firm’s global dispute resolution teams comprising over 60 partners, spanning commercial litigation, international arbitration, criminal litigation and white collar investigations, employment, trust and inheritance disputes, family and divorce, with teams based in litigation centres across Asia-Pacific, Europe and the Americas.
Peter is fluent in Italian and specialises in advising Italian clients, he is a member of the British Italian Law Association and the Italian Chamber of Commerce.
He is ranked in Chambers Global and Legal 500 and is ‘…praised for his good judgement and client-handling skills’.
Track record
Admissions
Memberships
Acting against an Italian listed multinational for breach of an exclusive agency agreement before the ICC in Paris where issues of illegality, corruption and international public policy were found.
Advising in Arbitration before ICC arising out of termination of an agency agreement between an Italian firm and an Iranian company.
Acted for Greek clients in substantial LCIA arbitration (under the LCIA rules) in respect of a proposed merger in Greek Pay TV market.
England and Wales, 1988
British Virgin Islands, 2013
British Italian Law Association - ex-President
Member of the London Court of International Arbitration
Italian Chamber of Commerce, London- Honorary Legal Counsel
Association of Business Recovery Professionals
British Hellenic Chamber of Commerce
Business Club Italia
Me in a minute
I enjoy getting to know my clients and their businesses
Education
Languages
- English
- Italian