JUNIOR PROFILE

Tom Wood

UK Bar 2026

Brick Court Chambers

Ranked in 3 practice areas

Commercial Dispute Resolution

London (Bar)

3 years ranked

Banking & Finance

London (Bar)

1 year ranked

Professional Negligence

London (Bar)

1 year ranked

About

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UK Bar

Practice Areas

Tom is recognised as a leading junior in commercial dispute resolution. He regularly acts as part of larger teams in high-profile cases and also unled in commercial court and arbitral proceedings. Tom has a broad practice covering financial services and banking disputes, civil fraud, commercial agency, sale of goods, insurance/reinsurance, shareholder/JV disputes and professional negligence. Many of Tom’s matters have an international element and involve conflicts issues.

Tom has acted in a number of disputes featured in The Lawyer’s ‘Top 20’ cases in recent years, including BTI’s claim against PwC, the multi-party proceedings concerning the $2 billion ‘tuna bond’ scandal in Mozambique, and the FX-rigging litigation. He also has extensive experience of arbitrations, including LCIA, ICC, ad hoc and GAFTA proceedings, and s.69 appeals.

Tom is ranked in the fields of Commercial Dispute Resolution and Banking and Finance (Chambers & Partners and Legal 500 2025), Professional Negligence (Chambers & Partners 2025) and Civil Fraud and Insurance / Reinsurance (Legal 500 2025). He was shortlisted for Financial Services and Insurance Junior of the year in the Legal 500 Bar Awards 2025.

Chambers Review

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UK Bar

Banking & Finance - London (Bar)

Up and Coming

Individual Editorial

Tom Wood has quickly built up a noteworthy practice, which includes acting in matters related to fraud claims involving banks, FX trading issues and mis-selling claims among numerous other mandates. Wood was previously a solicitor in a top international law firm so brings this experience to bear in his career at the bar.

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Professional Negligence - London (Bar)

Up and Coming

Individual Editorial

Tom Wood has earned recognition for his work on major audit cases for Big Four clients. Leaders appreciate the detail-oriented approach that he brings to bear in his cases.

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Strengths

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Tom mastered everything quickly and was absolutely brilliant. He spotted the right angles to hit and the difficulties we faced. We had so much material to get through, but he found the right points.
Commercial Dispute ResolutionUK Bar
Tom Wood is an excellent choice because of his good strategic judgement. His written work is of very high quality, and he understands what clients need.
Commercial Dispute ResolutionUK Bar
Tom is great, super hard-working, detail-oriented and always pitches in.
Banking & FinanceUK Bar
Tom is very thoughtful and strikes me as being very promising.
Banking & FinanceUK Bar
His written work is really high quality and he is a pleasure to deal with.
Banking & FinanceUK Bar
Tom Wood has gravitas beyond his year of call. He was unfailingly reliable.
Professional NegligenceUK Bar