Philip Wood
Location:
United Kingdom
Practice(s):
Corporate Trustee
,
Debt Capital Markets
,
Derivatives and Structured Finance
,
Financial Services
,
Global Loans
,
Leveraged Finance
,
Projects
,
Real Estate Finance
,
Securitisation
,
Ship, Rail, Aircraft and other assets
Date Joined:
1970. Partner since 1974. Special Global Counsel since 2002.
Education:
BA (University of Cape Town), MA (Oxford University), LLD Hon (University of Lund, Sweden)
Spoken Languages:
English
Experience:
In March 2009 Philip Wood was appointed by the Queen as QC honoris causa.
Philip joined the firm as an articled clerk in 1967, was made a partner in 1974 and was head of the firm's Banking Department in the 1990s. He has 40 years of experience in an international law firm. He works in the firm full-time.
He holds the following posts:
Special Global Counsel, Allen & Overy LLP
Visiting Professor in International Financial Law, University of Oxford
Yorke Distinguished Visiting Fellow, University of Cambridge
Visiting Professor, Queen Mary College, University of London
Visiting Professor, London School of Economics & Political Science
Head, Allen & Overy Global Law Intelligence Unit
Member of the Board of Advisors of the National Law School of India Review
Philip is the author of more than 18 books on international finance, including nine books published in 2007/2008 on the law and practice of international finance.
He is an expert on cross-border law and comparative financial law. He has published a book of maps of world financial law which dramatically portray in colour the position of the world's jurisdictions on various issues relating to financial law.
He serves on the editorial board of a number of legal journals.
His role in the firm is to advise clients, in particular in relation to the following:
advice on matters of particular importance involving high reputational and other risks for clients and requiring special maturity of judgment
helping banks and others with the management of their legal risks
helping structure cross-border transactions which need a special knowledge of multi-jurisdictional law
expert opinions, e.g. in litigious or semi-litigious situations
assessing legal and "doing business" risks internationally
carrying out multi-jurisdictional surveys or surveys of a particular jurisdiction for clients investing in that jurisdiction
making medium-term predictions of legal trends so that firms can be prepared
advice on transactions within the areas indicated above.
He is establishing and managing a Global Law Intelligence Unit for the firm and its clients.
In addition to numerous articles in law journals, Philip Wood has published the following books:
- Principles of International Insolvency (2nd edition, Sweet & Maxwell, 2007)
- Comparative Law of Security Interests and Title Finance (2nd edition Sweet & Maxwell, 2007)
- International Loans, Bonds, Guarantees, Legal Opinions (Sweet & Maxwell, 2007)
- Set-off and Netting, Derivatives, Clearing Systems (Sweet & Maxwell, 2007)
- Project Finance, Securitisations, Subordinated Debt (Sweet & Maxwell, 2007)
- Conflict of Laws and International Finance (Sweet & Maxwell, 2007)
- Regulation of International Finance (Sweet & Maxwell, 2007)
- The Law and Practice of International Finance, University edition (Sweet & Maxwell, 2008)
- Maps of World Financial Law (Sweet & Maxwell, 2008)
- Title Finance, Derivatives, Securitisations, Set-off and Netting (Sweet & Maxwell 1995)
- Project Finance, Subordinated Debt and State Loans (Sweet & Maxwell 1995)
- Principles of International Insolvency (Sweet & Maxwell 1995)
International Loans, Bonds and Securities Regulation (Sweet & Maxwell 1995) - Comparative Law of Security and Guarantees (Sweet & Maxwell 1995)
- Comparative Financial Law (Sweet & Maxwell 1995)
- Law & Practice of International Finance (Sweet & Maxwell, 1980, Clark Boardman Company, New York, 1982)
- Co-editor of Encyclopaedia of Banking Law, Cresswell, Blair, Hill, Wood (Butterworths, looseleaf, updated since 1982)
- English & International Set-off (Sweet & Maxwell, 1989)
- The Law of Subordinated Debt (Sweet & Maxwell, 1990)
- Co-editor of Butterworths International Insolvency Laws (1999), Translations.