Specialisms & expertise
Charlie has experience working on a wide range of domestic commercial disputes, including:
- High value debt recovery;
- Contractual disputes;
- Professional negligence claims;
- Shareholder / Partnership disputes;
- Claims against directors for breach of duties;
- Intellectual property disputes; and
- Defending claims brought by insolvency practitioners.
Charlie also has experience in assisting with international commercial disputes arising from international trade and the sale of goods, such as:
- Acting for Russian owners in arbitration with a ship yard pursuant to ICC Rules;
- Acting for commodity traders in two liked arbitrations under LCIA rules.
Charlie has had increasing involvement with arbitrations subject to the rules of commodity trade associations such as GAFTA and recently attended the Know Your GAFTA Contracts Online course and passed the associated assessment.
Profile
Charlie graduated with a First Class law degree from the University of Liverpool and completed the Legal Practice Course at the University of Law at the London Bloomsbury campus, achieving a Distinction.
Charlie trained with the firm and joined Thomson Snell & Passmore’s Dispute Resolution department upon qualification in September 2020.
Charlie Wood worked for me on a recent shareholder dispute which came to a successful conclusion as far as I was concerned. Throughout my dealings with Charlie , I found him to be extremely hard working, professional, thorough and courteous. I would not hesitate to instruct him in any legal matters which I may have in the future.
Client
Charlie and Douglas have been excellent in how you have handled this case considering the sensitive nature of the matter. I am very happy and grateful with the service you have provided and of the course the successful outcome you achieved. It has been a pleasure working with you all, and we are extremely grateful for your hard work in bringing this matter to a successful conclusion. I would recommend you to anyone needing similar support.
Client
When someone publicly posted a defamatory statement against me on social media, it started to gain traction and a newspaper wanted to publish the defamatory claims. In this time of uncertainty, urgency, and chaos, Rico Dexiades and Charlie Wood were hugely helpful. They understood exactly what I wanted and needed, their advice and strategy resulted in the most ideal outcome, and they sent a fully comprehensive cease and desist letter on incredibly short notice. I am so grateful that throughout the process, they were helpful in answering any questions I had and were very supportive in one of the most stressful events of my life.
Client
I have used Thomson Snell & Passmore twice now and both occasions they have acted for me in a professional manner and I can not thank them enough for all that they have done. The solicitor was Charlie Wood on the last occasion and I cannot express how professional he was I was kepted up to date with every movement of the case and everything was handled quickly and efficiently and all the deadlines were met as he kepted a close eye on dates when correspondence should be back etc. I cannot thank the company enough and I would certainly recommend Thomson Snell & Passmore should anyone need a good solicitor.
Client
Doug and Charlie are akin to Thierry Henry and Dennis Bergkamp – arguably the greatest strike partnership ever witnessed in the Premier League. On time, on point and always deliver.
Legal 500 2022
A professional company that can be trusted to demonstrate their expertise in litigation and with a special mention for Charlie Wood and Rico Dexiades, who served us well.
M. Lyons (MD) Lyons Electrical
I have used Thomson Snell & Passmore on 3 occasions for different legal services and they have been excellent every time. My last instruction was a very tricky and unusual matter, from start to finish Charlie Wood was knowledgeable, a good communicator and successful in getting this matter resolved. Thomson Snell & Passmore was recommended to me and I will recommend them to others.
Client
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