Philip Wood, Global Special Counsel, Allen & Overy

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Philip R. Wood QC (Hon), BA (Cape Town), MA (Oxon), LLD (Lund, Hon) is:

• Head of the Allen & Overy Global Law Intelligence Unit
• Special Global Counsel at Allen & Overy
• Chairman of the State Insolvency Study Group of the International Law Association
• 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 

Philip Wood is one of the world's leading experts in comparative and cross-border law and has written around 18 books, including nine volumes in the series Law and Practice of International Finance published in 2007.  He was for 10 years head of the firm's banking department and is an experienced transactional lawyer.  He is chairman of the Sovereign Insolvency Study Group of the International Law Association and a member of the Market Monitoring Committee of the Institute of International Finance.