Ben Wells is a Solicitor Advocate whose practice is centred on dispute resolution. He regularly represents clients in: (i) arbitral proceedings conducted under the auspices of leading arbitration institutions; and (ii) litigation in the English courts. He also sits as an arbitrator where all his cases have a cross-border element.

Issues that he resolves relate to commercial contracts, trading, investments, banking, joint ventures, company and shareholder disputes, cross-border insolvency, international civil fraud and enforcement.

Ben has a particular focus on sanctions, asset-tracing, contentious trusts and matrimonial disputes.

Ben writes articles which are published internationally as well as having featured in articles for the Law Society of England and Wales. Ben is a frequent speaker at conferences.

- Acting for a real estate developer in a High Court joint venture dispute in relation to property located abroad but subject to the English jurisdiction by way of shareholders’ agreement.

Recent Cases - Representing an international energy concern in ICC arbitration against an American engineering company. The engineering company pleaded breach of contract relying on force majeure provisions in relation to export controls and sanctions.

- Representing a Kazakh Bitcoin mining entity in a dispute with a power producer following the illegal confiscation of Bitcoin producing servers.