William Grace

Dispute Resolution and Litigation; Regulatory

William is a partner advising Jersey’s finance industry and international clients on financial services-related disputes, whether civil, criminal, regulatory or a combination. This includes advisory work and advocacy.

His specific experience is in advising on money laundering matters (including corruption), regulatory and compliance investigations, disputes in the banking, trusts and funds sectors, sanctions, production orders (including TIEA work), insider dealing, reporting duties, asset recovery, reciprocal enforcement, cyber-related risk and international mutual assistance generally. He places particular emphasis on working alongside clients and their in-house lawyers/compliance staff and other external advisers to implement risk-management-based solutions to disputes in the regulated sector.

He is experienced in politically sensitive and complex matters involving multiple legal issues and jurisdictions. He often advises on higher risk business in the financial services regulated sector, whether that is in client take on, transactional support or M&A support.

In addition to acting for Jersey regulated financial services businesses, he also acts for PLCs, individuals and foreign states.