BTO Solicitors LLP

BTO Solicitors LLP

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Lawyers

Will Cole

Will Cole

Work Department

Dispute Resolution, Property Litigation, Sport, Insolvency, Debt Recovery

Position

Partner

Will is a Partner in our Commercial Dispute Resolution team based in our Edinburgh office. He is an a experienced litigator, an accredited mediator and a qualified arbitrator.  He specialises in helping clients develop and implement strategies for resolving disputes, often with international aspects.

Will has acted in numerous important reported property cases over the course of his career.  He brings the knowledge and experience to his role heading up our Property Litigation team.

Will also has a particular interest in sports law, having previously acted on secondment as the Scottish FA’s first ever independent Compliance Officer, personally prosecuting numerous football disciplinary cases before independent tribunals.  He heads up our Sports Law Team and continues to act for the Scottish FA in litigation and arbitration matters.

Will has the skills to deal with sensitive, business critical matters, and has acted in many significant pieces of commercial litigation for businesses, public and third sector organisations, and individuals.  Reported cases cover areas such as competition law, arbitration, share purchase agreement warranties, unfair prejudice, insurance coverage, commercial contracts, and title conditions.

Clients praise Will’s ability to cut though details and clearly explain the technicalities of disputes and procedure, as well as his personable, forthcoming, and pragmatic approach.

Languages

English

Memberships

Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

Scottish Competition Forum Steering Group

Property Litigation Association

Mentions

Dispute resolution • Scotland

Commercial litigation

Next generation partner
Real estate • Scotland

Property litigation

TMT (technology, media and telecoms) • Scotland

Sport