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Appleby Offices
13-14 ESPLANADE
ST HELIER
JE1 1BD
Jersey
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Sam Williams
Work Department
Dispute Resolution
Position
Sam Williams is a Partner in the Dispute Resolution team in Jersey.
He is an experienced litigator and advocate, having been called to the Jersey Bar in 2015, and appears regularly in the Royal Court of Jersey and Court of Appeal. Sam has particular expertise in private wealth disputes, including breach of trust proceedings, fiduciary removal applications, contentious restructurings, construction and tax mistake applications. He advises trustees, beneficiaries and settlors.
In addition, Sam has experience of enforcing foreign arbitral awards and judgments and obtaining urgent injunctive relief, often in the context of fraud and asset tracing. He also advises on corporate and shareholder disputes, as well as on insolvency matters.
Memberships
Member of the Board of Examiners for the Jersey bar examinations.
Member of the Contentious Trusts Association.
Education
University of Oxford, BA in Modern History
Solicitor, England and Wales (non-practising), 2010
Jersey Advocate, 2015
Lawyer Rankings
Jersey > Dispute resolution > Dispute resolution
(Next Generation Partners)Appleby
represents clients facing trust disputes and is also able to act for parties in issues arising out of insolvency and restructuring procedures. Fraser Robertson
took up sole leadership of the practice following Jared Dann‘s departure, with a practice centred on trust and broader commercial disputes, and with considerable experience in fraud and asset tracing matters. Both trust and employment issues fall under the purview of Niall MacDonald, who also advises on a range of regulatory challenges, while Lara von Wildenrath maintains a broad practice that covers fraud, insolvency and asset recovery. Bedell Cristin‘s Michael Gradidge joined the team in January 2024, adding considerable ICC arbitration experience, with trust disputes specialist Sam Williams following from Collas Crill in April 2024.
Lawyer Rankings
- Next Generation Partners Jersey > Dispute resolution > Dispute resolution
- Dispute resolution Jersey > Dispute resolution