William is a versatile barrister with extensive interlocutory, trial, and appellate experience. His practice spans all aspects of commercial litigation and arbitration. He has particular experience in banking and financial services disputes, commercial fraud cases, insurance litigation, and company law and insolvency matters. A number of his cases are cross-border in nature and raise complex jurisdiction and choice of law issues. Alongside practice, William is an Associate Professor and Fellow in Law at Downing College, Cambridge.
William’s current and recent instructions include acting for Deutsche Bank in a €500m foreign exchange and interest rate derivatives dispute; Liberty Steel in a $400m credit insurance coverage dispute arising out of the collapse of Greensill Bank; Dubai Islamic Bank in a $400m Islamic financing dispute following the administration of NMC Healthcare; the liquidators of Arena TV in a £265m claim in connection with a major asset based lending fraud; and Bernie Ecclestone, defending a claim by Felipe Massa over the circumstances of Lewis Hamilton’s 2008 F1 title win.
Called 2016, Inner Temple. Fellow in Law at Downing College, Cambridge. Formerly Solicitor, Allen & Overy
COMBAR, ChBA, LCIA, Society of Legal Scholars.