William acts in international and English domestic arbitrations in a wide range of disputes.
He has very substantial experience as counsel in institutional (LCIA, ICC, HKIAC, DIAC) and ad hoc commercial and technical arbitrations and related applications, challenges and appeals. He accepts appointment as arbitrator.
William has written widely on arbitration law and teaches a class on dispute resolution at City, University of London; he has also taught on Chinese arbitration at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London. His cases as counsel include a number of important arbitration law decisions, most notably North Range Shipping Ltd v Seatrans Shipping Corp (The Western Triumph) [2002] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 1 (seminal decision on reasons in leave to appeal applications under s 69 Arbitration Act 1996) and Peterson Farms Inc v C&M Farming Ltd [2004] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 614 (first reported decision on power under s70(7) Arbitration Act 1996 to secure award pending appeal or challenge).
Arbitrations in which William has acted as counsel include acting for Russian shipping corporation defending UNICTRAL arbitration claims by European bank on parent company guarantee raising Russian and English company law issues; acting in LCIA arbitration for Italian receivers in jurisdiction challenge involving the European Insolvency Regulation, Italian and English law; acting for Chinese charterers in substantial LMAA arbitration defending claims by Korean disponent owners for damages for breach of contract of affreightment; acting for Chinese charterers facing various claims arising out of five C/Ps in LMAA arbitration; and acting for contractors in arbitration claims arising from a hydro project in the Balkans.
