Profile description
The core of William's busy civil practice lies in the following areas of law:
Family law (Child Arrangements)
William accepts instructions to advise and represent clients in relation to family law proceedings, with an emphasis on private law Children Act applications (Child Arrangements Orders). William's caseload in this area includes highly contested applications for CAOs, and cases involving allegations of domestic and substance abuse between the parties. He is often instructed to provide advice and representation in relation to fact finding proceedings in the family court.
Civil and Commercial Litigation
William was involved in several merger and acquisition transactions as well as a management buy-out and subsequent sale of a Lloyd’s syndicate as part of a management team. Subsequently, his experience has been called on for a variety of peer review, expert witness and arbitration engagements.
William believes preparation is key and his clients value his attention to detail when drafting and giving advice. He is approachable and quickly able to assimilate the facts of a case. Benefitting from a commercial background, William understands the realities of business and seeks to find pragmatic settlements that are beneficial to his clients whilst having stamina, tenacity and persistence for the fight where required.
William is also a qualified and accredited civil and commercial mediator.
Both inside and outside of work William has a real passion for agriculture and environmental issues and offers pro bono work to the Woodland Trust. Conversational Italian.
