Bio
Will is an Associate in Appleby’s Dispute Resolution team in the Cayman Islands. He has a broad practice encompassing shareholder disputes, company and insolvency, financial services, and civil fraud matters.
Prior to joining the firm in April 2026, Will practised for a number of years as a Barrister at a leading set of commercial chancery chambers in London. During this time, he appeared regularly in applications for urgent injunctive relief, including freezing orders, Norwich Pharmacal relief, and enforcement of restrictive covenants. He also has significant experience of appearing and advising upon corporate insolvency matters, covering both pre-insolvency litigation, such as applications to restrain presentation or advertisement of winding up petitions, and post-insolvency litigation, such as claims by liquidators in respect of preferences.
Will is a native speaker of Norwegian and is also proficient in French.
Bio
Will is an Associate in Appleby’s Dispute Resolution team in the Cayman Islands. He has a broad practice encompassing shareholder disputes, company and insolvency, financial services, and civil fraud matters.
Prior to joining the firm in April 2026, Will practised for a number of years as a Barrister at a leading set of commercial chancery chambers in London. During this time, he appeared regularly in applications for urgent injunctive relief, including freezing orders, Norwich Pharmacal relief, and enforcement of restrictive covenants. He also has significant experience of appearing and advising upon corporate insolvency matters, covering both pre-insolvency litigation, such as applications to restrain presentation or advertisement of winding up petitions, and post-insolvency litigation, such as claims by liquidators in respect of preferences.
Will is a native speaker of Norwegian and is also proficient in French.
Work Highlights
- Ahmed v Miah [2026] EWHC 572 (KB): Appeared unled in the English High Court in a dispute concerning the enforceability of a contract of compromise.*
- The Secretary of State for Business & Trade v Alexander David Greensill [2025] EWHC 1380 (Ch): Acted in relation to the UK Government’s director disqualification proceedings against Lex Greensill.*
- Jenkar Shipping Ltd v Shamy European 2020 B.V (2025) (unrep.): Acted for a shipping company in relation to its contractual claim against a provider of freight services in Belgium.*
- White & Waterman v James [2024] EWHC 1427 (Ch): Appeared unled in the English High Court in an application for a mandatory injunction seeking the removal of a unilateral notice registered against the title of a property.*
- Patel Brothers (Dunmow) Ltd v Stripe Payments UK Ltd (2024) (unrep.): Acted for a company seeking Norwich Pharmacal and Bankers Trust disclosure orders against the UK subsidiary of a US fintech company, following the discovery of cyber fraud.*
- Adey Steel Limited v SC4 (UK) Limited (2024) (unrep.): Acted for a large steelworks company in proceedings claiming damages for defective performance by a welding sub-contractor engaged in the High Speed 2 railway.*
- Midas Components Limited v Table Yeti Ltd (2024) (unrep.): Acted for a major supplier of display and sensor components in a claim brought under section 37 of the Sale of Goods Act 1979.*
- Global PMI Partners UK Limited (2024): Advised a financial analytics firm in a quasi-partnership dispute relating to breaches of a shareholder agreement, diversion of business and breach of confidence.*
- Ahmed v Miah [2026] EWHC 572 (KB): Appeared unled in the English High Court in a dispute concerning the enforceability of a contract of compromise.*
- The Secretary of State for Business & Trade v Alexander David Greensill [2025] EWHC 1380 (Ch): Acted in relation to the UK Government’s director disqualification proceedings against Lex Greensill.*
- Jenkar Shipping Ltd v Shamy European 2020 B.V (2025) (unrep.): Acted for a shipping company in relation to its contractual claim against a provider of freight services in Belgium.*
- White & Waterman v James [2024] EWHC 1427 (Ch): Appeared unled in the English High Court in an application for a mandatory injunction seeking the removal of a unilateral notice registered against the title of a property.*
- Patel Brothers (Dunmow) Ltd v Stripe Payments UK Ltd (2024) (unrep.): Acted for a company seeking Norwich Pharmacal and Bankers Trust disclosure orders against the UK subsidiary of a US fintech company, following the discovery of cyber fraud.*
- Adey Steel Limited v SC4 (UK) Limited (2024) (unrep.): Acted for a large steelworks company in proceedings claiming damages for defective performance by a welding sub-contractor engaged in the High Speed 2 railway.*
- Midas Components Limited v Table Yeti Ltd (2024) (unrep.): Acted for a major supplier of display and sensor components in a claim brought under section 37 of the Sale of Goods Act 1979.*
- Global PMI Partners UK Limited (2024): Advised a financial analytics firm in a quasi-partnership dispute relating to breaches of a shareholder agreement, diversion of business and breach of confidence.*
Qualifications & Education
Will was admitted to the Cayman Islands Bar as an Attorney-at-Law in May 2026. He was previously called to the Bar of England and Wales in October 2021.
With a background as a talented scholar, Will holds a Double First degree from the University of Cambridge, where he received the Geoffrey Hawthorn prize for obtaining the highest marks in his year out of a cohort of 169 students.
He then obtained a Distinction on the Graduate Diploma in Law at City University, before completing an LLM at the College of Europe in Belgium, where his research was published in the European Business Law Review (Vol. 31 issue 4 pp. 693 – 724).
From 2019 – 2020, Will spent nine months as judicial assistant to Lord Justice Underhill in the English Court of Appeal, during which he worked on a range of prominent appeals, including Vodafone v Ofcom [2020] EWCA Civ 183 (on counterfactual arguments in the law of restitution), and FS Cairo (Nile Plaza) LLC v Brownlie [2020] EWCA Civ 996 (on the scope of the tort gateway for service out the jurisdiction).
Will was admitted to the Cayman Islands Bar as an Attorney-at-Law in May 2026. He was previously called to the Bar of England and Wales in October 2021.
With a background as a talented scholar, Will holds a Double First degree from the University of Cambridge, where he received the Geoffrey Hawthorn prize for obtaining the highest marks in his year out of a cohort of 169 students.
He then obtained a Distinction on the Graduate Diploma in Law at City University, before completing an LLM at the College of Europe in Belgium, where his research was published in the European Business Law Review (Vol. 31 issue 4 pp. 693 – 724).
From 2019 – 2020, Will spent nine months as judicial assistant to Lord Justice Underhill in the English Court of Appeal, during which he worked on a range of prominent appeals, including Vodafone v Ofcom [2020] EWCA Civ 183 (on counterfactual arguments in the law of restitution), and FS Cairo (Nile Plaza) LLC v Brownlie [2020] EWCA Civ 996 (on the scope of the tort gateway for service out the jurisdiction).
