Full Profile
Will is a Senior Consultant in the Energy, Marine and Natural Resources group at Clyde & Co. He is dual-qualified in Australia and England & Wales.
Will specialises in resolving international disputes and advising clients on cross-border matters. He works across the energy, natural resources, commodities and marine sectors, often acting for commodity traders, miners, natural resources companies, offshore energy companies, shipowners and charterers. He has particular experience in international trade disputes and is regularly instructed on issues relating to the production, trading, financing and transportation of hard and soft commodities.
Most of Will's matters are, by their nature, cross-border and multiparty. He has acted on cases in the High Court in London and in the Federal Court of Australia, and has experience of domestic and international arbitration in various forums, including ICC, LCIA, LMAA, UNCITRAL, SCMA, SIAC, GAFTA and GTA.
Will has gained sector expertise from three client secondments: he has worked within legal teams at a commodity trader in London, an oil trader in Geneva, and a mining company in Australia. He has also spent six months working for Clyde & Co’s Marine team in Hong Kong.
Will joined Clyde & Co in 2014 as a trainee and worked as an Associate in London before relocating to Australia in 2021.
Experience
- Vitol SA v Beta Renowable Group SA, 2017: Acting for the successful claimant in proceedings arising out of the non-delivery of a cargo of biofuel and related hedging losses.
- Acting for one of the world's leading commodity traders in ICC arbitration proceedings arising out of a storage and throughput agreement for a port in Eastern Europe.
- Acting for a shipowner in a multiparty dispute against oil majors arising out of the breakdown of a vessel's engine, which exposed the shipowner to liabilities under a chain of charterparties and a term supply contract. The dispute was settled following a 15-hour mediation.
- Acting for a P&I Club in connection with the c.US$300 million "Alpine Eternity" claim, which involved complex issues relating to US sanctions.
- Acting for a P&I Club in a dispute arising from the inability of a vessel to berth and discharge its cargo in China for over 6 months due to an unofficial ban on discharging Australian coal in China.
- Acting for a renowned tanker company in an arbitration concerning the construction of a profit-share clause in a charterparty. The claim was defended successfully.
- Acting for a Greek ship-management company in a complex and fast-moving arbitration against the Greek owner of the managed fleet of vessels.
