William Page

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Will is a Special Counsel at Clyde & Co in Sydney. He is dual-qualified in Australia and England & Wales. 

Will specialises in resolving commercial disputes and advising clients on cross-border matters. He works across various sectors, including energy, commodities, natural resources and international trade, as well as technology and sanctions.

Will represents clients in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region and regularly acts for commodity traders, mining and natural resources companies, offshore energy companies, shipowners and charterers. He has particular experience in commodity trading disputes and advises on issues relating to the trading, financing and transportation of hard and soft commodities.

Most of Will’s matters are international 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

Natural Resources

• UIL (Singapore) Pte Ltd v Wollongong Coal Ltd (FCA): Acting for the applicant in Federal Court of Australia proceedings arising from a dispute concerning two coal offtake agreements.
• Advising a global natural resources company on commercial risks arising from an iron ore pricing dispute with a state-owned Chinese company. 
• Acting for a Western Australian drilling company in domestic arbitration proceedings arising from breaches of restrictive covenants.

Commodities and International Trade

• Vitol SA v Beta Renowable Group SA: Acting for the claimant in High Court proceedings in London concerning the repudiation of a contract and recoverability of hedging losses.
• Acting for a London-based international trading company against a Chinese counterparty in SIAC arbitration proceedings concerning breaches of an international sales contract.
• Acting for a global oil trading company against a group of Latvian interests in ICC arbitration proceedings arising out of a storage and throughput agreement for a port in Eastern Europe.
• Acting for a Chinese trading company against a Singapore trading company in SCMA arbitration proceedings arising from non-performance of various sale and purchase contracts.

Other sectors

• Technology: Acting for a European software company in SIAC arbitration proceedings against an Asian supermarket retail business arising from alleged breaches of various agreements relating to the use of a SaaS platform and software modules.
• Sanctions: Advising an international oil trading company in a pre-arbitration dispute against a Russian oil company concerning the termination of contracts following the introduction of US sanctions.
• Employment: Advising a global real estate services firm in relation to an investigation into workplace misconduct in Australia and the handling of complaints by senior management.
• Insurance: Acting for Insurance Australia Group in proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia arising from claims brought by creditors of Greensill Bank AG.