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Will is an Australian-Registered Foreign Lawyer (Qualified and admitted in England & Wales only) within the Energy, Marine and Natural Resources group. He trained at Clyde & Co and worked as an Associate in London before relocating initially to Melbourne in 2021.
The EMNR practice advises commodity traders, mining companies, insurers, banks, shipowners and charterers on contentious issues relating to the production, trading and transportation of commodities. Will assists a range of clients across the APAC region and most of the matters he is involved in are cross-border and multiparty. He assists with disputes arising from international sale contracts, offtake agreements, charterparties, bills of lading and letters of credit. He also provides assistance with non-contentious and transactional issues, and has experience in oil and gas, shipbuilding and sanctions.
Will has experience of domestic and international arbitration in various forums, including LMAA, LCIA and ICC. He has also assisted clients at mediations.
Will has gained significant sector expertise from three client secondments: he has worked within legal teams at a commodity trader based in London, an oil trader based in Geneva, and a mining company based in Australia. He has also spent six months working with Clyde & Co’s Marine team in Hong Kong.
Expérience
- 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.
