Biography
Katie Williams is an associate in the Firm’s London Disputes and Investigations practice and a member of the International Arbitration & Trade Group.
Katie’s litigation and dispute resolution experience includes a wide range of complex commercial cross border and general commercial disputes before the English Courts and institutional tribunals under major arbitral rules. Her practice also includes investigations, employment disputes, cross border insolvency and restructurings and compliance advisory work.
Katie is a member of the London Solicitors Litigation Association, Young International Arbitration Group and the Female Fraud Forum. She also writes on English law disputes issues for the Firm’s European Disputes blog: In Brief.
Representative matters include acting for:
- The joint administrators of VTB Capital plc in its $1 billion claim against the Republic of Mozambique
- Petropavlovsk Plc, on a variety of contentious matters
- Various private equity clients and their portfolio companies, in connection with anti-bribery, anti-money laundering and sanctions reviews and regulatory advisory work
Latest Thinking, Firm News & Announcements
Latest Thinking
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Explainer: obtaining evidence from the US and/or England & Wales, for use in foreign civil proceedings
Blog Post — European Disputes Blog
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Jamie Maples,
Craig Watson and
Katie Williams
— September 24, 2024
2023-2024 was another record year for the London Commercial Court with 64% of litigants who appeared before the court hailing from jurisdictions outside of the UK.[1] Even ostensibly domestic civil disputes are now likely to possess multiple international elements or touch points. This can include witnesses and documentary evidence (held physically or in data centres) ...
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New UK Government – but what does this mean for the UK’s approach to white collar crime?
Blog Post — European Disputes Blog
— By
Hayley Lund,
Craig Watson and
Katie Williams
— July 17, 2024
In light of the Labour Party’s victory in the UK general election on 4 July 2024, this article provides a high-level overview of the potential impact of the new government on the priorities and future direction of the Serious Fraud Office (“SFO“). Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose For the SFO, the election ...
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New movements in climate change litigation
Blog Post — European Disputes Blog
— By
Jamie Maples,
Sarah Chaplin and
Katie Williams
— May 16, 2024
Whilst there is no universally agreed scope or definition of climate change litigation, it is clear that over the last few decades, there has been an upsurge in litigation relating to climate change either directly or indirectly. The ‘first wave’ of domestic cases began in the early 2000s, and were increasing prior to the ratification ...
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