Sam Williams

Sam Williams is a Partner in the Dispute Resolution team in Jersey. He is an experienced litigator and advocate, having been called to the Jersey Bar in 2015, and appears regularly in the Royal Court of Jersey and Court of Appeal. Sam has particular expertise in private wealth disputes, including breach of trust proceedings, fiduciary removal applications, contentious restructurings, construction and tax mistake applications. He advises trustees, beneficiaries and settlors. In addition, Sam has experience of enforcing foreign arbitral awards and judgments and obtaining urgent injunctive relief, often in the context of fraud and asset tracing. He also advises on corporate and shareholder disputes, as well as on insolvency matters. · Appleby

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Sam Williams is a partner in Appleby’s Dispute Resolution team in Jersey and an experienced litigator, called to the Jersey Bar in 2015, who appears regularly in the Royal Court of Jersey and the Court of Appeal. He specialises in private wealth disputes (including breach of trust, fiduciary removal and contentious restructurings), enforcement of foreign arbitral awards and judgments, urgent injunctive relief in fraud and asset-tracing matters, and also advises on corporate/shareholder disputes and insolvency matters.

Practice areas

LitigationTrusts & Private WealthInternational ArbitrationInsolvencyCorporate & Shareholder Disputes

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Jersey

Appleby · Sam Williams is a Partner in the Dispute Resolution team in Jersey. He is an experienced litigator and advocate, having been called to the Jersey Bar in 2015, and appears regularly in the Royal Court of Jersey and Court of Appeal. Sam has particular expertise in private wealth disputes, including breach of trust proceedings, fiduciary removal applications, contentious restructurings, construction and tax mistake applications. He advises trustees, beneficiaries and settlors. In addition, Sam has experience of enforcing foreign arbitral awards and judgments and obtaining urgent injunctive relief, often in the context of fraud and asset tracing. He also advises on corporate and shareholder disputes, as well as on insolvency matters.

Jersey

Expertise

Private wealth disputesBreach of trust proceedingsFiduciary removal applicationsContentious restructuringsConstruction and tax mistake applicationsEnforcement of foreign arbitral awards and judgmentsUrgent injunctive relief (fraud and asset tracing)Corporate and shareholder disputesInsolvency matters

Education

University of Oxford, BA in Modern History

Admissions

Solicitor, England and Wales (non-practising), 2010
Jersey Advocate (called to the Jersey Bar), 2015