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Senior Knowledge Counsel

Liz Williams

Languages
  • English
  • German
  • French

Liz is responsible for knowhow and training for the firm’s dispute resolution lawyers in England, including lawyers practising commercial litigation, corporate crime, international arbitration, ADR, banking & finance litigation, competition litigation, construction disputes, employment disputes, insurance & reinsurance disputes, energy disputes, pensions disputes, real estate disputes, and technology disputes. She has over 18 years' experience as a professional support lawyer and 10 years' fee-earning experience in insurance litigation, general commercial litigation and arbitration. 

Her areas of expertise include knowledge management, training, compliance, cross-border dispute resolution, insurance and human rights law. She previously worked as an Associate Lecturer with The Open University and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Her outside interests include folk singing, trailwalking and motorsports.

Relevant experience

  • A major NGO on litigation strategy and management of its UK litigation portfolio.
  • A household name insurer on its portfolio of disputed commercial lines claims.
  • A well-known insurance company on its directors’ and officers’ policy wordings and claims.

Memberships & Roles

  • Association of Litigation Professional Support Lawyers

Education

  • 2008 – LLM in International Human Rights, University of East London
  • 2007 – Fellow, Higher Education Academy
  • 1996 – Admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales
  • 1993 – Law Society Finals, College of Law, Lancaster Gate
  • 1992 – Common Professional Examination, College of Law, Lancaster Gate
  • 1991 – BA (Cantab), Theology and Religious Studies

Insights by Liz

English Commercial Court rejects the longstanding “Shareholder Rule” as an exception to privilege

05 Dec 2024 6 min read

Risk Essentials Webinar: Trade secrets and confidential information: the risks and rewards of a hidden asset

25 Mar 2020

Disclosure pilot rewrites the rules on disclosure in the UK

04 Sep 2019 6 min read

International Disputes Digest - Summer Edition 2019

28 Jun 2019 2 min read
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