Stephanie Williams
Stephanie is an Associate in our Commercial Litigation, Civil Fraud and Asset Tracing department.
Stephanie works on all kinds of commercial disputes, including claims for breach of contract, misrepresentation, negligence, injunction application and jurisdiction challenges. In particular, Stephanie has experience in sovereign disputes, banking litigation, bringing civil fraud claims, seeking interim remedies and proceedings under s.9 of the Arbitration Act 1996.
Prior to joining the firm, Stephanie was called to the Bar by Middle Temple. Stephanie has a Masters in Law from the University of Bristol. She also holds a BA (Honours) in Theology from the University of Nottingham.
Case examples
Acting for the Republic of Mozambique in the US$2 billion “Tuna Bonds” Commercial Court proceedings against Credit Suisse and Abu Dhabi-based shipbuilder Privinvest.
Representing the Republic of Mozambique in defending a series of claims arising out of the "Tuna Bonds" scandal including from VTB Capital Plc, BCP S.A.,Beauregarde Holdings LLC and United Bank for Africa Plc
Richard Boath – securing the acquittal of one of the 'Barclays Four' in the Barclays-Qatar prosecution and his exoneration by the Financial Conduct Authority.