William Glover > Fieldfisher > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Fieldfisher Offices

RIVERBANK HOUSE
2 SWAN LANE
LONDON
EC4R 3TT
England
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William Glover

Work Department
Dispute Resolution
Position
Director
Career
William has acted for both high-profile individuals, and professional persons, including Directors and C-suite executives, at all stages of criminal matters.
In addition, William provides advice to corporates on any issues relating to criminal litigation and compliance.
William also has experience of acting in extradition proceedings in respect of both Part 1 and Part 2 territories. He has successfully resisted extradition requests on a number of occasions and acted for those seeking to engage in mutual legal assistance processes as an alternative to extradition.
William is a Corporate Crime Contributor for Lexis PSL and regularly provide commentary on issues related to white-collar crime and crypto assets.
Recent work highlights include:
- Advising individuals and companies on criminal and related issues, including asset recovery, related to the use of cryptocurrencies
- Prosecution discontinuing charges against my client for conspiracy to commit fraud and money laundering offences following representations
- Advising on adequate procedures under s.7 of the Bribery Act 2010
- Advising an individual in respect of possible criminality related to a unique piece of artwork
- Advising in respect of possible data offences under the Computer Misuse Act 1990 and Data Protection Act 2018
- Advising a multinational life sciences corporation in respect of a number of ongoing requests for assistance from various enforcement bodies
- Drafting letters of representations to prosecution and enforcement bodies on behalf of corporates and individuals
- Successful judicial review of a decision made in criminal proceedings
- Advising on and drafting successful grounds of appeal against sentence in the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
- Advocate in a number of reported fraud trials at Southwark Crown Court and throughout the South East of England
- Advice on legal professional privilege
- Conducting internal investigations
While at the self-employed Bar, William also gained invaluable insight into prosecution and government work as a graded prosecutor and through secondments at both the Serious Fraud Office and the Home Office.
Memberships
Co-Chair of the London Irish Lawyers Association and a former President of the Middle Temple Young Barristers’ Association.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
Fieldfisher counts senior executives in the energy, manufacturing, and automotive sectors among its strong roster of clients. With notable strength in advising witnesses on large-scale investigations as well as internal investigations, the team works closely with the firm’s civil fraud group to provide a comprehensive offering. Under the leadership of ‘excellent‘ barrister Quinton Newcomb, the team also includes Shiv Haria-Shah, who has extensive experience handling multijurisdictional investigations and large-scale compliance mandates, and the ‘bright, talented and hardworking‘ William Glover.
London > Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
The commercial crime team at Fieldfisher works closely with the firm’s larger dispute resolution offering and civil fraud team to provide a full-service offering with a notable emphasis on cross-border instructions. Described by clients as ‘clearly brilliant and supremely fluent in the law’, practice head Quinton Newcomb takes point on complex multijurisdictional internal investigations as well as compliance reviews; ‘truly exceptional‘ litigator Shiv Haria-Shah is another key name here. The core team also includes William Glover, who ably assists with internal criminal investigations concerning POCA, bribery, and corruption allegations.
Lawyer Rankings
- Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates) London > Risk advisory
- Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals) London > Crime, fraud and licensing
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Franchising
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Employment > Senior executives
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: corporate and commercial
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Media finance
- Insurance > Personal injury: claimant
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Advertising & marketing
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Digital content & social
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Film & TV
- Dispute resolution > Professional discipline
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Investment fund formation and management > Retail funds
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Finance > Trade finance
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Private client > Court of protection
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Employment > Health and safety
- Public sector > Healthcare
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Video games
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Mining and minerals
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > PATMA: Trade mark attorneys
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Finance > Securitisation
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Real estate > Property finance
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Employment > Immigration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport