Fox Williams LLP

Dispute resolution

Senior Partner

As well as being senior partner, Gavin is a partner in the litigation and dispute resolution department. He has more than 30 years’ experience of handling a broad range of UK and international business disputes, involving litigation, UK and international arbitration, mediation and negotiations.

In particular, Gavin specialises in civil fraud, financial and banking litigation, breach of contract, corporate transactional and corporate governance claims (including breach of warranty, breach of directors’ duties and shareholder disputes) and partnership / LLP disputes. He acts mainly in the financial services and professional services sectors, and much of his work is cross-border. He has handled a number of multi-million and billion-dollar international fraud cases. Much of his work is international.

Gavin is a Committee member of the London Solicitors Litigation Association, and the immediate past Chair of the City of London Law Society Litigation Committee. He is a former Honorary Secretary of the Association of Partnership Practitioners (APP) and former President of the American Counsel Association. Gavin has written numerous articles, and has been quoted many times in the national and trade press. He is an author and co-editor of the book Discovery Across the Globe: Obtaining Evidence Abroad to Support US Proceedings. He is rated as a leading dispute resolution individual and contentious partnership law individual in The Legal 500 and Chambers UK Guide to the Legal Profession.

Trained Fox Williams; qualified 1992; solicitor commercial litigation department 1992-2000; senior associate dispute resolution department 2000-01; partner dispute resolution department 2001; solicitor advocate (higher courts civil) 2002; member of firm’s partnership board 2005 to date.

Honorary Secretary, London Solicitors Litigation Association; former Honorary Secretary, Association of Partnership Practitioners; City of London Law Society Litigation sub-committee; Upper Tribunal Users Group; co-chair, international litigation sub-committee of commercial and business litigation committee, American Bar Association; International Bar Association.

Pimlico School; Southwark College of Further Education; University of Durham (1987 BA Hons Law 2(1)); College of Law, Chester (1989 Law Society Finals).

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