Mr William Hold > HFW > Geneva, Switzerland > Lawyer Profile
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6TH FLOOR
COURS DE RIVE 13-15
1204 GENEVA
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Mr William Hold
Work Department
Commodities
Position
Partner
Career
William is a Partner in HFW’s Geneva office. He regularly acts for trading companies in disputes involving a range of physical commodities, and has been involved in arbitrations governed by the Swiss Rules, as well as the rules of the ICC, the SIAC, the RSA and the DIS.
William’s practice also involves non-contentious commercial and trade finance work. He often advises on commodity finance matters, as well as in other finance matters.
Prior to joining HFW, he practiced as an avocat in Geneva and spent several years in Singapore practising as a foreign lawyer in the shipping and trade department of a leading local firm.
William is qualified in Switzerland and England and Wales.
Languages
English
Lawyer Rankings
Switzerland > Transport
HFW‘s ‘professional and client oriented’ team collaborates with its international network to advise client such as shipowners, charterers, P&I Clubs, banks, governments, and brokers on commercial, regulatory, and litigation matters. The team has extensive knowledge of the dry shipping, admiralty and crisis management markets as well as transactional work. Practice head Michael Buisset specialises in advising clients on dry shipping litigation and arbitration, including charterparties, bills of lading, ship sale and purchase, marine insurance (hull, cargo and P&I), and contracts of affreightment and is often involved in landmark court cases. Sarah Hunt has extensive experience advising trading companies, charterers and owners on complex shipping and international trade disputes. Hunt also heads a team of lawyers which has advised HFW’s industry clients on shipping, trading, insurance and complex trade finance matters involving multi-jurisdictional sanctions arising out of the Russo-Ukrainian war. Georges Racine and William Hold are also key members of the team.