William Cecil

William Cecil is head of the dispute resolution team in London. He has extensive experience in litigation and arbitration matters for clients in the shipping, offshore oil and gas and energy industries.

William has represented clients in arbitrations conducted under many of the commonly used rules, including the ICC, LCIA and LMAA and in proceedings before the English Courts (the Commercial Court, the TCC and the Court of Appeal).

William is a co-author of the fifth edition of the Law of Shipbuilding Contracts, published May 2020 (Informa Law from Routledge). The other co-authors of this edition are Simon Curtis and Ian Gaunt, the President of the London Maritime Arbitrators Association (2017-2020).  

Alongside his litigation and arbitration practice, William also assists clients in drafting and negotiating shipbuilding and other complex marine construction contracts and various forms of offshore contracts.

Chambers UK, Chambers and Partners, 2023-2024, ranks William in the shipping section UK-Wide section, and clients have commented "William is extremely capable. He is able to drill down to the crux of an issue and advise in a useful manner," Chambers UK 2022. "He is very knowledgeable, both in his field and in his technical understanding of our business." The Legal 500 UK 2022, Legalease, the international directory of law firms also recommends William in the Shipping and the Construction: Contentious categories, and he has been highlighted in The Legal 500 UK, Legalese, 2023-2024.