William Day

Practice Areas

William is a versatile barrister with extensive interlocutory, trial, and appellate experience. His practice spans all aspects of commercial litigation and arbitration. He has particular experience in banking and finance disputes, commercial fraud cases, insurance litigation, and company law and insolvency matters. A number of his cases are cross-border in nature and raise complex jurisdiction and choice of law issues. Alongside practice, William is an Associate Professor and Fellow in Law at Downing College, Cambridge.

William’s current and recent instructions include acting for Stonegate in a £1.1bn Covid-19 business interruption insurance claim; investors in the £1.3bn Eclipse litigation against HSBC; joint liquidators in the $1bn asset tracing exercise against the Mehta family arising from the Winsome default; a major Middle East bank in a $2bn fraudulent trading claim arising from the NMC Healthcare insolvency; and the Chedington Court Estate in a recent UK Supreme Court victory concerning standing to challenge officeholder decision-making.

Career

Called 2016, Inner Temple. Fellow in Law at Downing College, Cambridge. Formerly Solicitor, Allen & Overy.

Professional Memberships

COMBAR, ChBA, LCIA, Society of Legal Scholars.