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Will is developing a broad commercial litigation and arbitration practice. He has experience both led and unled in a wide range of commercial matters, including banking and finance, private equity, shipping and international trade, energy, civil and commercial fraud, project finance, offshore litigation, and private international law. He has acted in the High Court (Commercial Court and Chancery Division) and frequently in arbitration, and recently appeared for the successful appellants in the Supreme Court, led by Steven Gee QC and Tom Whitehead, in The New Flamenco [2017] UKSC 43, the latest Supreme Court decision on mitigation of loss. Will read History and English Literature at Jesus College, Oxford, finishing with the second highest First in the university. After spending some time in the charity sector, he took the GDL at City Law School (Commendation) and the Bar Course at BPP Law School (Outstanding), ranking second in his year at BPP. He was awarded the top scholarship from the Middle Temple for both years of his legal training.