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William J. Boddy

Associate

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Practices
Industries
International
Education
  • BPP University College Law School, BVC, 2006
  • University of Cambridge, Magdalene College, LLM, 2005
  • University of Cambridge, Magdalene College, MA, 2004
Admissions
  • Solicitor, England and Wales
  • Solicitor Advocate (Civil)
Affiliations

Member, Law Society of England and Wales

Member, Bar of England and Wales

Member, Gray's Inn

Languages
  • French
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William is a solicitor advocate whose practice focuses primarily on cross-border commercial litigation, shareholder disputes and insolvency litigation. William's cases often involve allegations of fraud and applications for urgent injunctive relief, including freezing orders. His experience covers a range of industries, including technology, telecommunications, banking and oil and gas, in respect of which he has acted for both corporate and private clients.

Alongside his litigation practice, William advises on a variety of general commercial and compliance matters, including professional negligence, contractual obligations and directors' duties, often in the context of insolvency. He also advises as to compliance with domestic and European Union regulations, and in particular anticorruption laws such as the Bribery Act 2010.

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T: +44 20 7632 1625F: +44 20 7632 1638wboddy@mcguirewoods.com11 Pilgrim Street
London EC4V 6RN
United Kingdom

Representation of a company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands in a U.S. $200 million Commercial Court commission claim against a Nigerian company in relation to a Nigerian offshore oil field, including obtaining a freezing order and interim injunction (Energy Venture Partners v Malabu Oil and Gas [2011] EWHC 2215 (Comm); [2012] EWCA Civ 995).

Instruction by individual claimants in a complex jurisdiction dispute in the Commercial Court and Court of Appeal in relation to U.S. $400 million claims in contract, quantum meruit, conspiracy and constructive trust in respect of a disputed shareholding in an Afghan telecommunications company (Cecil and others v Bayat and others [2010] EWHC 641; [2011] EWCA Civ 523).

Defence of a group of companies incorporated in the British Virgin Islands and Turks and Caicos Islands in $75 million interpleader proceedings in the Commercial Court concerning whether the Courts of England and Wales should recognize a receivership order made by a U.S. Court, and whether there was a sufficient connection to the U.S.

Instruction by a minority shareholder in a group operating care-homes in relation to a multimillion pound unfair prejudice petition against fellow shareholders and the directors of the group.

Defence of an insolvent Dutch technology company in summary judgment proceedings in the Chancery Division in which the claimant sought specific performance of a debenture and an option agreement (Ford v Polymer Vision [2009] EWHC 945 (Ch)).

Representation of a property development company incorporated in the Isle of Man in Chancery Division proceedings against sales agents, who sold fractional shares in a country club development, for wrongful retention of in excess of GB £1 million, including obtaining an interim injunction.

Recipient, Bedingfield Scholarship, Gray’s Inn, 2006

Winner of De Smith mooting competition, University of Cambridge, 2004

Speaker, "The UK Bribery Act and What U.S. Companies Need to Know About it," FX Conferences Audio Conference, May 17, 2011