Ben Williams is a special counsel in Cooper Grace Ward’s litigation and dispute resolution group.
Ben’s experience has broadly focused on insolvency related matters and dispute resolution.
This insolvency experience has included advising clients in relation to liquidations, administrations, receiverships, deeds of company arrangements and bankruptcy appointments. He has also acted in proceedings for the appointment or replacement of insolvency practitioners, investigating and identifying insolvency related claims, examining directors and other relevant persons and prosecuting and defending related claims.
In relation to Ben’s general dispute resolution experience, Ben has advised clients in relation to breaches of directors’ duties, trust disputes, proceedings under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) and the various taxation administration acts, contract disputes, misleading and deceptive conduct claims, defamation, professional negligence and property disputes.
As well as working for a national law firms in Australia, Ben has worked on secondment with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission and has more recently worked in-house for a firm of insolvency practitioners.
Ben has been involved in the successful resolution of numerous commercial disputes, including large disputes through Court processes and through alternative dispute resolution. Ben has acted for clients in jurisdictions across Australia, in the Federal and High Courts and has advised on matters requiring multi-jurisdictional and international engagement.