David Huw Williams KC

David has been in practice for over 30 years and has considerable experience as a trial advocate appearing in some of the UK’s most important cases, both at first instance and appellate stages.

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David has particular expertise in international anti-bribery and corruption law, commercial fraud and business crime. David was instructed as Queen’s Counsel by the UK Serious Fraud Office in the BAE Systems inquiry and acted throughout the entirety of the investigation. He is familiar with the FCPA and has worked with the US Department of Justice.

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Over the past 10 years his international practice has developed to include advising with regard to litigation in administrative proceedings before the Multi- Lateral Development Banks as well as instructions to advising those institutions as to the structure of their investigatory and administrative process. He has written many articles and oc0-authored "Smith - The Law of Theft with Professor David Ormerod QC (Oxford University Press) and spoken in the UK and abroad concerning international criminal law and justice.

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David is joint Managing Director of the law firm Ellerman Limited.