Williams joins Walker Morris from Hammonds

HAMMONDS litigation partner David Williams is crossing Leeds to join rival law firm Walker Morris.

Mr Williams is joining the commercial dispute resolution team at Walker Morris taking the number of partners to three.

Walker Morris managing partner Ian Gilbert said: “We have a tremendously talented and renowned dispute resolution team as part of our litigation group and it will be further strengthened by the arrival of David Williams, an experienced and highly regarded lawyer.

“The fact that we can attract such high calibre individuals speaks volumes about the national reputation of Walker Morris, the quality of the work we do and the ambition we have for the future.”

Mr Williams was at Hammonds for more than 20 years and has a background in trade and international cases, corporate and fraud matters as well as financial and regulatory issues.

Gwendoline Davies, partner and head of commercial dispute resolution at Walker Morris, said: “David’s decision to leave his current post and join us adds significant additional resource to the team and sends out a clear signal to the market about our ambition.

“We very much look forward to having his expertise and experience within the team as we continue to grow and develop.”

The commercial dispute resolution team is part of Walker Morris’s litigation group which is one of the largest outside London.