William Stevenson
Associate
Belfast
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William Stevenson
Associate
Belfast
Contact details
William is in Allen & Overy’s Advanced Delivery Legal team. He joined the ADL team in January 2014. William spent six months seconded to the Data Protection team in London in 2018 and continues to be involved on projects with a privacy focus for clients both inside and outside the European Union.
In particular, William has assisted a client with an investigation by a European regulatory into their DSAR responses, negotiated data processing terms, completed data protection impact assessments, and co-ordinated personal data redaction exercises. In addition, William has been involved in a large number of disputes, including (i) on all stages of the defence in an alleged breach of warranty and fraud claim pertaining to global arbitration proceedings; (ii) for a major bank on an investigation by financial regulators into potential misconduct in the wholesale foreign exchange market across European, Far East and American jurisdictions; and (iii) for an academic institution in relation to a patent dispute. William also has experience negotiating NDAs, and has acted on behalf of potential investors and sellers.
Qualifications
Professional
CILEX qualified, 2021
Admitted as a solicitor, England and Wales, 2022
Academic
LLB/MLaw Exempting, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, 2013
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Qualifications
Professional
CILEX qualified, 2021
Admitted as a solicitor, England and Wales, 2022
Academic
LLB/MLaw Exempting, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, 2013