William Bartlett is an associate in Quinn Emanuel’s London office. He joined the firm in 2019, and has worked across Quinn Emanuel’s London and Sydney offices. William’s practice covers banking and financial litigation, complex commercial litigation, insolvency litigation and restructuring.
William has particular experience across a range of banking and financial disputes, including in relation to securitisations, bond issuances, margin loans, prime brokerage, security enforcement and ISDA-related transactions. His ISDA-related experience includes disputes concerning interest rate swaps, commodities swaps, equity derivatives, total return swaps and structured credit products.
William acts for a range of clients, including investment funds, credit funds, large multinational corporates, hedge funds, insolvency office-holders and high net-worth individuals.
Prior to joining the firm, William worked as a solicitor at a top-tier Australian law firm. William holds an LLB with First Class Honours from the University of Tasmania and a BCL with Distinction from the University of Oxford. On the BCL he specialised in English private law, including commercial banking and finance law, commercial remedies and restitution of unjust enrichment.
- Wadham College, University of Oxford
- (Bachelor of Civil Law, Distinction, 2019)
- Sir Henry Baker Memorial Fellowship
- Burke Scholarship
- King’s College London: Australian Bicentennial Scholarship
- University of Tasmania
- (B.A., International Relations, 2016)
- (LL.B., First Class Honours, 2nd rank, 2016)
- University of Tasmania Law Review:
- Student Editor, 2016
- Journal of Law, Information and Science:
- Student Editor, 2015
- Sir Harry Gibbs Constitutional Moot Court:
- National Semi-Finalist Team, 2015
- University of Tasmania Law Review:
- Supreme Court of New South Wales
- High Court of Australia
- ‘The revival of the banker’s Quincecare duty in England: accelerating claims seeking to recover losses for fraudulent misappropriation’ Quinn Emanuel - Client Alerts (30 March 2023)
- ‘‘The ‘Fraud is Not Enough’ – English law raises the bar for proving reliance in misrepresentation claims’ Quinn Emanuel - Client Alerts (8 March 2022)
- ‘Margin Call Disputes - Key Issues for Investors Under English Law’ Quinn Emanuel - Client Alerts (15 December 2020)
- ‘Valve v ACCC: welcome guidance on the meaning of “carrying on business within Australia” under the Australian Consumer Law — however, questions remain about this concept under other Acts’ Inhouse Counsel – Volume 22(10) 2018
- ‘Common Law in the Age of Statutes – The Equity of the Statute’ University of Tasmania Law Review – Volume 34(2) 2016