Rhys Williams

Practice Areas

Bermuda Litigation & Restructuring

Litigation & Restructuring

Career

Rhys Williams is a Director in the Litigation department in the Bermuda office of Conyers Dill & Pearman. Rhys joined Conyers in 2015 from Mourant Ozannes in Guernsey, and prior to that was a barrister at Five Paper in Temple, London.

Rhys’ practice covers all areas of commercial litigation, with a particular emphasis on domestic and cross-border insolvency and restructuring. Rhys also has experience in cases ranging from contentious and non-contentious trusts, regulatory, shareholder disputes, minority prejudice claims and professional negligence.

Rhys has appeared in the Bermuda Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal and the Privy Council. He acts for local and international companies, banks and other financial institutions, liquidators and receivers, corporate service providers, regulatory authorities, trust funds, and high net worth individuals.

Professional Memberships

Member of INSOL

Member of the Restructuring and Insolvency Specialists Association

Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

Publications

Offshore Cases

Work Highlights

Acting as Bermuda Counsel in the restructuring by way of schemes of arrangement of Digicel, Seadrill and Noble Group

Acting for an international insurance company on its merger by way of scheme of arrangement

Acting for the Bermuda Monetary Authority in obtaining the appointment of Joint Provisional Liquidators over a captive insurance company

Acting for a private trust company in relation to a multi-billion dollar charitable trust

Acting for a private bank as custodian of a collective investment scheme in a claim brought by liquidators

Advising liquidators of a hedge fund in relation to an appeal against a rejection of proof of debt

Special advisor to the Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission

Awards