LAWYER PROFILE
William Christopher

William Christopher

UK 2026

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About

Provided by Kingsley Napley LLP

UK

Practice Areas

William's main areas of expertise include:

• Civil fraud (often involving multiple jurisdictions)

• Internal fraud investigations

• General commercial litigation (including shareholder disputes)

• Contentious and fraud related insolvency litigation

Career

William is a partner in Kingsley Napley’s Dispute Resolution team, based in London. He deals mainly with civil fraud litigation and asset recovery.

William has acted in many international fraud cases throughout his career, involving the recovery of assets concealed in offshore jurisdictions. He is highly experienced in using freezing injunctions, search orders and disclosure orders in international fraud investigations. He acts as a supervising solicitor in the execution of search orders.

William acts for foreign governments,HNW individuals, corporates, and trustees both corporate and individuals.

Professional Memberships

William is a member of the Commercial Fraud Lawyers Association, the Fraud Lawyers Association, the London Solicitors Litigation Association and the Victims of Crime Association of Lawyers,a European-wide association of which he is a founding member.

Publications

William writes extensively for external publications including the Global Investigation Review.He was also a contributing author to Lexology's Getting the Deal Through 2020 - Asset Recovery.

Personal

William lives in North London with his wife and two daughters. In his spare time he writes and produces music and DJs.

Chambers Review

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Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession

Fraud: Civil - UK-wide

Band 3
Band 3

Individual Editorial

William Christopher has extensive knowledge of civil fraud as well as cross-border asset recovery proceedings. He acts for both claimants and defendants, and has notable experience in fraud claims arising from insolvency.

Strengths

Provided by Chambers

  • William has an excellent manner with clients, he's very responsive and a very safe pair of hands.

    Fraud: CivilChambers Guide to the Legal Profession
  • He has impressive strategic nous and is strongly motivated to get the best result for his clients. He is a strong technical lawyer and leverages his great experience to achieve impressive results.

    Fraud: CivilChambers Guide to the Legal Profession

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