Gareth Williams

Position

Senior Partner

Commercial Litigation

Service(s)

Commercial Litigation

Related sector(s)

Sport

Area of expertise

Profile

Gareth Williams is Senior Partner at Hugh James. He specialises in Sports law and substantial Commercial Litigation. He is lead external solicitor for the Welsh Rugby Union, having acted for them for 18 years and was recently appointed as their company secretary.

Currently Gareth is advising the New York office of AIG on insurance issues arising from the Buncefield explosion and the Welsh Assembly Government on a multi-million pound dispute arising out of sponsorship agreement.

Professional career

Trained: Hardwickes, Cardiff

Qualified: 1976

Partner at Hugh James: 1978

Prior to being appointed Senior Partner in 2005, Gareth was Head of the Business Litigation Division. A former Deputy District Judge, Gareth was also the first solicitor in Wales to be a licensed insolvency practitioner.

Education

Glan Clwyd School (Head Boy)

University College of Wales, Aberystwyth (LL.B and Morgan Owen Law Prizewinner)

Languages

Welsh

Personal Interests

Gareth is a trustee of the Welsh Rugby Charitable Trust, a Governor of the University of Glamorgan and company secretary for the Welsh Rugby Union. He is also a member of the Royal Porthcawl Golf Club and the Cardiff and County Club.