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William MacLachlan

Partner

London
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About William

William MacLachlan is a Partner in the Shipping team. He advises a wide variety of companies, financial institutions and public bodies on transactional, regulatory, commercial and operational matters. 

He is an expert on ship sale and purchase, ship design, ship building, refit, repair and conversion and ship management.  William regularly assists clients with group restructuring projects and the outsourcing and insourcing of critical business services. William is also a leading specialist on ship recycling and the complex international regulations applicable to it.

William is co-head of HFW’s travel, cruise and leisure practice, acting for a range of cruise lines and ferry operators, as well as national and local governments, lenders, service providers, insurers and other stakeholders. 

William leads HFW’s shipbuilding practice, acting for shipyards, shipowners and others in a range of complex commercial shipping, cruise, ferry, offshore and yacht related newbuild projects and refit, repair and conversion contracts. 

William is actively involved in many of HFW’s ESG initiatives and spent 9 years as a trustee of the Mission to Seafarers.

William is qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales.