Jocelyn B. Williams

Of Counsel

Jocelyn Williams is an of counsel in Hong Kong. She is a member of the firm’s Litigation, and Financial Regulatory Practice Groups. She has extensive experience advising clients on a broad range of contentious matters, including domestic and cross-border litigations, regulatory investigations by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and Hong Kong Competition Commission, enquiries by the Hong Kong Police, Commercial Crime Bureau (CCB) and Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) and internal investigations arising out of systems and controls failures, employee misconduct and whistleblowing.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Jocelyn served as in-house counsel for nine years at Deutsche Bank in Hong Kong and headed its APAC Litigation and Regulatory Enforcement Practice, covering 15 jurisdictions. In that role she advised senior management across all business lines within the bank on all dispute related matters, including in respect of regulatory enquiries and investigations, mis-selling and breach of duty claims, debt enforcement, fraud, insider dealing, operational incidents and misconduct.  She also has previous private practice disputes experience in both Hong Kong and Australia, advising a range of banks, Big Four accounting firms and corporates on litigation, contentious regulatory and insolvency matters. Amongst other matters, Jocelyn advised the liquidators on the contentious aspects of the Asian Lehman Brothers and MF Global insolvencies.

Jocelyn is admitted to practice in both Hong Kong and Australia.

Capabilities

Credentials

Education:
  • University of Western Australia - 2003 Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.)
  • University of Western Australia - 2001 Diploma
Admissions:
  • Australia - High Court of Australia
  • Australia - Supreme Court of Western Australia
  • Solicitor of the High Court of Hong Kong