Bill is a Senior Advisor with Cristal Advocates. He has concentrated on working with energy companies with a particular focus on cross border transactions and M&A since 1989 and has with wide international experience.
Between 1986 and 1998, he worked in London with the UK tax authorities and Big Four accounting firms. From 1998 to 2004, he was based in Kazakhstan working across the Caspian region with Deloitte From 2004 to 2008, he worked in Russia where he led Deloitte’s oil and gas industry group. He moved to East Africa in 2009 leading Deloitte’s Energy and Resources Industry Practice in East Africa.
He was initially based in Kampala, Uganda later relocating to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Bill returned to the UK in 2014 supporting Deloitte UK teams working on outbound projects investing in Africa and was a key member of Deloitte UK‘s energy and resource practice until his retirement from the firm in September, 2018.
Bill has advised on mergers, disposals and acquisitions, group restructuring projects, transfer pricing, financing, negotiation and interpretation of mining and oil and gas concessions and PSAs, hydrocarbon transportation agreements, structuring cross-border transactions and the provision of tax advice to large infrastructure projects. He has been involved in negotiation of complex tax issues at ministerial level and has also supported clients involved in tax–related litigation, including national governments. He has also led cross-discipline teams on major due diligence, privatization and forensic projects.
Education
- Master in Arts – University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
- Bachelor of Modern Arts – University of Oxford, United Kingdom