ABOUT US
We specialise in compliance, investigations, financial crime and corruption defence but we are not just lawyers.
Williams & Belliard is the leading law firm recognized for its highest quality legal service and representation of clients. From its original core legal practice of corporate investigations and complex commercial disputes as founded by Latisha Williams and Willin Belliard, Williams & Belliard has evolved into a full service firm and broadened its prominent position in other fields of law covering key business sectors in Turks and Caicos Islands, including banking, project finance, immigration and labour services, property development and many more.
Our Clients
Our clients rely on us for bespoke, strategic, and commercial advice, often during challenging, time-sensitive, and pressurised periods.
Because we only take on a limited number of instructions, our team are able to focus on each of our clients and deliver the high quality and tailored service giving them the freedom to focus on their core business operations.
Our Team
Our vertically integrated model means that we can provide everything from initial due diligence and compliance advice through to acting as trial counsel for clients facing prosecution. Our flexible structure means that we can build the right team to suit the specific needs of our clients on a case-by-case basis.
In working with us you’ll be working with an accessible, flexible, down to earth, and genuinely diverse team, both in terms of professional background, ethnicity and gender, but also in terms of specialist skills and approaches to problem-solving.
Conflict Free
Where we Operate
We are based in the Turks and Caicos Islands but we work wherever our clients need us to work and have wide-ranging experience of overseas investigations and litigation.
Almost all of our work involves an international element and we have on the ground experience in numerous jurisdictions including Europe, Africa, the Middle East, South America, the Caribbean, and the US.
Corporate Social Responsibility
The Sectors we Cover
Our Experience
Many larger firms have large disputes or litigation departments where associates and even partners practice a mix of general litigation, arbitration, and white-collar work. We focus exclusively on white collar compliance, investigations, and defence.
This means that our people have been, and continue to be, involved in many of the most significant and high profile international white-collar crime and regulatory investigations of the last decade. We have acted for, and currently act for, governments, listed multinationals, top-tier banks, and C-suite executives. We are truly experts in our field.
Our Fees
We pride ourselves on being able to deliver flexible, tailored pricing models to suit our clients’ businesses.
Some clients prefer hourly rates, but much of our work is also undertaken on a fixed fee basis, so that our clients can benefit from transparency, certainty, and the ability to budget, regardless of the complexity or size of the instruction.
None of our lawyers have billable hour targets because we don’t believe that this delivers the best efficiencies, service, or value for our clients.
Frequently Asked Questions
Genuine Expertise: We have been, and continue to be, involved in many of the most significant and high profile international white-collar crime and regulatory investigations of the last decade. We have acted for, and currently act for, governments, listed multinationals, top-tier banks, and C-suite executives.
Vertically Integrated: We provide everything from initial due diligence and compliance advice through to acting as trial counsel for companies and executives facing prosecution.
Bespoke: We build the right team to suit the specific needs of our clients on a case-by-case basis.
International: We work where our clients work and have real, on-the ground experience in over 20 jurisdictions across the globe, including conducting long-running projects with teams based within our clients’ offices, and have conducted effective, technology driven remote investigations in relation to dozens of others.
Conflict-free: The exclusive and specialised nature of our practice means we are generally conflict-free.
Flexible Fee Structures: Our years of experience operating on fixed fee and flexible pricing models means that our clients benefit from transparency, certainty and the ability to budget regardless of the complexity or size of the matter.