professional profile

William holds office as one of His Majesty’s Counsel in and for the State of Victoria, and is admitted to legal practice in all States and Territories of Australia.

His areas of legal practice includes general commercial law, contractual disputes, property law disputes, intellectual property (trademarks and copyright), technology disputes, computer and internet related matters, domain name disputes, cross-border disputes, proceeds of crime and fraud cases, and alternative dispute resolution.

William is an accredited mediator with LEADR (now Resolution Institute), and an appointed arbitrator on the Foreign Arbitrators panel of the Shanghai International Arbitration Center for disputes involving Technology and Manufacture (Computer and Electronic), Trademark, Contract, Cross-border Dispute Resolution.

He is also on the Arbitration Association Brunei Darussalam Panel of Arbitrators, and the Czech Arbitration Court UDRP panel of arbitrators for UDRP disputes. In this role, he adjudicates on domain name disputes.

William is focused on his ADR practice (domestic and international), particularly in any area of legal disputes as a Victorian Bar Advanced Mediator (VBAM), Nationally Accredited Mediator (NMAS), and Expert Determiner.

He is an Accredited Panel Mediator on the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT), and on the List of External Mediators of the Magistrates’ Court of Victoria.

William Lye, OAM KC
Barrister at Law