William Skjøtt

William has worked at Lamb Chambers having read International Relations and Modern History at St Andrew’s University and completed his Masters in Modern History in 2007. He won the Inner Temple Inter-Varsity Moot in 2013 and convened the Magna Carta Moot in 2014 & 2015.

Prior to joining Lamb Chambers, William worked in private banking for Danske Bank in London, Luxembourg and Denmark. He has dual British/Danish nationality and has considerable commercial and business experience. William is ideally placed to work with law firms with interests in Scandinavia; he has working knowledge of Swedish and Norwegian as well as fluent Danish.

In 2019 William was awarded a Pegasus Scholarship to New Zealand and worked for Buddle Findlay in Christchurch for three months.

He has also acted as a Board member in a Danish SME in the hospitality industry.

Qualifications

• Bar Professional Training Course (City University London)
• Post Graduate Diploma in Law (Oxford Brookes)
• M.Litt Modern History (University of St Andrews)
• MA (Hons) Modern History with International Relations (University of St Andrews)

Memberships

• Chancery Bar Association
• Property Bar Association