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Email: will.banks@hwfpartners.com
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Location: London, United Kingdom

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Will Banks

Associate Director

Will is an Associate Director in HWF’s London team and specialises in the placement of W&I insurance on secondary transactions. He has experience providing innovative W&I insurance solutions for a wide range of GP-led and LP-led secondary transactions for institutional clients. Will has worked on more than 50 secondary transactions and works closely with legal advisers and sponsors to deliver tailored insurance solutions.

Prior to joining HWF, Will spent 6 years working at Pantheon Ventures in the PE team, working on primary, co-investment and secondary transactions across Europe, North America and South-East Asia, before gathering W&I broking experience heading up the secondaries practice at a global insurance and re-insurance broker for a year prior to joining HWF in 2026.

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HWF’s ability to drive the process forward de-risks the M&A processes we are involved with. We count on their reliability and expertise, even where there are complex issues or challenging timetables

James Renahan, Fried Frank

We use HWF wherever the opportunity arises because they advise, structure and execute W&I insurance policies with great efficiency. Our trust in their service and process allows us to focus on our job resulting in positive client outcomes on their M&A deals

Helen Croke, White & Case

I am always happy to recommend HWF on deals; their in-depth experience of both M&A and the insurance market, combined with a pragmatic approach, leads to smoother processes, better coverage positions and ultimately happier clients