Biography
Tom is experienced in high-value commercial litigation and has acted in numerous proceedings before the High Court of Justice.
Tom’s commercial litigation experience includes proceedings involving allegations of breach of contract and contractual interpretation, fraud, and breach of statutory and fiduciary duties. Many of those proceedings involve international and multi-party elements, and include proceedings before the Commercial Court and Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice. His experience also includes acting for the SG Group defendants in Vannin Capital PCC v RBOS Shareholders Action Group Limited & Anor, which was named by The Lawyer as one of the “Top 20 cases of 2020“.
Tom also has experience in high-value international arbitration, having acted for parties in investor-state and commercial dispute arbitrations under the rules of major arbitral institutions (including ICSID, AAA and ICC).
His experience also includes advising on white collar investigations: Tom has acted for companies in bribery and corruption investigation and due diligence exercises, and acted for a trader accused by the US Department of Justice of manipulating the foreign exchange market.
Before moving to Signature Litigation, Tom worked in the London and New York offices of White & Case LLP.
Experience
High Court litigation experience
- Advising a worldwide automotive manufacturer on emissions issues in the UK.
- Defending partners in a UK private equity firm, along with associated global entities, in a Commercial Court claim alleging diversion of the business opportunity to conduct an asset recovery process on behalf of the Family and Estate of the late Badri Patarkatsishvili.
- Acting for the SG Group in the Rights Issue Litigation in pursuing large institutions for their pro rata share of the costs in the claim.
- Acting for the SG Group in defence of a claim from commercial litigation funder Vannin Capital PCC for £14 million in connection with two “litigation funding agreements”.
- Representing the wife of an Iranian businessman to defend an application for declarations relating to the ownership of property subject to a worldwide freezing order.
International arbitration experience
- Representing an American company who invested in Grenada’s sole electric utility provider in an ICSID arbitration dispute with the Government of Grenada after they made sweeping changes to regulations which drastically lowered the value of the clients’ investment, resulting in an award of $65 million.*
- Representing an American medical technologies company in a breach of contract dispute in American Association Arbitration proceedings.*
- Representing a bank in ICC arbitration proceedings.*
White collar investigations experience
- Instructed by an investment bank to investigate a West African company for possible bribery and corruption issues.*
- Representing to acquittal, a trader accused by the US Department of Justice of manipulating the foreign exchange market.*
- Instructed by an investment bank and lenders on separate matters to prepare compliance due diligence reports about the companies in which they were seeking to invest.*
- Advising a technology company on discrete questions of criminal law.*
* Experience gained prior to joining Signature Litigation
Publications
Tougher regulation of digital assets – Compliance Monitor – 27 January 2023
FTX and BlockFi: Will improved regulation and a suite of disputes follow? – Investment Monitor – 2 December 2022
The legal and regulatory implications of FTX’s collapse – Thomson Reuters Regulatory Intelligence – 2 December 2022
UK Financial Conduct Authority issues warning against crypto exchange FTX – Thomson Reuters Regulatory Intelligence – 5 October 2022
Areas of Expertise
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