Fenwick Elliott LLP

Construction and energy

Thomas specialises in the resolution of complex construction, engineering and energy disputes through arbitration, the courts, adjudication and all forms of alternative dispute resolution, with an emphasis on resolving matters before costs escalate.

Thomas’ practice spans both the domestic and international markets, including the UK, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Caspian, Russia and Asia.

Thomas has significant experience in resolving disputes across all the main construction and energy sectors, including major infrastructure, oil and gas, power, water treatment, tunnel, pipeline, rail, road, dam and offshore wind projects.

Thomas advises on all the major standard forms of contract, including FIDIC, JCT, NEC and ICE forms, and on a wide range of bespoke contracts.

The Legal 500 UK 2022 lists Thomas as a recommended lawyer for his construction and international arbitration expertise. In previous publications Legal 500 describes Thomas as “steely, with a powerful intellect, and tenacious” and “indefatigable, always on top of the detail, and a shrewd thinker” and notes that clients praise him as “relentlessly hardworking and clear-thinking” with “ability to present a case efficiently” in international arbitration.

Qualified New Zealand 2000; UK 2005; partner Fenwick Elliott 2014 to date. Thomas contributes articles to the Construction Industry Law Letter, the Practical Law Company and the International Pacific Bar Association Journal.

Thomas regularly contributes articles to the Construction Industry Law Letter, the Practical Law Company and the International Pacific Bar Association Journal.

English

member of the Dispute Resolution Board Foundation; member of the Society of Construction Law; member of the International Pacific Bar Association.