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Mr Tom Moxham

+61 2 68 33 99 07 tmoxham@peterandkim.com

Position

Tom Moxham was admitted to the bar in 1987 and has had decades of experience as an attorney practicing in Australia, Europe and Asia. He has specialist experience working in both arbitral institutions and leading firms in international arbitration. He has acted as counsel in international arbitrations under various rules, including ICC, ICSID, KCAB, CAS, SCC and SIAC. He was the first international counsel appointed to the Korean Commercial Arbitration Board.

In parallel with his legal practice, he has extensive experience in agriculture and agribusiness, including dispute resolution, financing, production, government policy and environmental management.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

• Arbitration
• Commercial Contracts
• Joint Ventures

INDUSTRY SECTORS

• Construction/Infrastructure
• Energy
• Sport Law
• Water/Environment
• Agribusiness

REPRESENTATIVE CASES

• Representing a European investment fund in a SIAC Singapore seated arbitration involving an M&A deal in Thailand, including emergency arbitration proceedings;
• Representing the International Olympic Committee in a CAS arbitration involving the banning of athletes competing at the 2006 Turin Olympic Games for various doping activities;
• Representing the constructor in relation to delays and defects in construction of a nuclear power plant (ICC Rules);
• Representing several companies involving the expropriation of international utility investments by Argentina (ICSID Rules);
• Representing an Australian company involved in a share sale dispute for the controlling interest of a listed Australian company in the Supreme Court of NSW, Australia; and
• Negotiation and settlement of a long running insurance licencing and regulation dispute on behalf of a leading not-for-profit association against various Australian governmental authorities.

Career

• Counsel, Peter & Kim, Sydney (2020 – present)
• Counsel, Morrison Law, Sydney (2015 – 2020)
• Special Counsel, Sydney Business Lawyers (2012 – 2013)
• International Counsel, Korean Commercial Arbitration Board, Seoul (2011)
• Special Counsel, Korean Bar Association, Seoul (2009 – 2011)
• Lawyer, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, Paris (2006 – 2009)
• Lawyer, Allen Allen & Hemsley (now Allens Linklaters), Sydney (1988 – 1990)

Languages

English

Memberships

• Law Society of New South Wales
• Panel of Arbitrators, KCAB