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Tom Mountford
Position
Barrister in commercial, public and administrative law, employment, media, entertainment and sport, EU and competition. Full professional career details can be found at www.blackstonechambers.com.
Career
Called 2009; Inner Temple.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Group litigation
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 3London Bar > Employment
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 5Tom Mountford – Blackstone Chambers ‘Tom is a very confident advocate.’
London Bar > Sport
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 1Tom Mountford – Blackstone Chambers ‘Tom is undoubtedly one of the most notable up and coming juniors practising at the sports Bar. He is adept at identifying the key issues in any case and focusing on them in both written advice and submission and orally. His advocacy style is calm and persuasive, backed been a forensic analysis of the evidence. He is also very astute in his tactical advice and has a very calm understated manner in dealing with clients.’
London Bar > Commercial litigation
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 4Tom Mountford – Blackstone Chambers ‘A persuasive advocate who gives clear, concise and pragmatic advice.’
London Bar > Fraud: civil
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 3As a ‘very strong set with breadth for civil fraud’, Blackstone Chambers is particularly well-equipped to handle fraud matters in the financial services sector, including cases touching on asset recovery, bribery, breach of fiduciary duty, as well as anti-counterfeiting. Robert Howe KC is instructed for five of the fifteen defendants in Crane Bank v DFCU Bank and others, a $250 million claim concerning the collapse and sale of one of Uganda’s largest banks, allegedly the result of a corrupt scheme and unlawful means conspiracy. In the BVI, Andrew Hunter KC and Tom Mountford acted for the successful respondents on appeal in XYZ, Chia Hsing Wang v Real Assets (RA) Global Opportunity Fund I, Floreat Real Estate, a case involving allegations of non-disclosure and misrepresentation. Tom Weisselberg KC continues to act for the first defendant in Public Institution for Social Security Fund v Al Rajaan, a $850m claim brought by the Kuwaiti public pension fund, which alleges corruption on the part of its former director-general.
The English Bar Offshore > Commercial disputes
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 4Tom Mountford – Blackstone Chambers ‘Tom is an extremely diligent and knowledgeable barrister. His attention to detail and the commercial awareness of his advice is exceptional, and furthermore, he is very approachable and he is very prompt in addressing anything that arises.’