Kings Chambers

Thomas specialises in commercial and chancery litigation, and international arbitration.

He is an experienced advocate before courts and arbitral tribunals. He appears frequently in the High Court and the Court of Appeal. He has been lead counsel in arbitrations governed by the major institutional rules, and in ad hoc arbitrations under the Arbitration Act 1996. He often appears with and against King’s Counsel.

He acts in all areas covered by the Business and Property Team. His litigation practice involves a wide range of commercial, corporate, insolvency and regulatory matters, often with an international element. He has considerable experience of the enforcement of judgments and arbitral awards, and frequently works with lawyers in other jurisdictions. He has significant experience of cases in the Qatar International Court (both at first instance and on appeal), and the Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Tribunal. The focus of his arbitration practice is on complex commercial and construction disputes.

Thomas sits regularly as an arbitrator. He is a member of the panel of arbitrators of the ICC, the LCIA, the SCC, the Shanghai Arbitration Commission, the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission, the Qatar International Centre for Conciliation and Arbitration, the Mumbai Centre for International Arbitration, and the Madras Chamber of Commerce. He has also undertaken an expert determination in the context of a major construction project in Qatar.

From 2017 to 2023, Thomas was a member of the Disciplinary Panel of the Bar Tribunals and Adjudication Service, in which capacity he served on tribunals to determine disciplinary charges against member of the Bar, both at first instance and on appeal. In January 2025, he was appointed a Chair of the Employment & Discrimination Tribunal in Guernsey, for a 3-year term.

MA: St John’s College, Cambridge (2000) LLM: Durham University (2001) St John’s College, Cambridge: Choral Scholar, McMahon Law Scholar Lincoln’s Inn: Hardwicke Scholar