Selborne Chambers

Thomas Williams KC 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 (including the Chancery Division and the Commercial 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.

Thomas's 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.