Tom Dyer advises on international disputes across a range of sectors.
Tom specialises in international commercial arbitration. His case experience is broad, encompassing a wide range of jurisdictions and international rules, including those of the ICC, LCIA, LMAA and UNCITRAL. At the post-award stage, he has advised on global enforcement strategies and coordinated proceedings involving multiple jurisdictions. He regularly advises clients on the dispute resolution aspects of their transactions and has advised on bespoke arbitration frameworks in market-leading structured finance transactions involving States, IFIs and commercial lenders.
His practice encompasses sectors including energy, construction, and oil & gas, and he has previously worked (on secondment) in the In-House Legal team at an independent power producer focused on power generation projects in Africa.
- Acting for a fund in a post-sale arbitration regarding tax liability (ICC Rules, Brazil seat).
- Acting for a bank and a private equity fund in an arbitration concerning indemnities provided in a prior sale of the bank to the fund (ICC rules, London seat).
- Acting for a State-owned entity in arbitrations relating to commercial loan arrangements (LCIA rules, Dubai seat; LMAA rules, London seat; UNCITRAL rules, London seat).
- Acting in arbitration proceedings against a global mining company with claims in excess of USD 1 billion (ICC rules, London seat).
- Acting for a global energy company in arbitrations arising out of the construction of combined cycle power plants in Argentina (ICC rules, Paris seat) and South-East Asia (ICC Rules, Singapore seat).
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Contact details
- Clifford Chance, London
- +442070065086
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- Speaks English and French
- Practice area Litigation, dispute resolution & risk management
Career and qualifications
- University of Oxford, Merton College (BA, Classics with French) 2016