Expertise

Tom began his career as a paralegal at the firm and following completion of his training contract with us qualified into the Commercial Litigation team. Following a secondment to the Competition team, Tom joined on a permanent basis in 2022.

Tom has extensive experience of high-value and complex securities disputes acting for corporates, financial institutions and high-net worth individuals. He now focusses on competition disputes including advising on follow-on and standalone damages claims in a range of contexts.

Tom brings his considerable previous experience in disputes involving complex evidential issues to a range of competition matters within the team, most notably in relation to issues involving complex expert economic evidence.

Experience

  • Acting for a significant group of major household name retailers in their respective multi-million pound claims against Visa and Mastercard for damages relating to multilateral interchange fees.
  • Acting for 112 financial institutions claiming under s.90A FSMA against Tesco Plc in respect of its £263 million accounting misstatements.
  • Acting for European investors in the first UK claim against a rating agency and major bank seeking over £100 million in damages for alleged fraudulent and negligent rating and marketing of complex financial products.

Recognition

Testimonials include:

“I have found the Stewarts team to be very committed and hard-working. They dive deep into the details of the cases they are working on to get a strong understanding of the relative strengths and weaknesses of the cases they are planning to pursue.” – The Legal 500

“The team is composed of experienced experts who take a highly innovative approach and are great at what they do.” – The Legal 500

Career

Tom worked for an MP and an MEP before starting work as a paralegal at Stewarts. He then trained at the firm before qualifying into the Commercial Litigation team in 2015 and joining the Competition Litigation team in 2022.

Accreditations and Memberships

Tom is a member of the Junior Lawyers Division and the London Solicitors Litigation Association.