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Provided by Tom Ford
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Tom Ford is widely acknowledged as one of the stars of the junior commercial Bar. He is a senior junior regularly instructed - both unled and as part of a team - in high-value commercial disputes, often with a fraud aspect. He frequently argues matters against King’s Counsel, and acts both in Court and arbitration.
Recent instructions include acting for the Federal Republic of Nigeria in a US $11 billion dollar eight week Commercial Court trial seeking to set aside an arbitration award on the grounds that the award was procured by fraud or contrary to public policy (one of The Lawyer’s Top 20 cases of 2023); acting - both at first instance and in the Court of Appeal - for a Swiss lawyer in a successful jurisdiction challenge of a claim arising from the alleged laundering of funds connected to the Kuwaiti Public Institution for Social Security (a previous The Lawyer Top 20 case), and acting for a Ukrainian oligarch in the 2020 twelve week US $380m Commercial Court relating to alleged expropriation of funds connected to oil payments.
Tom’s expertise has been recognised as exceptional: he has been shortlisted twice as Commercial Junior of the Year and featured in Legal Week's 10 Stars at the Bar amongst other commendations.
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Tom Ford is a junior barrister with experience appearing in high-value fraud disputes involving allegations of conspiracy, misrepresentation and breach of fiduciary duty. He offers expertise in both obtaining and discharging freezing injunctions.
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"Tom is brilliant. He really gets into the detail of a case and has a real drive to deliver top-notch work."
"He’s truly exceptional and incredibly tactically astute. An outsider would assume that he is already a KC, and I’m sure he will be soon."
"Clever, incredibly diligent, good company and very good humoured."
"Tom is an excellent senior junior, who is very confident on his feet. I think he has a great future ahead of him as a potential leader."
"Tom is extremely user-friendly, very bright and an extremely good drafter. He throws himself into the case and nothing fazes him."
"He is clever, incredibly diligent and good-humoured."
"Tom is brilliant. He really gets into the detail of a case and has a real drive to deliver top-notch work."
"He’s truly exceptional and incredibly tactically astute. An outsider would assume that he is already a KC, and I’m sure he will be soon."
"Clever, incredibly diligent, good company and very good humoured."
"Tom is an excellent senior junior, who is very confident on his feet. I think he has a great future ahead of him as a potential leader."
"Tom is extremely user-friendly, very bright and an extremely good drafter. He throws himself into the case and nothing fazes him."
"He is clever, incredibly diligent and good-humoured."
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