Tomas Furlong

Practice Areas

Tomas specialises in international disputes, asset-tracing and set-aside/enforcement globally, focussing on disputes that are important to his clients.

Tomas helps corporates and financial sponsors across all sectors in fraud, post-investment and joint venture disputes including the challenges of successfully exercising put or call options. He is sensitive to the expectations of sovereign fund, private equity/debt and family office clients, as well as state-owned enterprises. In the energy sector, his work has covered a wide range of upstream, trading (LNG, oil products and other commodities) and power purchase issues, as well as difficulties post-investment in renewables projects and platforms.

His recent matters have involved parties and assets across the Middle East, PRC, Indonesia, India and the Philippines. Tomas regularly acts as both advocate and arbitrator. As well as arbitrations (SIAC, DIAC, ICC, ICSID, HKIAC, LCIA and CIETAC), he assists clients with injunctions, set aside/enforcement and asset recovery strategies around the world.

Tomas is described as "calm, collected, organized and super smart" as well as a "bright, dynamic, and a rising star in Singapore" as well as "a rare combination of incredibly smart and extremely commercial’” by Who's Who Legal, where he is ranked as an Global Elite Thought Leader (Under 45) and National Leader by Who's Who Legal. Other client referees have said: “Tom comes across as very frank and straightforward - he is accommodating and knows the pressure we are under, so he makes my life very easy.” (Chambers Global 2024)

Career

Tomas graduated from the University of Oxford with a first class undergraduate (MA) and graduate degree (BCL). Whilst teaching contract and public international law at Oxford, he qualified as a barrister in England and Wales and later as a solicitor in Hong Kong.

Personal

https://www.herbertsmithfreehills.com/zh/our-people/t/tomas-furlong

Expert in these Jurisdictions

Asia

Industry Sector Expertise

Energy, Financial Buyers, Private Capital, Technology, Media and Telecommunications, Energy Disputes