Practice Areas
David Brynmor Thomas KC is a leading international commercial arbitrator and mediator. Having originally qualified in Medicine, David went on to study law and has specialised for many years in construction, projects and energy disputes whilst remaining comfortable dealing with cases that have a highly scientific or technical basis, including statistics, organic and inorganic chemistry, microbiology, pharmacology, biotechnology and metallurgy.
Career
Following a career of over 30 years dealing with all aspects of commercial litigation and arbitration, as arbitrator or counsel, across more than 30 jurisdictions, ultimately as King’s Counsel practising from chambers in London, David now sits exclusively as arbitrator and a CEDR accredited mediator.
Appointed in over 80 disputes in ad hoc and institutional commercial arbitrations; or as mediator, also as an Emergency Arbitrator by both the International Center for Dispute Resolution (ICDR) and the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).
David is known for resolution of complex commercial disputes, encompassing a wide range of industry sectors, including high value, complex construction and engineering projects; power generation and other energy-related issues; wind and solar farms; water and desalination plants; waste disposal; transportation, including rail, aviation and highways; oil refineries; dams; shipbuilding; oil and gas and mining; defence; bonds, guarantees, pensions and other financial instruments; insurance; technology; intellectual property rights and matters arising under EPC and other contracts for the execution of complex construction and engineering projects; contractor and sub-contractor chains; PSAs, JOAs, and similar arrangements; and disputes in professional partnerships, joint ventures and shareholders' agreements and issues arising from sanctions.
