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Thomas Raphael KC

Thomas Raphael KC

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Twenty Essex
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Dispute Resolution: Commercial

UK

8 years ranked

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Thomas is a silk and has a broad commercial practice, covering general commercial matters, banking, financial services, shipping, aviation, commodities, property, offshore energy, insurance and reinsurance, marine insurance, pharmaceuticals and life sciences, telecommunications, competition law, and transjurisdictional disputes. He also has a leading practice in cross-over cases involving intellectual property, media and communications, commercial law and private international law.

Thomas has appeared at all levels of the higher English courts, including the Supreme Court, and has been called to the Bar of Bermuda and the Cayman Islands for specific cases. He appears in commercial arbitrations before the ICC, LCIA, and other trade-specific arbitral forums, including the LMAA, LME, and RSA. Arbitrations have concerned subjects including mobile telephone contracts, international construction, superyachts, shipbuilding, charterparties, commodities, patent licensing and FRAND.

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  • Thomas is a quietly spoken barrister, with an almost self deprecating style, who comes up with incredibly clever points.

    Dispute Resolution: CommercialChambers Global Guide

  • He is a go-to lawyer on certain jurisdiction points and a very good international commercial silk.

    Dispute Resolution: CommercialChambers Global Guide

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