JUNIOR PROFILE

Tom Gentleman

UK Bar 2026

4 Stone Buildings

Ranked in 3 practice areas

Chancery: Commercial

London (Bar)

13 years ranked

Company

London (Bar)

11 years ranked

Commercial Dispute Resolution

London (Bar)

6 years ranked

About

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Practice Areas

Tom is a senior junior with a broad commercial, commercial chancery and company law practice. He regularly appears in high profile, high value cases in both the Commercial Court and Chancery Division. He has particular experience in civil fraud claims, shareholder disputes and insolvency.

Recent cases include Mozambique v Credit Suisse (the Tuna Bonds litigation); Autonomy v Lynch (fraud claims arising from Hewlett Packard’s acquisition of Autonomy); and Tchenguiz v Grant Thornton (fraud claims arising from the collapse of Kaupthing).

Full details available on the chambers website at 4stonebuildings.com/barrister/tom-gentleman.

Professional Memberships

Chancery Bar Association, COMBAR

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

UK Bar

Company - London (Bar)

Band 2

Individual Editorial

Tom Gentleman specialises in shareholder disputes and directors' disqualification matters, and regularly appears in High Court disputes as well as arbitrations, often acting unled. He is also experienced in cross-border and international disputes, particularly those with proceedings in the Cayman Islands, the BVI and Bermuda.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Tom is an incisive and effective advocate who combines a forensic approach with being a great team player.
Chancery: CommercialUK Bar
Tom is very creative. He has a brilliant written style, and he is a very good oral advocate as well.
CompanyUK Bar
Tom Gentleman is super clever and hard-working. You can get hold of him at any time of the day. His technical skills are excellent, and he is very commercial in his approach.
CompanyUK Bar
Tom Gentleman combines a forensic approach with being a team player. He is an incisive and effective advocate.
CompanyUK Bar
Tom considered every dimension of our matter carefully and was able to put our case at its highest in his written and oral submissions.
Commercial Dispute ResolutionUK Bar
Tom Gentleman is just an incredibly smart lawyer who is really good at the detailed analysis but also at simplifying the case so that it's digestible for all.
Commercial Dispute ResolutionUK Bar