Thomas Plewman KC

Heavy commercial litigation practice focussed on fraud, financial services, professional negligence and insurance. 2023/22 cases include the ongoing defence of $1.9bn fraud claims in PJSC Bank v Kolomoisky (on trial in 2023, previously reported on jurisdiction [2019] EWCA Civ 1708); leading the defence of Ernst & Young LLP against the $3bn professional negligence claims brought by the Administrators of NMC Plc; leading the team for the counterclaimant in Azima v RAKIA, Dechert, Gerrard and Buchanan (on trial 2024, previously reported at amongst others [2023] EWCA Civ 507); and the arbitrations and related claims in the $10bn dispute over the SGS Investment Branch's stake in FESCO, the holding company of the Russian port of Vladivostok.

Acted in The Lawyer’s top 20 cases in 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2017 and 2022 (postponed to 2023), and was named in The Lawyer Hot 100 2019.

He has also been called in the British Virgin Islands and the DIFC.

B  Com  (UCT,  cum  laude);  LLB  (Wits,  cum  laude);  BCL  (Oxon).  Graduated  as  top  LLB  student  in  his  year  and was  awarded  a  Rhodes  Scholarship  for  South  Africa  in  1990.