London Bar
Banking and finance (including consumer credit)
Leading silk1Tom Smith KC – South Square
South Square
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Tom Smith KC
South Square, London
- Phone020 7696 9900
- Email[email protected]
Position
Tom specialises in commercial litigation and arbitration, banking and finance, corporate insolvency and restructuring and company law including investment funds (hedge funds and private equity) and civil fraud and asset recovery.
Tom is an experienced advocate in both court litigation and arbitrations. He has extensive experience of major commercial trials. He has also been involved in many of the major restructuring and insolvency cases in recent years, including significant Supreme Court and Privy Council decisions in the fields of banking, insolvency and restructuring and investment funds. Tom frequently appears as an advocate both in England and in other jurisdictions including the Cayman Islands, the British Virgin Islands, Dubai, Bermuda, Trinidad and Tobago and Gibraltar.
Tom is described as being very bright, quick-witted and very approachable. He is named by Chambers and Partners as a leading silk in seven areas (banking & finance, chancery: commercial, commercial dispute resolution, company, fraud: civil, restructuring/insolvency and offshore) and as a star individual in restructuring and insolvency.
Tom is Head of Chambers at South Square. He is also a member of the Financial Markets Law Committee and a Deputy High Court Judge, Chancery Division.
Career
Called 1999 (Middle Temple); QC 2014.
Memberships
COMBAR; Chancery Bar Association; Insolvency Lawyers’ Association; London Court of International Arbitration.
Education
Clare College, Cambridge (1997 MA Law, 1998 LLM).
Mentions
The English Bar Offshore
Commercial disputes
Leading silk1Tom Smith KC – South Square ‘One of the leading insolvency-focused silks. He’s responsive, commercial, thoughtful and strategic in his thinking.’
London Bar
Commercial litigation
Leading silk3Tom Smith KC –South Square ‘Tom is a real superstar. Judges listen and respect him and he is unbelievably responsive.'
London Bar
Company
Leading silk2Tom Smith KC – South Square ‘Tom has an encyclopaedic knowledge of the law, and demonstrates excellent judgement as to what arguments will play well.’
London Bar
Fraud: civil
Leading silk2Tom Smith KC –South Square 'His ability to cut through complicated issues is remarkable.'
London Bar
Insolvency
Leading silk2Tom Smith KC – South Square ‘The best restructuring and insolvency silk by some distance. Excellent advocate, excellent technical and tactical advice. Always available. Top class.’