Thomas Robinson

Barrister at Wilberforce Chambers (UK)

Speaker

Tom has a strong commercial / chancery practice with particular emphasis on pensions, insolvency and corporate matters, including directors’ duties and shareholder disputes. He has been recommended as a leading junior by The Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners for several years. Recent entries describe him as “incredibly tenacious”, “an excellent strategist and an extremely effective advocate” and note that he “has never appeared without having complete mastery of his papers and his arguments and is always quick on his feet.” He also has a particular interest in regulatory proceedings and has been instructed regularly by the Pensions Regulator, the FRC and the Dubai Financial Services Authority. He has appeared before the Court of Appeal as sole counsel and in the Supreme Court as well as the Dubai Court of First Instance and numerous tribunals.

Tom has been nominated as “Insolvency / Restructuring Junior of the Year” at the Chambers UK Bar Awards and was ‘highly commended’ in Legal Week’s “Stars at the Bar”. He currently contributes to “Company Directors: Duties, Liabilities and Remedies” (O.U.P.) and co-edits Sweet & Maxwell’s “Kerr & Hunter on Receivership and Administration”.

His six-month placement with the commercial litigation department of a firm in Guernsey at the outset of his practice gave him experience of offshore litigation as well as direct exposure to a wide range of clients. He continues to work in offshore jurisdictions.