Thomas is an associate in the Paris office. He has experience in a number of contentious and non-contentious procedures in international commercial arbitration in relation to the energy, aeronautics, construction and banking sectors, primarily in Europe and Africa. Thomas also has a broad experience of annulment proceedings before the Paris Court of Appeal and litigation proceedings before the French domestic courts.
Thomas also has a background in academia and has given lectures at Nanterre University in European and International Private Law.
Thomas holds a Master’s degree in International Private Law and International Arbitration from Pantheon-Assas University. During his time at the Paris Bar School, he successfully completed the Advanced Programme in Investment Arbitration.
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Languages
French
English
Representing two consortiums of leading oil and gas majors in several distinct billion-dollar Stockholm-seated UNCITRAL arbitrations against a Central Asian State arising from breaches of a production sharing agreement relating to the division of profits, the recovery of costs, and the State’s use of its regulatory powers
Representing a major global financial institution in a London-seated LCIA arbitration arising from a Middle East joint venture contractual and financial dispute
Representing a Malaysian construction group and its French subsidiary in a Paris-seated ICC dispute against the national energy company of an African State relating to the construction and operation of a desalination plant
Assisting a leading oil and gas major in a dispute against a Middle East State relating to the late life investments obligations of a series of profit-sharing agreements
Representing a Malaysian construction group and its French subsidiary in annulment proceedings before the Paris Court of Appeal
Representing aviation consultancy firms in the aeronautics industry in two separate ICC arbitrations against a global aerospace corporation relating to the alleged breach of several consultant agreements
Representing a leading arbitration institution in several proceedings brought by parties before the French domestic courts on the basis of contractual liability
Assisting a Spanish construction company against a public entity in a dispute based on contractual and legal penalties relating to a major railroad infrastructure project in Tunisia
Representing a Turkish construction company in an ICC arbitration seated in Brussels in relation to the termination of real estate projects in North Africa
Acting as secretary to the Arbitral Tribunal in an ICC arbitration regarding drilling operations in Argentina
- Master’s Degree in Litigation, Arbitration, and Alternative Dispute Resolution, Paris II Pantheon-Assas University
- Master’s Degree in International Business Law, Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne University
- Bachelor’s Degree in International and European Law, Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne University