Thomas K Sprange KC focuses his practice on advocacy and strategic advice with respect to significant, high-value and complex commercial disputes, many with a multi-jurisdictional element or involving issues of private and public international law. He is the managing partner of the firm’s London office and is a member of the international litigation and arbitration group.
As an advocate, Mr Sprange regularly appears in the Chancery and King’s Bench divisions of the High Court of England and Wales in respect of a comprehensive range of disputes. He has acted as lead counsel in more than 100 international arbitrations in the leading arbitration institutions, including ICC, LCIA, AAA, SCC and ICSID, and a number of ad hoc arbitrations. He also regularly sits as an arbitrator, both as a part of three-member tribunals and as a sole arbitrator.
He has experience is a broad range of sectors, including energy, mining, projects, telecommunications, technology, financial services, pharmaceuticals, fashion and sport.
He has acted in a number of headline disputes, including for the claimants in respect of one of the largest-ever commercial arbitration awards, state-to-state claims involving founding issues of public international law, securing a settlement of US$1 billion in one of the largest ICSID claims pursued by an investor, several cases involving freezing orders, enforcement remedies and state immunity, and claims involving the imposition of international sanctions on commercial contracts.
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