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Signature Litigation—Tom Snelling

31 May 2020
Issue: 7889 / Categories: Movers & Shakers , Profession
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Firm recruits commercial litigator

Specialist litigation and arbitration law firm, Signature Litigation, has announced that commercial litigator Tom Snelling has joined as a partner at its London office. Prior to joining Signature Litigation, Tom was Head of the Commercial Disputes Group at Freshfields.

Tom brings with him a wide-ranging, extremely successful practice based on his extensive experience of managing high value, complex, commercial disputes in many business sectors. He has advised clients in high-profile, strategic disputes before the UK’s most senior appellate courts, arbitral tribunals and the CJEU, successfully managing the most reputationally sensitive risk issues and litigation for clients.

Tom is a market leader in applying e-disclosure and other tech solutions to complex commercial litigation, having trained a group of High Court judges on this issue.

Tom also specialises in advising high net worth individuals and corporates on complex, contentious regulatory issues.

Commenting on his appointment, Tom said: ‘I am delighted to be joining the team at Signature Litigation. Specialist disputes law firms, and specifically Signature, have a unique presence in the market, and the firm’s conflict-free platform is a highly compelling and exciting proposition.’

Graham Huntley, founding partner of Signature Litigation commented: ‘Tom is a first class litigator and his choice of Signature will, we are sure, enable him to further develop his exciting practice. Tom is also committed to our cooperative business model, which will be further strengthened by his capabilities.’

 

Issue: 7889 / Categories: Movers & Shakers , Profession
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