Gareth leads the Hong Kong commercial litigation team, as well as being responsible for the Asian insurance practice. He has had wide experience in disputes work, including cases concerning commercial contracts, shareholders' disputes, negligence actions, insolvency, fraud, banking cases, cases concerning bonds, structured products and other derivatives, defamation proceedings, product liability, employment and restraint of trade. These proceedings often require urgent applications for interim injunctions. Gareth's experience also covers arbitration and mediation work. He has also handled cross-border regulatory and criminal investigations and coroner's inquests.
On the insurance side, Gareth has advised clients on all aspects of international insurance and reinsurance law and practise, both contentious and non-contentious, including professional indemnity, directors' and officers', business interruption, trade credit, bankers' blanket bond, errors and omissions, product liability, construction all risk, property and general liability insurance, as well as all forms of reinsurance and alternative risk transfer. He has handled claims against all manner of insureds, including lawyers, accountants, engineers, constructors, architects, manufacturers, suppliers, publishers etc.
Gareth has contributed to a number of publications. He is a co-author of Hong Kong Civil Procedure, Halsbury's Laws of Hong Kong - Insurance, Chitty on Contracts (Hong Kong) and Hong Kong Law of Insurance. He also regularly gives lectures to fellow lawyers and industry bodies on a wide range of topics.
Accolades
"“A highly able and tenacious insurance litigator,”
as “a fine and sensible general litigator” offering “clear, succinct advice.”"
Chambers Asia, 2008-2009
"Gareth Thomas is described as 'responsive’ and 'practical’….
'Shrewd litigator’ Gareth Thomas heads the Hong Kong commercial litigation group"
Asia Pacific Legal 500, 2008-2009
"…has an impressive record and is a recognised authority on restrictive covenants."
Asia Pacific Legal 500, 2007-2008