Personal bio
Tom Clarke practises in commercial, regulatory and public law, particularly in energy, commercial arbitration and financial services. Tom is a Fellow of the Australian Centre for Commercial Arbitration (ACICA) and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb). He has acted in high-profile applications to enforce international arbitration awards against the Sauber Formula 1 team (on an urgent basis, before the 2015 Australian Grand Prix) and against Joseph Gutnick. He has also acted in Hong Kong and China-related arbitration proceedings. Tom has acted as an expert witness on questions of Hong Kong law in Australian proceedings. Tom has broad experience in commercial and regulatory disputes in the national electricity and gas markets, having acted in numerous matters relating to the generation, network and retail sectors, including civil penalty enforcement matters and access disputes in both gas and electricity networks. Tom is a member of the pool of experts for the Wholesale Energy Market Dispute Resolution Panel. He also advises the Australian Energy Market Commission and the Essential Services Commission of Victoria regarding rule changes and regulatory amendments. Before coming to the Bar, Tom practised as a commercial litigator for eight years, including six years in Hong Kong with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. Tom appeared as a solicitor advocate in contested matters before the Hong Kong High Court and the Court of Final Appeal, and in arbitrations conducted in Hong Kong, China, Singapore, London and Stockholm.