Tony Dymond
Tony Dymond is a partner in the firm’s London and Hong Kong offices, and a member of the International Dispute Resolution Group. He is Co-Chair of the firm’s Asia Arbitration practice. His practice focuses on complex, multijurisdictional construction and engineering disputes, in both litigation and arbitration.
Mr. Dymond has advised clients in a wide range of jurisdictions, having spent the last 25 years in London, Hong Kong and Seoul. He is widely acknowledged as a leading lawyer in high-value construction and engineering disputes arising from large-scale projects, particularly in the energy and infrastructure sectors. Mr. Dymond has advised on some of the largest, most complex, market-shaping disputes in these sectors. He regularly acts on shareholder and joint venture disputes and on corporate governance disputes. He has appeared in arbitrations under the principal arbitration rules and in the English and Hong Kong courts. Recent highlights include a series of arbitrations relating to the construction of oil and gas platforms for use in deep-water operations, including drillships, semisubmersible platforms and FPSOs.
Mr. Dymond is a regular speaker at disputes conferences and contributor to various related law journals.
Mr. Dymond is consistently recognised by the legal directories as a leader in his field. He is recommended by The Legal 500 UK (2021) for his construction disputes advice, with the guide describing him as “the crown jewel of the firm’s construction practice group.” Described as “a lawyer’s lawyer,” “an exceptional legal mind,” and “thoughtful and able to reduce complex issues to their key components,” he is “one of the few lawyers who genuinely understands construction and engineering delay matters.” The guide has further hailed him a “prolific, top-class strategic thinker.” He is also recommended in Chambers UK (2021) for construction-related arbitration with commentators describing him “a true construction lawyer” who is “commercially and strategically astute.” He is said to have “a sophisticated understanding of all of the nuances of delay claims and has a decisive and efficient approach to dispute work.” Previous editions of the guide have stated that he is an “exceptionally capable” and “fantastic lawyer who puts his heart and soul into every case” and that he is “a prominent disputes specialist with strong international arbitration capabilities. He is especially active in significant energy and infrastructure construction projects both domestically and internationally, including in Latin America and the Middle East. One source commends him for being ‘a very good strategist, case manager and leader.’” In addition, he is also named by Who’s Who Legal amongst its Thought Leaders in construction and arbitration, and by Expert Guides as one of the UK’s leading construction law practitioners.
Mr. Dymond is a co-author of “Disputes across the horizon: arbitration in Qatar,” Practical Law Construction Blog (February, 2021) and “Disputes across the horizon: arbitration in the United Arab Emirates,” Practical Law Construction Blog (January, 2021). He has also co-authored a number of chapters in industry publications. These include the International Arbitration chapter in the Architect’s Legal Handbook (January, 2021); “Investment Treaty Arbitration in the Construction Sector,” and “Pricing and Payment,” two chapters in The Guide to Construction Arbitration, published by Global Arbitration Review (October, 2019); “Investment Treaty Arbitration in the Asia-Pacific,” Global Arbitration Review: The Asia-Pacific Arbitration Review (July, 2020); the Hong Kong chapter in the Global Arbitration Review publication, The Guide to Challenging and Enforcing Arbitration Awards (2019-2020); and “GAR Know-How – Enforcement: Hong Kong Chapter,” Global Arbitration Review Know-How Series (April, 2018).
Mr. Dymond was called to the Bar of England & Wales in 1993, and was admitted as a solicitor in Hong Kong in 2000 and in England & Wales in 2004.