Thomas W Shortland

Tom Shortland is a counsel and solicitor advocate in the London office of Cohen & Gresser.  He is a member of the firm’s Litigation & Arbitration and White Collar Defense & Regulation practice groups. Tom advises on a broad range of commercial and business disputes encompassing civil, regulatory, and criminal matters.

Tom regularly acts in commercial and financial disputes in the English High Court, courts in offshore jurisdictions, and in international arbitrations conducted pursuant to the major institutional rules. His experience includes advising on disputes relating to M&A transactions, investment funds, capital markets, joint ventures, commercial arrangements, regulatory obligations, directors’ duties, fraud, corporate governance, corporate restructurings, and insolvency.

Additionally, Tom advises on internal and disciplinary investigations, regulatory proceedings, and criminal matters. In recent years he has acted in a number of major investigations and prosecutions conducted by UK authorities (including the Serious Fraud Office, the Financial Conduct Authority, and the Insolvency Service) and in cross-border investigations involving overseas authorities. Between 2015 and 2016, Tom was seconded to the Bribery & Corruption Division of the UK’s Serious Fraud Office as an Investigative Lawyer, during which time he acted on complex international fraud, bribery, and corruption investigations concerning corporations and individuals.

Tom has represented corporations and individuals in a range of industries including banking, financial services, investment funds, media, information technology, telecommunications, construction, retail, manufacturing, oil & gas, energy, pharmaceuticals, and commodities.

Prior to joining the firm, Tom trained and qualified in the London office of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, where he practiced for over eight years. He graduated in Law from the University of Cambridge.