Thomas Adams is an Australian-qualified associate in Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan’s Paris office, where he has practiced since joining the firm in 2022. He is part of the firm’s market-leading international arbitration team and an active member of the Paris arbitration community.
His practice focuses on complex international commercial and investment arbitration, with deep expertise in energy disputes, particularly in the oil, gas and LNG sectors. Thomas frequently serves as lead associate, managing the day-to-day conduct of large-scale international arbitrations, including disputes arising out of long-term gas supply agreements, LNG price reviews, delivery and offtake disputes, breach of contract claims, M&A-related arbitrations and expropriation and treaty-based claims. He also advises on disputes in the aviation, infrastructure, banking and international trade sectors.
Thomas has worked on arbitrations conducted under the rules of the world’s leading arbitral institutions, including the ICC, LCIA, ICSID, SCC, SIAC, and CIMA, and has experience across a range of governing laws.
In addition to his practice, Thomas regularly writes and speaks on international arbitration issues and has taught arbitration-related courses at the Faculty of Law of Sciences Po in Paris.
- College of Law
(Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice, 2019) - University of Notre Dame Australia
(LL.B., 2018)- Australian Law Students’ Association Sir Laurence Street Negotiation Competition:
- Winner
- Australian Law Students’ Association Sir Laurence Street Negotiation Competition:
- University of Notre Dame Australia
(B.Comm., Economics, 2018)
- Solicitor, New South Wales, Australia
- Admitted in Australia only (practicing under the direct supervision of a member of The Paris Bar)
- English
- French
- ICC YAAF House Debate Series: Advocacy in Action, 7 October 2025.
- Non-compliance of Security for Costs Orders, Journal of International Arbitration, Volume 41 Issue 6 (December 2024).
- Occasional teacher of the Advocacy in International Arbitration course to LL.M students at the Faculty of Law at Sciences Po in Paris.
- Feature article in the Australian Financial Review, “International law courts are Adams’ Paris match” dated 2 August 2024.
- ICC Australia Member
- ICC YAAF Member
- ACICA45 Member
- CFA40 Member
- Young ICCA Member