Tony Dymond

Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton

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 disputes, in both litigation and arbitration.

Mr Dymond joined Debevoise in 2014. He 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 disputes arising from large-scale projects, particularly in the energy and infrastructure sectors. His practice includes investor-state disputes relating to investments in these sectors. He also 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.

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 included in The Legal 500’s inaugural International Arbitration Powerlist, and in The Legal 500 UK (2025). Chambers UK (2025) also recommends Mr Dymond for his construction disputes work. He is recommended by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific – Greater China (2024) for international arbitration and included in The Legal 500 Arbitration Powerlist for Hong Kong (2023). He is also named by Who’s Who Legal amongst its Global Leaders in construction and arbitration, and by Expert Guides as one of the UK’s leading construction law practitioners.

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.