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Tim Sales

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Tim Sales is a disputes partner, assisting businesses to navigate contentious scenarios with other businesses, Governments, regulators and public bodies, through both formal and informal dispute resolution mechanisms.

Tim has significant experience gained across a spectrum of commercial, regulatory and public law disputes, but has a particular focus on disputes arising from the technology sector and the consumer protection arena. He regularly acts for businesses in consumer protection defence matters brought by the CMA in the UK and the Consumer Protection Cooperation Network in the EU, together with consumer related class actions.

Tim has previously spent time working with an international NGO in Washington, D.C., Kampala and Nairobi.

Awards & Recognitions

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"Always available and comes back with answer and solutions"

Legal 500, 2025
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"Tim Sales is charming, measured and incredibly talented"

Legal 500, 2025

Relevant experience

A listed plc in a multi-million-pound High Court claim relating to a data services business, alleging breaches of financial warranties under an SPA.
A global healthcare business in respect of multiple judicial review claims centred around legal issues previously untested in the courts.
Successfully defending EUR 1.2bn multi-party fraud and conspiracy claims in the Commercial Court in England and in the Luxembourg courts.
A defendant in a c.£500m follow-on damages action relation to pharmaceutical “pay for delay” claims.
On multiple funds-related disputes across international jurisdictions.
A FTSE 100 company in defence of the CMA’s consumer law investigation into alleged greenwashing in the FMCG sector.
A leading airline on the European Consumer Protection Cooperation Network’s investigation into flight cancellations.
A UK business in the CMA’s consumer law investigation into the Private Rented Housing market.
An online ticket marketplace in the CMA’s secondary ticketing investigation and in proceedings against the CMA.
Leading real estate investors in the CMA’s consumer law investigation into the leasehold market.
A global technology business on a CMA consumer investigation into a number of consumer-facing practices.
A leading airline on the European Consumer Protection Cooperation Network’s investigation into greenwashing in the aviation sector.

Memberships & Roles

London Solicitors Litigation Association – Committee
Commercial Litigators Forum – Executive Committee
LCIA Young International Arbitrators Group
ICC Young Arbitrators Forum

Education

2018 – Higher Rights of Audience (Civil)
2010 – Admitted as a Solicitor, England & Wales
2007 – Legal Practice Course (PG. Dip.) (Distinction), Oxford Institute of Legal Practice
2006 – LL.B, (First Class), University of Exeter

Practice Areas

Dispute Resolution Alternative Dispute Resolution Commercial Disputes Energy Disputes Financial Regulatory Disputes International Arbitration Reputation & Defamation Technology Disputes Competition and Cartel Investigations Class Actions

sectors

Aviation Consumer Protection Compliance

Insights

Global Reach

UK Pay Gap Report 2024