Thomas Cooper was established in 1825 and specialises in commercial law, with a particular emphasis towards shipping and international trade. The firm offers advice to industrial, commercial and financial clients worldwide. Thomas Cooper has built strong, long lasting relationships with clients, through a thorough understanding of the demands and developments of their different market places. The firm's client base is broadly international, with many of its multilingual lawyers travelling widely on client business. Many of the firm's lawyers are fluent in several languages including: Bahasa (Malaysia and Indonesia), Chinese, Cantonese, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Mandarin, Punjabi, Portuguese, Spanish, Sinhala, Tamil and Urdu.

Thomas Cooper brings together a rich body of knowledge of maritime, trade and finance law in key jurisdictions around the world. This enables us to serve the global needs of our clients with speed and expertise, covering all the major time zones.