The Legal 500

Work Department

Finance and banking.

Position

Adam is a partner and member of the finance and banking department. He focuses primarily on disputes and dispute prevention, part of which involves him leading the firm’s highly regarded practice defending clients against the FSA. A major part of his practice is concerned with regulatory proceedings. Over the years, he has worked on some of the biggest enforcement cases to emerge. These range from the enforcement proceedings brought in relation to Barings in the 1990s to currently defending one of the biggest market abuse cases brought by the FSA in recent years. His work often takes place in the pre-investigation and pre-enforcement stages, helping clients protect themselves against FSA action or, if it commences, helping them to convince the FSA to drop the cases or to settle. He represents both individuals and institutions. The other major plank to his practice is acting in court or arbitral proceedings. His experience encompasses acting in disputes involving substantial sums of money across arenas as diverse as funds, finance, private banking, spread betting, foreign exchange, structured products, pensions, insurance and capital markets. He combines almost 20 years’ experience of litigating with an in-depth knowledge of the industry and the relevant rules. Most recently, he has acted in numerous ‘credit crunch’ cases, many of them with an insolvency focus.

Career

Trained Seifert Sedley Williams and Fox Williams; qualified 1990; partner Mishcon de Reya 2000.

Languages

French, German, Italian.

Member

Committee member Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers; member Financial Services Lawyers Association.

Education

Haberdashers’ Aske’s School, Elstree; Cambridge University (1987); College of Law, Chancery Lane (1989).

Leisure

Reading, the arts, sport.

Practice Areas

Litigation - banking; Financial services; Fraud