Adam Van Schaik > Chambers of Gavin Kealey KC > London, England > Barrister Profile

Adam has a broad practice across all areas of commercial law, including insurance and reinsurance, shipping and shipbuilding, international arbitration, commodities, jurisdiction and conflict of laws, civil fraud, energy and natural resources, professional negligence and aviation. Adam accepts instructions, led and unled, in all of 7KBW’s specialist practice areas.

Adam’s current and recent work includes: acting in a circa £100 million professional negligence and civil fraud case relating to class-action style construction proceedings in New Zealand; acting in respect of insurance claims relating to a multi-million pound investigation into wrongful financial trading; acting in respect of a number of substantial fire damage claims concerning fair presentation of risk and breach of policy conditions.

Adam has spent time seconded to the insurance litigation departments of a Magic Circle and City law firm.

Prior to joining Chambers, Adam qualified as a solicitor at Slaughter and May where he experienced a wide range of corporate and commercial work (including tax) involving a number of FTSE 100 companies and other businesses. As a result of this experience Adam is used to working in teams and understands the needs of instructing solicitors and clients. Adam was also previously the judicial assistant to the President of the Queen’s Bench Division at the Court of Appeal where he experienced a wide range of appellate work and was involved in several high-profile cases. Adam studied law at St John’s College Cambridge, graduating within the top ten of his year with a double first and 11 academic prizes.