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Adam Crane

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Position

Partner

Career

Adam is a Canadian barrister and solicitor, and a Cayman Islands attorney. He is a Partner in the Cayman Islands office of Baker & Partners where his practice focuses primarily on insolvency & restructuring, asset recovery, and dispute resolution matters.

Prior to joining Baker & Partners in September 2021,  Adam gained extensive experience in offshore and cross-border proceedings working at another Cayman law firm where he was the Head of Restructuring and Insolvency, and worked on a number of notable cases including acting for the Joint Official Liquidators of various Cayman Islands funds formed by Bahraini Awal Bank BSC in liquidation proceedings and complex litigation involving the defense of a US$9.2 billion claim by Ahmad Hamad Algosaibi & Brothers; the Interim Receivers of a multi-billion dollar private equity fund embroiled in various complex fraud related proceedings; and the Joint Official Liquidators of two feeder-funds of the Platinum Partners Value Arbitrage Fund, a New York based hedge fund with ~US$1.7 billion in assets under management that was subject to multiple fraud schemes. Adam’s experience on notable cases after joining Baker & Partners is outlined in the case summaries below.

Adam is a member and has leadership roles with TMA, ABI, INSOL, and the Cayman Islands Recovery and Insolvency Specialists Association. In 2021, Adam was selected for the ABI’s 2021 Class of the 40 Under 40 Program. In 2020, Adam was inducted into the prestigious International Insolvency Institute – NextGen Leadership Program where he currently sits on the executive committee. He has been recognized by Benchmark Litigation as a Litigation Star in 2021 and 2020, and as a Future Star in 2019 (Latin America); as a Future Star (Canada) in 2018; and 40 & Under Hot List (Canada and United States) in 2017 and 2018.