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Adam Board

020 7813 8000 aboard@essexcourt.com

Position

Adam acts and advises as counsel in commercial litigation and international arbitration cases. He has a varied practice, with particular interests in civil fraud, energy, shipping, restitution and the conflict of laws.
Adam is often instructed in high-value litigation as part of a counsel team. He has particular appellate work experience, and his recent cases include appeals to the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, and Commercial Court. Adam also appears regularly in commercial cases, with his recent unled instructions including arbitration appeals, applications for freezing injunctions, interlocutory hearings, trials and arbitrations.

Career

Called 2010, Lincoln’s Inn. Joined Essex Court Chambers on the successful completion of pupillage 2011; Bar Council Exchange programme in South Korea 2014.

Languages

French (working knowledge).

Education

Magdalen College, University of Oxford and University of Paris II (Panthéon-Assas) (2004-08 BA Jurisprudence, English and French Law (First Class)); Magdalene College, Cambridge University (2008-09 LLM Commercial Law (First Class)); BPP Law School (2009-10 Bar Vocational Course).

Leisure

Cycling, country walks and travel.