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Adam Temple
Position
Adam is a specialist in financial services disputes. He is regularly instructed on high profile and complex disputes for financial regulators, both in the UK and overseas, including appearances for the Financial Conduct Authority in the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal and the High Court. He also advises private clients on regulatory matters and is regularly instructed by banks. Other work includes claims against IFAs, financial services networks, insurance coverage disputes and all manner of other commercial and professional negligence claims.
Career
Called 2008, Middle Temple; research assistant at the Law Commission 2007-08.
Languages
Japanese.
Memberships
COMBAR; Chancery Bar Association; TECBAR; PNBA; FSLA; BILA.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Crypto and blockchain assets
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 13 Verulam Buildings has a number of members with experience of civil fraud and regulatory work in the crypto space. Hodge Malek KC has expertise in domestic and international compliance reviews for cryptocurrency businesses, while Adam Temple is knowledgeable on the new cryptoasset registration regime, by which the Financial Conduct Authority is responsible for registering cryptoasset exchange providers and custodian wallet providers under the Money Laundering Regulations 2017. David Quest KC is a lead author on the landmark UK Jurisdiction Taskforce Legal Statement on Cryptoassets and Smart Contracts, setting out the current state of the law on the proprietary status of cryptoassets and the enforceability of smart contracts. James Potts is noted for the instructions he has received by leading cryptoasset exchanges in the UK and the United Arab Emirates, as well as individuals and companies involved in crypto disputes.
London Bar > Financial services regulation
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 1Adam Temple –3 Verulam Buildings ‘Adam is incredibly quick to get on top of a vast amount of detail, marshalling it with consummate ease. He works enormously hard and has excellent judgement. His calm and purposeful cross-examination is highly effective and his advocacy matches his outstanding written work.’
With ‘genuine strength in depth’, 3 Verulam Buildings is ‘one of the pre-eminent financial services regulation sets’; highly active across both the contentious side, including FCA investigations, market misconduct and judicial review, as well as non-contentious regulatory matters. 2021 silk Saima Hanif KC has a stellar reputation for acting against financial regulators, while 2022 silk Farhaz Khan KC continues to undertake high-profile work in the area of non-financial misconduct proceedings and investigations. Adam Temple is known for representing regulators and did so in FCA v Steel, the FCA has sought to use s.382 of FSMA to obtain restitution orders against shareholders of regulated firms.
London Bar > Banking and finance (including consumer credit)
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 3Adam Temple –3 Verulam Buildings ‘Adam is a pleasure to work with, speedy in turning around complex and difficult pleadings and advisory work, highly articulate and clever with a real eye for detail and a deep knowledge of the legal principles and authorities on specialist areas of practice that the case have thrown up.’
London Bar > Professional negligence
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 6Adam Temple – 3 Verulam Buildings ‘Adam is extremely intelligent. He thinks outside of the box and offers realistic and pragmatic solutions.’