Areas of Expertise
Adam is a partner in Maples and Calder’s Regulatory & Financial Services and Dispute Resolution & Insolvency teams in the Maples Group’s Cayman Islands office. Adam regularly represents retail and investment banks, trustees, investment funds and other financial institutions. He has a broad range of litigation experience, with an emphasis on complex, multi-jurisdictional matters involving banking, finance, investment funds, company law and trusts disputes. Adam’s regulatory practice has a particular focus on economic sanctions, but also includes advising on cross border conduct of business, duties of confidentiality, anti-corruption and bribery, licensing, record retention and mandatory reporting and information exchange. He regularly appears in the Grand Court and Court of Appeal of the Cayman Islands.
Adam joined the Maples Group in 2011 from Hogan Lovells International LLP in London, UK, where he was an associate in the Investment Banking, Funds Litigation and Dispute Resolution group. During his time there Adam was seconded to Group Litigation at Barclays Plc in London, UK. Adam has authored a number of chapters and articles for journals including International Corporate Rescue, Global Legal Insights and International Corporate Legal Guides. Adam has been ranked as a ‘Next Generation Partner’ in Legal 500 with clients describing him as ‘a very strong team leader and a standout individual in his field’.
Bar Admissions
2007 – Admitted as a solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales (not practising)
2011 – Admitted as an attorney-at-law in the Cayman Islands
Education
BPP, UK, Legal Practice Course (Distinction), 2005
BPP, UK, Graduate Diploma in Law (Commendation), 2004
University of Bristol, UK, BA (Hons) First Class, English Literature, 2003