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Jonathan Adkin KC
Position
Barrister specialising in chancery and commercial disputes, including civil fraud, trusts, insolvency, company and partnership matters. Recent cases include: Berezovsky v Abramovich; Williams v Central Bank of Nigeria (Supreme Court); the Madoff litigation; the Glasgow Rangers litigation; the Halliwells litigation. Called ad hoc to the bars of Bermuda, the Cayman Islands and Gibraltar.
Career
Qualified 1997, Gray’s Inn; silk 2013.
Education
Balliol College, Oxford.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Partnership
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2Jonathan Adkin KC – Serle Court ‘Jonathan has the innate ability to digest complex issues and instantly provide clearly reasoned arguments and pragmatic solutions. His skill in doing so makes what once seemed a difficult problem appear easy to deal with. His advocacy is very clear and measured, whilst also forming a strong rapport with the judge and those instructing him.’
Serle Court has a focus on the commercial space within partnership law, with its practice developed to include partnership and LLP arbitration and mediation practice, with a broad range of members instructed on partnership and LLP disputes. Alongside this, members of chambers have also been instructed by clients in the financial sector, with John Machell KC having advised professional service and financial services firms in a range of partnership and regulatory issues. Jonathan Adkin KC has been involved in partnership disputes revolving around investment partnerships while David Blayney KC has experience in company and corporate partnerships, having been instructed by the administrators of Lehman Brothers in proceedings involving estoppel, agency and mitigation in Re Lehman Brothers International Europe. Jennifer Haywood sits as an arbitrator and mediator for partnership and LLP disputes.
London Bar > Private client: trusts and probate
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Jonathan Adkin KC –Serle Court ‘Jonathan has a superlative ability to get to the heart of a case and identify good points and jettison bad ones. He analyses complex issues incisively and persuasively. He provides clear advice on complex legal issues and is an excellent tactician.’
London Bar > Company
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 4Jonathan Adkin KC – Serle Court ‘Jonathan is an incredible barrister, extremely hardworking and not afraid to get stuck in on substantive drafting, he is an absolute pleasure to work with.’
London Bar > Commercial litigation
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2Jonathan Adkin KC –Serle Court ‘A star in every respect. Brilliant on his feet, with wonderful lateral thinking and an engaging nature that makes every case together an absolute joy, whatever the challenges.’
London Bar > Insolvency
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3Jonathan Adkin KC – Serle Court ‘Jonathan exudes the intellect, deft touch and courtroom gravitas you might expect from a leading KC.’
London Bar > Fraud: civil
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Jonathan Adkin KC –Serle Court ‘He is thorough, thoughtful, and inspires confidence in his judgement, which is excellent. His advocacy style is clear, concise and relentless – a firm favourite.’
The English Bar Offshore > The English Bar Offshore
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Jonathan Adkin KC –Serle Court ‘Jonathan has an advocacy style which is very effective. He is calm and measured and builds a strong rapport with the judge, always keeping him or her on side but pressing points forcefully when needed.’
Serle Court retains its status as among the market-leading offshore sets, with extensive expertise across international trusts, probate and commercial work, with members regularly involved in cases at the bleeding edge of the law in this area. Recent prominent cases include Re Cave Cay, which is thought to be worth more than $300 million, in which Philip Jones KC is acting in an injunction application in BVI in aid of arbitration proceedings. Elsewhere within set, Jonathan Adkin KC is involved in a billion-dollar shareholder dispute in the Bermuda Supreme Court in Re Jardine Strategic Holdings Ltd, which concerns an attempt to take private the Jardine Matheson conglomerate, which owns Hongkong Land and Mandarin Oriental. Dakis Hagen KC is known for his wide-ranging offshore practice and sees frequent involvement in high-end trusts and estate litigation in major offshore jurisdictions. Pre-eminent offshore silk Elizabeth Jones KC
remains noted for her strong offshore presence and is often instructed on complex, high-profile and high-value international commercial disputes.