Adam Kramer QC is a highly regarded commercial litigator and arbitration advocate specialising in banking and finance, commercial fraud, energy, sale of goods, professional negligence and insurance and reinsurance disputes. He has extensive experience of group/multi-party litigation.
He is frequently instructed in large-scale, high-profile matters, most recently in the Covid-19 business interruption insurance test case and subsequent substantial aggregation disputes, CIS v IBM exclusion clause appeal, the Phones 4U alleged collusion dispute, Lehman waterfall litigation, Tesco s90A securities claim, a $1bn Angolan LCIA energy arbitration, the Al-Rajaan fraud dispute, and the VW (and other) Diesel Emissions group claims.
Adam is an expert in contract damages, being the sole author of leading practitioner text - The Law of Contract Damages (3rd edition forthcoming).
He is consistently ranked highly across multiple practice areas in the legal directories and praised for his sharp analytical skills, in-depth knowledge and courtroom style.
Called 2004; Gray’s; formerly law lecturer at Durham University and University College Oxford.
Working knowledge of French.
COMBAR; ChBA; LCIA; Society of Legal Scholars; Bar Pro Bono Unit.
Manchester Grammar School; University College, Oxford University (BA Hons); McGill University, Canada (LLM).
Cooking, philosophy, reading, painting, running, yoga.