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Adam Kramer KC

Adam Kramer KC

Position

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.

Career

Called 2004; Gray’s; formerly law lecturer at Durham University and University College Oxford.

Languages

Working knowledge of French.

Memberships

COMBAR; ChBA; LCIA; Society of Legal Scholars; Bar Pro Bono Unit.

Education

Manchester Grammar School; University College, Oxford University (BA Hons); McGill University, Canada (LLM).

Leisure

Cooking, philosophy, reading, painting, running, yoga.

Mentions

London Bar

Banking and finance (including consumer credit)

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Adam Kramer KC – 3 Verulam Buildings ‘Adam is the best example of a modern silk: approachable and down-to-earth, user-friendly, great fun to work with, no airs and graces, terrifyingly bright, relaxed and confident on his feet, and oozing natural charisma and charm.’
London Bar

Commercial litigation

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Adam Kramer KC –3 Verulam Buildings ‘Razor sharp legal analysis. Adam is a fearless advocate with a deceptively light touch that triumphs over the more heavy-handed approach often adopted by his opponents.'
London Bar

Commodities

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Adam Kramer KC – 3 Verulam Buildings ‘‘Adam is a complete brainbox with a superb grasp of the law. A smooth, confident advocate on his feet.’
London Bar

Fraud: civil

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Adam Kramer KC – 3 Verulam Buildings 'He is a fantastic cross-examiner, and has a forensic style which is extremely effective in fraud cases.'
London Bar

Group litigation

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Adam Kramer KC – 3 Verulam Buildings ‘Fiercely clever, strategic and sensible. A commanding presence in court - calm and unflappable, but all over the detail.'
London Bar

Insolvency

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Adam Kramer KC – 3 Verulam Buildings ‘Adam is a mastermind. He is able to argue a complicated claim in such a straightforward way that it makes it so much harder for the other side.’
London Bar

Insurance and reinsurance

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Adam Kramer KC – 3 Verulam Buildings ‘Adam is in the super-hero league of KCs, and is amongst the very best acting on the policyholder side in insurance coverage disputes.  He has appeared in a number of high-profile test cases, in each of which he has been pitched against KCs many years his senior, but against whom he has won every time.’