John Adams

John is a specialist insolvency and civil fraud partner with significant experience in domestic and cross-border insolvencies across a range of sectors including financial services, technology, retail and music. He is recognised in the legal directories for being skilled in advising on fraud-related insolvencies, particularly where there are concurrent criminal investigations and cases involving the tracing and recovery of digital assets. He advises on all aspects of asset investigation and recovery, including in relation to both corporate and personal insolvency. John has successfully assisted in the recovery of diverse asset types, from digital currencies and overseas properties to racehorses. He acts for a broad range of clients including insolvency practitioners, companies or individuals in financial distress, directors, shareholders, creditors, litigation funders and other stakeholders. John is an active member of the professional insolvency and asset recovery community and is regularly invited to speak at leading industry events, including the INSOL Europe Annual Congress and the International Symposium on Economic Crime at Jesus College, Cambridge. · Level

EnglandInsolvency, Restructuring

About

John is a specialist insolvency and civil fraud partner at Level with significant experience advising on domestic and cross-border insolvencies across sectors including financial services, technology, retail and music, and acts for insolvency practitioners, distressed companies and individuals, directors, shareholders, creditors, litigation funders and other stakeholders. He is recognised for advising on fraud-related insolvencies—particularly where there are concurrent criminal investigations and the tracing and recovery of digital assets—and advises on all aspects of asset investigation and recovery in both corporate and personal insolvency, having recovered assets such as digital currencies, overseas properties and racehorses; he is an active member of the insolvency and asset recovery community and a regular speaker at industry events.

Practice areas

InsolvencyRestructuringCivil FraudAsset RecoveryDigital Asset DisputesCommercial Dispute Resolution

Office

England

Level · John is a specialist insolvency and civil fraud partner with significant experience in domestic and cross-border insolvencies across a range of sectors including financial services, technology, retail and music. He is recognised in the legal directories for being skilled in advising on fraud-related insolvencies, particularly where there are concurrent criminal investigations and cases involving the tracing and recovery of digital assets. He advises on all aspects of asset investigation and recovery, including in relation to both corporate and personal insolvency. John has successfully assisted in the recovery of diverse asset types, from digital currencies and overseas properties to racehorses. He acts for a broad range of clients including insolvency practitioners, companies or individuals in financial distress, directors, shareholders, creditors, litigation funders and other stakeholders. John is an active member of the professional insolvency and asset recovery community and is regularly invited to speak at leading industry events, including the INSOL Europe Annual Congress and the International Symposium on Economic Crime at Jesus College, Cambridge.

England

Expertise

Financial ServicesTechnologyRetailMusicDigital AssetsAsset Tracing & RecoveryCross-Border InsolvencyFraud-Related Insolvency

Education

University of Leicester 1997-2000
College of Law, Chester 2000-2001