Adam Plainer

Partner

Adam Plainer practices in the areas of restructuring and formal corporate insolvency. He acts for leading accountancy firms and restructuring practices on workouts and restructurings and for U.K. clearing banks, U.S. investment banks, hedge funds, private equity houses, and boards in the restructuring of major U.K. and European companies.  He is a leading practitioner in the acquisition of distressed businesses through formal insolvency processes.

Adam's representative out of court restructuring and formal insolvency work includes advising: the board of XL Leisure and its administrators; the administrators of Birthdays Limited; the board of Ennstone Plc on a pre-packaged administration; various creditors in the restructuring of the Cheyne, Whistlejacket, K2, and Sigma Structured Investment Vehicles; the company on the restructuring of Agcert International plc; Honda Motor on the administration of the Super Aguri F1 team and the restructuring of HondaGP; and various lenders on the restructuring of Premier League football clubs.

Adam is a member of the editorial board of Finance & Credit Law Review and the CBI Insolvency Law Panel. He lectures extensively and has written numerous articles on restructuring and insolvency-related topics.