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Adam Banks

Adam Banks

Global 2026

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Practice Areas

Adam has expertise covering distressed restructurings, bankruptcy related mandates and origination financings. He is based in Dubai from where he advises on situations across the wider Middle-East region.

Adam’s restructuring practice includes advising debtors, creditors (and creditors' committees), insolvency practitioners and other stakeholders in distressed situations (including some of the largest and most prominent restructurings in the Middle-East).

Adam also regularly advises in relation to origination financings where his clients include corporate debtors, sponsors, arrangers and financiers in a range of sectors including real estate, education and hospitality and in relation to a range of financing structures (both conventional and Shari'ah compliant).

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Chambers Global Guide

Restructuring/Insolvency - United Arab Emirates

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Individual Editorial
Adam Banks is a renowned restructuring lawyer who advises on a wide range of mandates in this field. He has extensive experience acting for debtors as well as creditors.

Strengths

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  • He is one of the strongest lawyers in the market, from both a technical and a commercial point of view.

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  • Adam Banks is a fantastic partner. He's really technical, highly intelligent and does a very good job.

    Restructuring/InsolvencyChambers Global Guide
  • Adam Banks is clearly a leader in the field.

    Restructuring/InsolvencyChambers Global Guide
  • Adam Banks is one of the strongest players and a really solid, safe pair of hands.

    Restructuring/InsolvencyChambers Global Guide
  • He is commercial, thorough, has a very good personality and understands issues from our perspective.

    Restructuring/InsolvencyChambers Global Guide

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