Year of Call: 2013
“…able to transform a house which appeared to be built on sand to one with a solid concrete foundation.”
Adrian has a broad commercial chancery practice, with a particular focus on commercial disputes, civil fraud and intellectual property. Much of Adrian's work also has an international or cross-border element to it. He has substantial experience of acting in large, complex litigation having been instructed as part of the team acting for the defendants in claims arising out of the £12 billion RBS rights issue, and as part of the team acting for the claimants in the very large group action arising from the Fundão Dam environmental disaster in Brazil.
Adrian also regularly appears unled in the High Court and lower courts, including recently acting as sole counsel for the successful defendants in INVISTA v Botes and ors [2019] EWHC 58 (Ch); [2019] 1 WLUK 170, a 7-day trial before Birss J. of claims relating to alleged breaches of confidence by research scientists formerly employed by INVISTA. He also has experience obtaining interim relief, including freezing relief.
Prior to coming to the Bar, Adrian gained a PhD from Princeton University and as a former scientist he is well placed to deal with scientific and quantitative issues that arise in litigation.
BA Biological Sciences (Double First), New College, Oxford
PhD Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University
GDL (Distinction), BPTC (Outstanding), City University London
2020: Registered as Advocate before the DIFC Courts
Chancery Bar Association
COMBAR
French
Adrian Jacques Marie Lucas de Froment
Queen Mother’s Scholarship, Middle Temple (for the GDL and the BPTC)
Burroughs-Wellcome Fellowship, Princeton University
Centennial Fellowship, Princeton University
Scholarship, New College, Oxford