Year of Call: 1997 Year of Silk: 2013
Jonathan Adkin KC is a leading Silk at the Chancery and Commercial Bar. His high-profile practice spans a wide range of fields in international and domestic chancery and commercial law. He appears regularly in the High Court and appellate Courts in England, in domestic and international arbitrations, and in international commercial Courts and offshore jurisdictions including Bermuda, the Bahamas, the Cayman Islands, the BVI, the DIFC and Gibraltar.
In the leading legal directories (Chambers & Partners and Legal 500) Jonathan holds rankings across eight practice areas, encompassing Commercial Dispute Resolution, Commercial Chancery, Civil Fraud, Trusts and Probate, Company, Insolvency, Partnership and Offshore.
Jonathan was named the Chancery Silk of the Year at the Legal 500 Awards for 2023 and shortlisted for the same award in 2024. He was named Trusts and Probate Silk of the Year at the Legal 500 Awards for 2017. He has also been recognised as one of The Lawyer magazine’s “Hot 100 Lawyers”.
MA (Hons), Balliol College, Oxford
Dip. Law, City University
Commercial Bar Association
Chancery Bar Association
Jonathan Adkin appears on the BSB register as Jonathan William Adkin
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Called to the British Virgin Islands Bar and called ad hoc to the Bars of the Cayman Islands, Gibraltar and Bermuda.
Chancery Silk of the Year
Legal 500 Bar Awards
Private Client: Trusts and Probate Silk of the Year
Legal 500 Bar Awards