Our Team
Bethany Adams
Managing Associate
Beth is a commercial litigator with more than 9 years’ experience acting in a wide range of complex disputes, often across multiple jurisdictions. She trained and spent much of her career at Jones Day prior to joining Quillon Law.
Practice
Beth’s broad practice includes contractual disputes, contentious insolvency, fraud and competition litigation for a range of clients, including multinational corporations, insolvency practitioners, banks, and high net worth individuals. These disputes have covered a broad range of sectors, including real estate, finance, payment services and aviation.
Beth has experience in advising clients at all stages of a dispute, including mediation and settlement. She has experience in the High Court and Court of Appeal, as well as in LCIA arbitration.
Notable Representations
Re Angelic Interiors Limited
Beth acted for the first and second joint administrators of Angelic Interiors Limited in relation to a number of successful applications made under the Insolvency Act 1986. The court made various orders in the company’s favour, including for the transfer of numerous properties near Canary Wharf following an investigation in relation to the alleged misappropriation of assets by the company’s former director and shareholder.
Middle Eastern Bank
Beth advised a Middle Eastern Bank in relation to its multimillion-dollar enforcement strategy across multiple jurisdictions against judgment debtors subject to worldwide freezing orders and complex insolvency proceedings.
Liquidators of SHB Realisations Limited (formerly BHS Limited)
Beth assisted the liquidators of UK high street retailer, BHS, with investigations into the causes of the company’s collapse and pursuing avenues of recovery for creditors. BHS’ collapse was one of the highest profile retail insolvencies since the 2008 financial crisis, with outstanding debts of more than £1 billion.
Middle Eastern Entity
Beth acted for the claimant in a successful challenge pursuant to section 67 of the Arbitration Act 1996. The Commercial Court, in granting the claimant’s application, found that the UNCITRAL arbitral tribunal, contrary to its Award, had jurisdiction to determine the claimant’s claims against a State.
Euronet 360 Finance Limited & Others v Mastercard Incorporated & Others
Beth acted for Mastercard in its defence and settlement of a multimillion-pound claim in which it was alleged that certain of Mastercard’s scheme rules, concerning ATM transactions in a number of European jurisdictions, were anticompetitive.
Kazakh Bank
Beth advised a Kazakh bank in tracing assets and pursuing claims valued at approximately US$30 million against a number of alleged fraudsters across multiple jurisdictions. In this matter, Beth assisted the client in successfully obtaining Norwich Pharmacal relief in the courts of England and Wales.
LCIA Arbitration
Beth acted for UHNWIs in their defence of multimillion-pound claims, including fraudulent breach of trust, in relation to an alleged profit sharing arrangement.
Multinational Pharmaceutical Company
Beth assisted a client with an internal investigation in relation to an alleged breach of advertising regulations.
Industry Recognition
The Legal 500 UK Guide 2024 - named as a Key Lawyer in her previous firm’s Commercial Litigation team
Education and Admissions
The University of Warwick
(LLB (Hons), First Class)
BPP Law School
(Legal Practice Course, Distinction)
Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England & Wales
(2018)