Adam Thompson

He is commercially astute, and regularly instructed by clients at an early stage to try and avoid disputes from escalating. He achieves this through thorough analysis of the legal and commercial position and an imaginative and practical approach to helping clients achieve their goals. Adam has extensive experience, and at any one time is advising multiple clients in multi-million pound disputes over issues such as contract management and termination, defects, negligence and delay. Adam has a particular expertise in pursuing and defending Adjudications, advising clients on the management of payment mechanism disputes (i.e. 'smash and grab' claims), and managing complex, technical and expert driven disputes around defective works and programme delay. In recognition of his outstanding work, Adam received the Insider Midlands Young Lawyer of the Year award for 2024.