Adam D. Crane

Adam D. Crane is a partner in the Cayman Islands office of Baker & Partners, where his practice focuses on complex and cross-border insolvency and restructuring, asset-recovery and commercial litigation matters. A member of ABI’s 2021 class of “40 Under 40” honorees and recognized by Benchmark Litigation (Latin America) as a Litigation Star, he is experienced in offshore and cross-border proceedings involving collapsed or distressed hedge funds and private-equity funds, shareholder and other corporate disputes, and civil fraud proceedings. Mr. Crane has been assisting in multi-jurisdictional asset-recovery efforts related to the multi-billion-dollar Malaysian 1MDB fraud scandal, which involved the use of complex offshore and onshore corporate structures. He also is acting for the Hong Kong-appointed interim receivers of a multi-billion-dollar private-equity fund, including acting in complex litigation proceedings; acting for the Joint Official Liquidators of a Cayman Islands segregated portfolio company with 12 segregated portfolios operating in the captive insurance industry; acting for the Joint Official Liquidators of two feeder-funds of collapsed hedge fund Platinum Partners Value Arbitrage Fund; and acting for the Joint Official Liquidators of Cayman Islands funds formed by Bahraini Awal Bank BSC in liquidation proceedings and litigation involving the defense of a US$9.2 billion claim (AHAB v Saad). In 2020, Mr. Crane was inducted into the International Insolvency Institute – NextGen Leadership Program as a future leader in international insolvency, and he chairs its Executive Committee. He also is Newsletter Editor of ABI’s International Committee. Mr. Crane received his Bachelor’s degree from Acadia University in 2005 and his J.D. in 2010 from the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University, and he is a graduate of the Intensive Trial Advocacy Workshop (Osgoode Hall Law School, 2015).