Adam Wolstenholme is a Senior Associate in the Regional Financial Crime practice in Dubai.

Adam is a UK qualified barrister who recently joined the firm having worked for the past five years at the Criminal Bar in London. During his time in private practice, he specialised in fraud and extradition matters, appearing for both the Crown and the defence. He has extensive experience in complex very high cost cases and has acted as Junior alone successfully at all levels of the English Criminal Courts, save for the Supreme Court.

Prior to his joining Al Tamimi, Adam had been seconded to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) assisting with the prosecution of complex fraud matters. He was also instructed as independent counsel for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs on a multi-million dollar carbon trading fraud.

Since joining the Regional Financial Crime practice, Adam has quickly amassed a wealth of experience relating to financial crime in the region, economic sanctions and boycott matters and has bolstered his knowledge of global extradition procedures.