Adam Culy

Partner

Adam is an accountancy professional liability / regulatory specialist (in particular defending FRC cases and all forms of accounting litigation). Previously General Counsel at BDO and a criminal prosecutor, Adam brings a wealth of sector experience and a sharp focus to resolving complex accounting issues across audit, tax, insolvency and corporate finance.

Adam offers a client-focussed insight into the full range of accounting services and the pressures they face from regulators and claimants. This allows him to quickly grasp the key issues in accounting disputes and resolve them. His success at BDO helped it remain the only larger accounting firm at the time to avoid sanction by the FRC.

His and his team's notable successes in litigation include BDO's win in Supreme Court regulatory proceedings (Barnes v Eastenders), the leading recent decisions on administrator's duties: Bernsten & Anor v Tait and Davey v Money (which included the recent COA judgment ending the "Arkin Cap" when enforcing costs against the litigation funder), and Green v BDO [2005] All ER on the use of the Insolvency Act against accountants.

Awards

Legal 500 UK 2024 - Leading Individual