Adam Blakemore is Co-Managing Partner of Cadwalader’s London office and a member of the Tax Group.
He advises financial institutions, asset managers, funds and corporates on the tax structuring of domestic and cross-border corporate and financing transactions. He focuses on helping clients deliver complex, tax-efficient solutions for financing, investment and corporate transactions.
His practice includes a broad range of financing transactions, including securitisations, hybrid capital issuances, repackaging transactions, credit-linked instruments, real estate financing, insurance-linked bonds, and stock lending arrangements. Blakemore advises on corporate acquisitions, demergers, joint ventures and reorganisations in the UK and internationally. He has particular expertise in restructurings in solvent and distressed debt situations, as well as the formation and restructuring of investment funds, real estate funds, asset management entities and private equity financings.
Lawdragon Honors
| Honor | Year | Practice |
|---|---|---|
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Tax Lawyers | 2026 | Tax, Transactional, Finance |
| The Inaugural Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Tax Lawyers | 2025 | Tax, Transactional, Finance |
Working across finance, corporate and restructuring sectors, Blakemore provides integrated advice on complex transactions and disputes, supporting clients throughout the full lifecycle of transactions, from initial structuring through execution to resolution. He also provides counsel on disputes and litigation with revenue authorities, and has represented clients before the appellate courts.
Blakemore is also actively involved in professional and pro bono initiatives. He has published widely in leading tax journals and is the co-author of the CCH British Tax Reporter volumes on loan relationships and derivative contracts and is a co-author of the "Handbook of Insurance-Linked Securities" (2009, Wiley Publishing and London School of Economics). Blakemore has published extensively in taxation periodicals, including Tax Advisor, Tax Journal, Tax Notes International, BNA's European Tax Service, BNA’s Tax Planning International Review, Practical European Tax Strategies and Financial Instruments Tax and Accounting Review. His most recent article, which Blakemore co-authored, is "Enforcing Security over Limited Partner Interests in English Limited Partnerships," which has been published in the December 2023 edition of Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law.
One of the legal directories noted that Blakemore is a “truly outstanding tax lawyer” who "understands the technical aspects of a deal in great detail" and "is one of those lawyers who knows what the answer will be, then does the work to get the deal over the line.”