Steady. Pragmatic. Results-Oriented.
Adam is a trusted legal and business advisor who helps organizations and their leaders maximize value, solve complex problems, and emerge from financial distress to position themselves for long-term success.
Adam counsels clients on the full spectrum of business and financial issues—from asset sales to business disputes to financial reorganizations—bringing clarity to complexity and a steady hand to high-stakes decision-making. Calm under pressure and relentlessly strategic, Adam understands how businesses operate and draws on that experience to guide clients through financial distress, anticipate risk, and craft strategies that strengthen organizations and maximize value before problems escalate.
What he's great at
Adam works with clients of all sizes, from national corporations to regional healthcare providers to closely held Maine businesses and entrepreneurs. He helps leaders think several steps ahead, balancing legal precision with practical business insight. His recent experiences include:
- Business Counsel and Transactions
- Advising on complex commercial and real estate transactions, with recent matters spanning a broad array of industries, including transactions involving critical access hospitals, skilled nursing and assisted living facilities, private healthcare provider groups, municipal waste transportation and C&D landfills, manufacturing, retail, seafood processing and wholesale, and hospitality.
- Bankruptcy and Restructuring (Chapter 11)
- Substantial experience in corporate restructurings, representing debtors, secured lenders, unsecured creditors, investors, purchasers, and other parties in connection with bankruptcies, receiverships, out-of-court workouts, assignments for the benefit of creditors, Section 363 and other distressed sales, debtor-in-possession (DIP) and exit financings, and bankruptcy litigation across Maine, Massachusetts, Vermont, Delaware, Texas, and elsewhere, with a particular emphasis on representing debtors reorganizing under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code.
- Small Business Reorganization Act (Subchapter V)
- Advising closely held debtors and their owners on maximizing the benefits of reorganizing through the Small Business Reorganization Act (Subchapter V of Chapter 11) to preserve operations, local jobs, and enterprise value.
- Complex Litigation and Appeals
- Handling preference and fraudulent transfer claims, non-dischargeability proceedings, complex commercial litigation, member and shareholder disputes, business dissolutions, and bankruptcy appeals at all levels, including appeals at the First and Second Courts of Appeal.
Thought leadership
A recognized voice in restructuring law, Adam regularly speaks and writes on legal developments affecting businesses in distress. His insights on Subchapter V and Chapter 11 business reorganizations have been featured in publications such as the American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, Maine Bar Journal, and Law360, and he has spoken as an expert panelist at conferences for the American Bankruptcy Institute, National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees, Maine Bar Association, Vermont Bar Association, and more.
As part of his growing distressed healthcare practice and commitment to civic leadership, Adam was recently appointed to the Maine legislature’s Commission to Evaluate the Scope of Regulatory Review and Oversight over Health Care Transactions That Impact the Delivery of Health Care Services in the State, which will study the healthcare regulatory environment and its impact on healthcare delivery and healthcare finances in the State.
Who he is off the clock
A former college hockey player, Adam remains an enthusiastic sports fan, whether watching a Formula 1 race, European soccer match, or following Portland’s many local professional sports teams. Adam also finds himself spending much of his time outside of the office these days at local barns watching his daughter pursue her passion for English horseback riding.