Adrian  

WALTERS

Adrian Walters is Professor of Law and Director of the Program in Business Law at the Chicago-Kent College of Law. He teaches Contracts, Bankruptcy, International Bankruptcy, and a range of other commercial law subjects. Born and raised in Nottingham in the United Kingdom, Professor Walters earned his bachelor’s degree from Cambridge University (1989) and a graduate diploma in law from Nottingham Trent University (1990). He practiced as a Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales between 1991 and 1994 at the law firm of Eking Manning, which later merged with Geldards LLP.

Before joining Chicago-Kent, Professor Walters was the Geldards LLP Professor of Corporate and Insolvency Law at Nottingham Law School, Nottingham Trent University (NTU).  He began his academic career at NTU in 1994 as a Lecturer, becoming a Reader in Law in 2002 and a Full Professor in 2005.  Alongside his academic role he also provided consultancy service to Geldards LLP between 2005 and 2011.  He remains a Fractional Visiting Professor at NTU and a member of NTU’s Centre for Business and Insolvency Law, which he helped to establish.

Professor Walters is a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy, a member of the International Insolvency Institute, and an honorary academic member of the U.K.’s Chancery Bar Association. He has also served as an INSOL scholar at INSOL International.