Derek J.T. Adler is a partner at Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP in New York, specializing in the representation of Asian and other non-US clients in complex commercial, white-collar criminal and regulatory matters in the United States.  Mr. Adler is a graduate of Columbia College and The Fordham University School of Law, where he served on the editorial board of the Fordham Law Review.  He was awarded an LLM with merit from London University (London School of Economics), which he attended as a Fulbright Scholar.

Prior to joining Hughes Hubbard & Reed, Mr. Adler had been an Associate in the litigation department of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, New York, and an Assistant in the Banking and International Litigation Section of Herbert Smith, London.  He writes and lectures frequently on international litigation topics, and served as an officer of the Litigation Committee of the International Bar Association for many years.  Mr. Adler and Hughes Hubbard & Reed recently represented Marubeni Corporation in negotiating the resolution of charges under the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) in relation to projects in Nigeria and Indonesia.