Erik Bodden

• Acted for Ernst & Young in relation to claims of auditor negligence and fraud brought against them by the liquidators of Weavering Macro Fixed Income Fund Limited.
• Acted for RMF Market Neutral Strategies (Master) Limited against a clawback claim by the liquidators of DD Growth Premium 2X Fund for redemption payments made to RMF at a time when it subsequently shown the fund was insolvent.
• Acting for the Joint Official Liquidators, Grant Thornton Specialist Services (Cayman) Limited, in the ICP master and feeder funds liquidation proceedings.
• Acting and appearing for Torchlight Fund LP in its successful defence against a just and equitable winding up petition.
• Acting and appearing for various officeholders, shareholders, creditors and companies on cross-border insolvency, restructuring and distressed debt matters.
• Acting and appearing for companies and dissenters in various s.238 merger appraisal proceedings in Cayman.

Professional Background

• Visiting Lecturer, Conflict of Laws, Cayman Islands Law School
• Secondment, Disputes Team, Farrer & Co., London
• Pupillage, Ten Old Square and Serle Court, London
• UBS Fund Services (Cayman) Ltd.

Education

• BPP Law School, BPTC, 2012
• University of Liverpool, LLB, 2011 (First Class – ranking 1st overall)
• Wilfrid Laurier University, BA, 2006

Bar Admissions

• British Virgin Islands, Barrister, 2018
• Cayman Islands, Attorney, 2013
• England & Wales, Barrister, 2012

Awards & Accolades

• Recognised in the 2023 edition (and since 2022) of Chambers Global (dispute resolution)
• Recognised as a “Next Generation Partner” since the 2023 edition (and generally since 2017) of The Legal 500 Caribbean (dispute resolution)
• Recognised in the Global Restructuring Review 100 (since 2019)
• Recipient of the Rising Star Award from Restructuring and Insolvency Specialists Association (RISA)

Associations

• Cayman Islands Legal Practitioner’s Association (President)
• Cayman Islands Legal Advisory Council (member)
• FSD User’s Committee (member)
• Former Deputy Chairman of the Planning Appeals Tribunal
• Accredited Civil & Commercial Mediator (ADR Group, UK)
• RISA (INSOL International)
• American Bankruptcy Institute
• International Bar Association
• STEP

STEP Journal: Principle Progressions and Getting the Deal Through – Cayman jurisdiction analysis (November 2018)

Offshore Cases

In the matter of Qunar Cayman Islands Ltd : Cayman Islands Appraisal Actions – Moving Towards Standard Directions? , International Corporate Rescue, Vol 15 (2018) Issue 1

Contributor – Cayman Islands Law Review, 2016-2017 (various case summaries)

Contributor – Civil Litigation in the Cayman Islands, 3rd ^edn  , 2016 (chapter on Mareva Injunctions)

Divide and Conquer: A New Chapter in the History of the Cayman Islands Judicial System , IFC Caribbean Review, 2011