Mark Goodman

Partner
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"Mark is a top-quality lawyer who fully surrounds legal problems and builds strong effective teams to address them." - Chambers and Partners, 2023
"A keen tactician who is very experienced and commercial in his approach." Sources add that he is "very knowledgeable and experienced in all aspects of financial services." - Chambers and Partners, 2022
“Mark Goodman is an exceptional lawyer and has become one of the go to lawyers in insolvency, restructuring and dispute resolution.” -Legal 500, 2022
“One of the brightest and most effective insolvency lawyers in Cayman.” Another source expanded: “we like to use him in difficult situations. He is very robust, commercial and bright.” – Chambers and Partners, 2021
"Mark Goodman is a top-tier lawyer who sources claim is “an absolute powerhouse handling complex commercial litigation matters." - Who's Who Legal

Overview

Mark is a partner in our Litigation, Insolvency & Restructuring Group where he specialises in insolvency, restructuring and investment fund litigation. Mark advises and appears in the Cayman Islands Courts on behalf of provisional and official liquidators, creditors, shareholders, directors, managers and other professional service providers in relation to a broad range of pre and post liquidation disputes. He has acted in litigation involving widely varying commercial contexts and structures, but his practice principally involves distressed and failed investment funds.

Mark regularly publishes articles and speaks at seminars and conferences on issues relevant to insolvency, restructuring and investment fund litigation.

Expertise

Work Highlights

  • Acting for the JPLs of Luckin Coffee, Inc., a holding company for a group owning and running coffee shops throughout the People’s Republic of China, in a US$1 billion debt restructuring suit.
  • Acting for the Receivers of Green Dragon Gas, the largest company involved in the production of Coal Bed Methane gas and its distribution and sale in the PRC, in a US$300 million cross-border where Campbells is appointed as bond trustee.
  • Acting for a major fiduciary services provider in third party proceedings against Tangerine Investment Management Limited in a GBP150 million vicarious liability and breach of contract claim;
  • Acting for the trustees of a high-value family trust, LOPAG Trust Reg. who are defendants to proprietary claims by two of the discretionary beneficiaries.

Qualifications and Admissions

  • Solicitor British Virgin Islands, 2014 (non-practising)
  • Attorney at Law Cayman Islands, 2008
  • Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales, 2004 (non-practising)

Professional Associations

  • Law Society of England & Wales
  • Cayman Islands Law Society
  • INSOL
  • American Bankruptcy Institute
  • Chairman, Recovery & Insolvency Specialist Association (Cayman) Ltd. (RISA)
  • International Insolvency Institute

Recognition and Awards

  • Who’s Who Legal awarded Lawyer of the the Year to Mark in November 2022
  • Leaders in Law has named Mark as the 2022 Restructuring & Insolvency Law Expert of the Year in the Cayman Islands. 
  • Mark was named 2021 Cayman Islands – Litigation Lawyer of the Year in Gamechangers’ (formerly ACQ5) global awards.
  • Sources in the 2021 Chambers and Partners rankings described Mark as “a keen tactician who is very experienced and commercial in his approach,” adding that he is “very knowledgeable and experienced in all aspects of financial services.” He is especially noted for his restructuring and insolvency work, with additional expertise in investment fund litigation.
  • In the 2020 Dispute Resolution rankings, Chambers and Partners recognised Mark as “one of the brightest and most effective insolvency lawyers in Cayman,” adding “He is incredibly efficient and effective.” He has recognised strengths in advising on contentious restructuring and insolvency matters as well as trust disputes and liquidation proceedings.
  • Legal 500 ranked Mark as a ‘Leading Individual’ in Dispute Resolution, Cayman Islands 2020, stating that he is “very strategic and astute, and he understands clients’ business extremely well. He meets issues and strong personalities head on and holds his ground, and his advice is always pragmatic.”
  • Cayman Islands RISA Attorney of the Year in 2019 and in 2016
  • Recognised in Who’s Who Legal Global Elite Thought Leader, Asset Recovery, Business Crime Defence, Investigations, Restructuring & Insolvency 2020; Who’s Who Legal Global Elite Thought Leader, Asset Recovery, 2019; Who’s Who Legal Leading Restructuring & Insolvency and Asset Recovery Lawyer 2018, Cayman Islands; and Who’s Who Legal Leading Restructuring & Insolvency and Asset Recovery Lawyer 2018, Cayman Islands.

Publications and News

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