Jordan McErlean

Jordan McErlean is a senior associate in the Cayman Islands Litigation & Restructuring practice at Conyers Dill & Pearman LLP in George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. His practice spans the full spectrum of international commercial litigation, including insolvency and restructuring matters, directors’ duties and indemnities, shareholder disputes, professional negligence, civil fraud and asset-tracing, cryptocurrency-related litigation, arbitration, employment disputes and property matters. Mr. McErlean has experience with complex cross-border issues, including the enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards, and the coordination of multi-jurisdictional insolvency and restructuring proceedings involving the Cayman Islands. He also advises major institutional clients — particularly in the insurance and reinsurance sector — on contentious and noncontentious employment matters, including high-value executive terminations. Mr. McErlean has played a role in several leading Cayman Islands decisions at both the first-instance and appellate levels, and he has appeared before courts and tribunals numerous times as sole advocate and as part of a wider team. He also has prepared expert evidence on Cayman Islands law for use in foreign courts, particularly in relation to shareholder claims. Since joining Conyers, Mr. Mcerlean has completed secondments in the firm’s Bermuda and Hong Kong offices and at Wilberforce Chambers in London, broadening his experience across multiple jurisdictions. He received his LL.B. with First Class Honours in 2013 from Swansea University, his LL.M. in international commercial law from UCL in 2014 and his LPC in 2015 from BPP University.