Mr Erik Gotfredsen > Wakefield Quin > Hamilton, Bermuda > Lawyer Profile
Wakefield Quin Offices
VICTORIA PLACE
31 VICTORIA STREET
HAMILTON HM10
Bermuda
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Mr Erik Gotfredsen
Work Department
Corporate
Position
Erik Gotfredsen is a Director, Senior Counsel and the Chief Executive Officer of Wakefield Quin Limited and has been internationally recognised by Chambers Global and The Legal 500 as one of Bermuda’s leading corporate lawyers. Erik’s practice spans a broad range of sophisticated finance and capital market transactions with an emphasis on debt and equity offerings, banking and financial services, structured and project finance, secured lending, mergers and acquisitions and reorganizations. Erik has significant experience advising on joint ventures, partnerships, asset and fund management and regulatory compliance. In addition, Erik has an active general corporate practice, including advising on the establishment of companies in Bermuda, and is routinely instructed by a large number of leading international banks, financial institutions, public companies, private equity firms and onshore law firms.
Career
Before joining Wakefield Quin Limited in May 2014, Erik worked in the Corporate Department of Conyers Dill & Pearman Limited in Bermuda from 2008 to 2014. Prior to arriving in Bermuda in 2008, Erik worked in the Real Estate Finance Group at Morrison & Foerster LLP in Tokyo, Japan and, before relocating to Tokyo, worked in the Corporate and Commercial Group at DLA Piper (Canada) LLP in Vancouver, Canada.
Memberships
Erik is admitted as a solicitor in British Columbia, England and Wales, Ontario and Bermuda and is an active member of the Restructuring and Insolvency Specialists Association of Bermuda.
Education
LL.M., Kyushu University (Major in International Business Law) Japan 1999
LL.B. (J.D.), University of Victoria, Canada 1998
B.Com., University of Victoria, Canada, 1995
Lawyer Rankings
Bermuda > Banking, finance and capital markets
(Leading individuals)The corporate department at Wakefield Quin has a wide range of international corporate and commercial law experience, advising on M&A, finance structurings, debt offerings, restructurings and private equity funds. Erik Gotfredsen, who has significant experience advising on joint ventures, partnerships, compliance issues and fund management matters, co-heads the practice with Ian Stone, whose experience span IPOs, public company issues, and capital market transactions, both onshore and offshore.
Bermuda > Corporate and commercial
Wakefield Quin‘s corporate department delivers a comprehensive legal service, with a strong focus on advising on the acquisition, financing, and development of commercial real estate projects, and the acquisition and disposal of businesses within Bermuda’s electronic communications industry. Erik Gotfredsen co-leads the practice, frequently acting for leading international banks, financial institutions, public companies and onshore firms on various corporate mandates. Fellow co-head Ian Stone has expertise in IPOs, public company matters, and capital markets transactions, while also providing governance services.
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Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals Bermuda > Banking, finance and capital markets
- Corporate and commercial Bermuda
- Banking, finance and capital markets Bermuda