Bio
Damon Booth is a Counsel in Appleby’s Hong Kong office and a member of the Dispute Resolution department. Prior to his relocation to Hong Kong, he was based in our Cayman Islands office.
He has broad experience in cross-border insolvency and enforcement, shareholder disputes and investment fund disputes in the Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands, including acting for multi-national corporations, financial institutions and high net worth individuals.
Damon has expertise guiding clients through all aspects of a dispute, from preliminary instructions and investigations through to trial and enforcement of judgments and arbitral awards. He provides straightforward and pragmatic advice to clients, balancing the legal avenues available to them with their commercial objectives.
Damon joined Appleby from Gilbert + Tobin, a Tier 1 Australian firm, where he spent two years as a Senior Lawyer in their Disputes and Investigations team in Sydney and gained a wide range of litigation, restructuring and insolvency experience. Prior to that, Damon spent several years as a Lawyer and Senior Associate at Dentons in their Litigation and Dispute Resolution team in Sydney.
Bio
Damon Booth is a Counsel in Appleby’s Hong Kong office and a member of the Dispute Resolution department. Prior to his relocation to Hong Kong, he was based in our Cayman Islands office.
He has broad experience in cross-border insolvency and enforcement, shareholder disputes and investment fund disputes in the Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands, including acting for multi-national corporations, financial institutions and high net worth individuals.
Damon has expertise guiding clients through all aspects of a dispute, from preliminary instructions and investigations through to trial and enforcement of judgments and arbitral awards. He provides straightforward and pragmatic advice to clients, balancing the legal avenues available to them with their commercial objectives.
Damon joined Appleby from Gilbert + Tobin, a Tier 1 Australian firm, where he spent two years as a Senior Lawyer in their Disputes and Investigations team in Sydney and gained a wide range of litigation, restructuring and insolvency experience. Prior to that, Damon spent several years as a Lawyer and Senior Associate at Dentons in their Litigation and Dispute Resolution team in Sydney.
Work Highlights
Recent cases include:
- Acting for a biopharmaceutical company in various proceedings in the Cayman Islands arising from disputes with its former chairman and CEO, including prosecuting proceedings on behalf of the company for breach of fiduciary duties and trust and defending claims for redemption of preference shares.
- Acting for the founder of a corporate services group in proceedings in the British Virgin Islands against persons attempting a takeover of the group through improper means.
- Acting for the co-founder of a global enterprise in just and equitable winding up proceedings in relation to the Cayman Islands parent company of the group, including an application for urgent interim injunctive relief and validation applications.
- Acting for an investor in three Cayman Islands investment funds in proceedings seeking winding up of the funds on the just and equitable basis, including investigating and prosecuting allegations of serious mismanagement by the managers of the funds.
- Acting for a substantial shareholder in a Cayman Islands incorporated company with significant operations in the cement and construction industry in the PRC in proceedings seeking winding up of the company on the just and equitable basis, including defending allegations of conspiracy to dilute another substantial shareholder.
- Acting for dissenting shareholders in an appraisal action following a cash-out merger of a major PRC healthcare group.
Recent cases include:
- Acting for a biopharmaceutical company in various proceedings in the Cayman Islands arising from disputes with its former chairman and CEO, including prosecuting proceedings on behalf of the company for breach of fiduciary duties and trust and defending claims for redemption of preference shares.
- Acting for the founder of a corporate services group in proceedings in the British Virgin Islands against persons attempting a takeover of the group through improper means.
- Acting for the co-founder of a global enterprise in just and equitable winding up proceedings in relation to the Cayman Islands parent company of the group, including an application for urgent interim injunctive relief and validation applications.
- Acting for an investor in three Cayman Islands investment funds in proceedings seeking winding up of the funds on the just and equitable basis, including investigating and prosecuting allegations of serious mismanagement by the managers of the funds.
- Acting for a substantial shareholder in a Cayman Islands incorporated company with significant operations in the cement and construction industry in the PRC in proceedings seeking winding up of the company on the just and equitable basis, including defending allegations of conspiracy to dilute another substantial shareholder.
- Acting for dissenting shareholders in an appraisal action following a cash-out merger of a major PRC healthcare group.
Qualifications & Education
Damon is admitted as an attorney-at-law in the Cayman Islands. Damon is also admitted as a lawyer in the Supreme Court of New South Wales (2014), a solicitor of the High Court of Australia (2016) and a solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales (2026).
- University of New South Wales (LLB)
- University of New South Wales (BSc Psychology).
Damon is admitted as an attorney-at-law in the Cayman Islands. Damon is also admitted as a lawyer in the Supreme Court of New South Wales (2014), a solicitor of the High Court of Australia (2016) and a solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales (2026).
- University of New South Wales (LLB)
- University of New South Wales (BSc Psychology).