DLA Piper

Complaint in HTI Financial Solutions Limited, described as a "Hong Kong based investment manager" v. Manhattan SMI KG Properties Finance Limited, described as a British Virgin Islands-domiciled company based in New York, USA; SMI USA Group LLC, formerly known as Shanghai Municipal Investment Group USA LLC; SMI 520 Fifth Ave LLC, 520 Fifth Owner LLC, and KG Fifth Ave Investment LLC, all of Delaware, USA, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint "to recover amounts owed by the Defendants under two promissory notes" in Lasse Meilsoe v. Adlon LLC and 777 Partners LLC at the Circuit Court of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, in and for Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA.

Petition to Confirm Foreign Arbitral Award in Mercuria Energy Group Limited, of Cyprus v. The Republic of Poland at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Complaint "to recognize and enforce an arbitral award" in IC Power Ltd., described as a Singapore company that "owns and manages various companies, primarily in the energy sector", and Kenon Holdings Ltd., described as a Singapore company that "owned, developed, and operated power facilities in Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Middle East v. Republic of Peru", at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Complaint seeking "emergency and permanent equitable relief against its former general partner and investment manager, as well as their respective owners, who have collectively misappropriated Fund property and continue to wrongfully retain and withhold property of the Fund, including critical and time-sensitive information, books and records necessary to manage the investments of the Fund, all in violation of their contractual, fiduciary and legal duties as general partner and investment manager" in Invictus Special Situations Master I LP, of the Cayman Islands v. Invictus Global Management LLC, Invictus Special Situations I GP LLC, Cindy Chen Delano, and Amit Patel at the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in the Cayman Islands by Alexander Lawson and Christopher Kennedy, as the Foreign Representatives of Pioneer Merger Corp., described as "a special purpose acquisition vehicle" that was "formed by Jonathan Christodoro, Rick Gerson, Navroz Udawadia and Ryan Khoury", filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Petition to Confirm Arbitration Award that "arises out of the Directors, Officers and Company Liability Insurance Policy Public Company Claims Made Policy issued by Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Insurance Inc. to Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. for the period of July 1, 2018 to July 1, 2019" in Sompo Japan Insurance Inc., of Japan v. Carlos Ghosn Bichara, described as "a citizen and resident of Beirut, Lebanon", at the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware.

Emergency Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order in Invictus Special Situations Master I LP and UnumX, both of the Cayman Islands v. Invictus Global Management LLC, of Delaware; Cindy Chen Delano, and Amit Patel, both described as residents of Texas, USA, at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

Complaint in Invictus Special Situations Master I LP and UnumX, both of the Cayman Islands v. Invictus Global Management LLC, of Delaware; Cindy Chen Delano, and Amit Patel, both described as residents of Texas, USA, at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Canada by NextPoint Financial Inc., as the Foreign Representative of LM BP Holdings LLC, described as "a member of the 'LoanMe group of companies'", filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in the Cayman Islands by Alexander Lawson and Christopher Kennedy, of Alvarez & Marsal, as the Foreign Representatives of VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings II, filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint alleging failure to honor a "personal guaranty" regarding a $583,500 investment in Harshil Topiwala, a citizen and resident of the United Kingdom v. Fereidoun “Fred” Khalilian and BlockChain Consulting Group, LLC at the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Los Angeles.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Germany by Dietmar Haffa, as the Foreign Representative of North Channel Bank GmbH & Co., filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

Application by Moussy Salem to take discovery from Beno Salem for use in legal proceedings in England regarding allegations that "Freddy Salem, Monline UK Limited, Salim Levy and Ezra Aghai engaged in a wrongful pattern of conduct that includes breaches of fiduciary duty, conspiracy, and fraudulent transfers", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Chapter 11 Petition by Vesttoo US Inc., Vesttoo Ltd., Vesttoo SPV Holdings LLC, Vesttoo Reinsurance Intermediary Services Inc., Vesttoo Asset Management LLC, Vesttoo Securities (USA) LLC, Vesttoo UK Ltd., Vesttoo Japan Co., Ltd., Vesttoo Korea Inc., Vesttoo Holdings Ltd., Vesttoo Hong Kong Limited, Vesttoo Malta Ltd., Vesttoo Malta Trading Ltd., Vesttoo Marketplace Ltd., Vesttoo Alpha Holdings Ltd., Vesttoo Bermudian Bay Ltd., Vesttoo Alpha P&C Ltd., Vesttoo Alpha Special Purpose Trust, Vesttoo Alpha Manager Ltd., Vesttoo Alpha P&C Fund GP L.P., Vesttoo Alpha P&C Fund L.P., Vescor Bay GP L.P., Vescor Bay L.P., Vesttoo Partners 101 L.P., Vesttoo Partners 102 L.P., Vesttoo Partners 103 L.P., Vesttoo Partners 104 L.P., Vesttoo Partners 105 L.P., Vesttoo Bay One Limited Partnership, Vesttoo Bay X Limited Partnership, Vesttoo Bay XI Limited Partnership, Vesttoo Bay XII Limited Partnership, Vesttoo Bay XIII Limited Partnership, Vesttoo Bay XIV Limited Partnership, Vesttoo Bay FIFTEEN Limited Partnership, Vesttoo Bay XVI Limited Partnership, Vesttoo Bay XVII Limited Partnership, Vesttoo Bay XVIII Limited Partnership, Vesttoo Bay XIX Limited Partnership, Vesttoo Bay XX Limited Partnership, Vesttoo Bay XXI Limited Partnership, Vesttoo Bay XXII Limited Partnership, Vesttoo Bay XXIII Limited Partnership, Vesttoo Bay XXIV Limited Partnership, Vesttoo Bay XXV Limited Partnership, Vesttoo Bay One Hundred Limited Partnership, Vesttoo Bay One Hundred One Limited Partnership, Vesttoo Bay One Hundred Two Limited Partnership, and Vesttoo Bay 103 Limited Partnership at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Canada by Peter Kravitz, as the Foreign Representative of NextPoint Financial Inc., NPI Holdco LLC, NPLM Holdco LLC, LT Holdco LLC, MMS Servicing LLC, LT Intermediate Holdco LLC, LoanMe LLC, SiempreTax+ LLC, JTH Tax LLC, LoanMe Funding LLC, Liberty Tax Holding Corporation, LM Retention Holdings LLC, LoanMe Trust Prime 2018-1, LoanMe Trust SBL 2019-1, LoanMe Stores LLC, InsightsLogic LLC, LM 2020 CM I SPE LLC, Liberty Tax Service Inc., JTH Financial LLC, JTH Properties 1632 LLC, Liberty Credit Repair LLC, Wefile LLC, JTH Tax Office Properties LLC, LTS Software LLC, JTH Court Plaza LLC, 360 Accounting Solutions LLC, LTS Properties LLC, CTAX Acquisition LLC, Community Tax Puerto Rico LLC, and Community Tax LLC at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

Complaint alleging "scheme to deceive Activo International Bank, Inc. at present known as TBB of millions of dollars in the form of depleting assets of the Bank through several loans which were approved in violation of federal and state bank regulations" in TBB International Bank Corp. v. José Antonio Oliveros Febres Cordero, Alejandro J. Valencia Hurtado, Holding Activo Ltd., of Barbados; Alexandra Oliveros Febres Cordero, María Eugenia Febres Cordero Zamora, José Antonio Oliveros Mora, Gorlio Enterprises Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands; El Retiro Group Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands; AIB Properties Limited Ltd., of Barbados; Don Goyo Corporation Aviation, of Delaware; Inversiones Saitam S.A., of Venezuela; Consultora Baru 2018 C.A., of Venezuela; Gustavo José Gerardo Corredor Salcedo, of Venezuela; Alejandro Enrique Montenegro Díaz, of Venezuela; Inversiones Elektrogorsk C.A., of Venezuela, and Intelinvest Casa de Valores S.A., of Panama, at the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico.

Chapter 11 Petition by Vyera Pharmaceuticals LLC, SevenScore Pharmaceuticals, LLC, Oakrum Pharma, LLC, Dermelix Biotherapeutics, LLC, Phoenixus AG, of Switzerland, and Orpha Labs AG, of Switzerland, filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

Motion to Compel Compliance with a Subpoena Ad Testificandum in GVA Capital Ltd., of the Cayman Islands v. Pavel Cherkashin at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in the Cayman Islands by Scott D. Wollney, as the Foreign Representative of Atlas Financial Holdings Inc., described as "a financial service holding company for a number of direct and indirect subsidiaries that operate in the commercial automobile insurance sector in the United States, with a highly specialized market orientation and focus on insurance for the “light” commercial automobile sector, including taxi cabs, limousine/livery, business auto, and historically non-emergency paratransit, as a technology and analytics-driven managing general agency", at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Third Eye Capital Corporation to take discovery from Trafigura Trading LLC for use in legal proceedings in Hong Kong, the Marshall Islands, and Singapore involving Parakou Tankers Inc., filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Application by Third Eye Capital Corporation to take discovery from Peter Bell for use in legal proceedings in the Marshall Islands, Singapore and Hong Kong involving Parakou Tankers Inc., filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Application by Third Eye Capital Corporation to take discovery from Gregory McGrath for use in "judicial enforcement proceedings" in Hong Kong, the Marshall Islands, and Singapore regarding an arbitral award "in the amount of $10,652,065" against Parakou Tankers Inc., described as "an industrial shipping company engaged in the seaborne transportation of liquid petroleum products that, until recently, owned a fleet of medium range vessels", filed at the U. S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Notice of Removal, including a copy of the complaint alleging unjust enrichment, in Mark Oppenheimer, described as "an accomplished professional in the executive search industry" residing in Atlanta, Georgia v. Marlin Hawk Holdings Limited, of England, and Marlin Hawk Group Plc, of Maryland, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint regarding "actions taken by Defendants to seize control of investments made and managed by Plaintiffs" in Kuramo Nile Capital Management LLC and Nile Global Frontier Fund LLC, both of Delaware v. Kuramo Capital Management LLC, of Delaware; Kuramo Africa Opportunity Master Fund II LP, of the Cayman Islands, and Kuramo Africa Opportunity Master Co-Investment Vehicle III LP, of Delaware, at the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in the Cayman Islands by Alexander Lawson and Wing Sze Tiffany Wong, both of Alvarez & Marsal, as the Foreign Representatives of Luckin Coffee Inc., at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Petition to Confirm International Arbitration Award in Marseille-Kliniken AG, of Switzerland v. Republic of Equatorial Guinea at the U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Complaint for $1.6 million allegedly owed under a "Finders' Agreement" for introducing investors to an "EB-5 Visa Program" aimed at "foreign investors in China" in Worldway International Investment Holdings Limited, of the British Virgin Islands v. Advanced BioEnergy LP, of California; California Energy Investment Center LLC, of California, and Aemetis Inc., of Nevada, at the Superior Court of California, County of Fresno.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Germany by Jens Lieser, as the Foreign Representative of Adrian Guenter Lenz, the latter of whom is facing "ongoing criminal proceedings for fraud against, inter alia, Deutsche Post AG, on a repetitive basis, as well as tax evasion", at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in England by Richard Dixon Fleming, Mark Firmin, and Ben Cairns, as the Foreign Representatives of NMC Health Plc, described as being part of a group that is "the largest private healthcare provider in the United Arab Emirates" that is suspected of "financial irregularity" and "fraudulent behavior", at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in the United Kingdom by Daniel Butters and Ian Wormleighton as the Foreign Representatives of Arcadia Group (USA) Limited, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in India by Neeraj Saluja, as the Foreign Representative of SEL Manufacturing Co. Ltd., at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Spain by Christopher Morris, as the Foreign Representative of Abengoa SA, Abeinsa Asset Management SL, Abeinsa Invesriones Latam SL, Abeinsa Ingenieria y Construccion Industrial SA, Abencor Suministros SA, Negocios Industriales y Comerciales SA, Abener Energia SA, Abengoa Bioenergia SA, Abeinsa Infraestructuras Medio Ambiente SA, Abengoa Finance SA, Abengoa Concessions SL, Abengoa Solar Espana SA, Abengoa Solar New Technologies SA, Abentel Telecomunicaciones SA, ASA Desulfuracion SA, Bioetanol Galicia SA, Ecoagricola SA, Instalaciones Inabensa SA, Europea de Construcciones Metalicas SA, Siema Technologies SL, Teyma Gestion de Contratos de Construccion e Ingenieria SA, Abengoa Water SL, Abengoa Solar SA, Abengoa Greenfield SAU, and Abengoa Greenbridge SAU, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

Petition for Judicial Assistance in Simetra Global Assets Limited and Richcroft Investments Limited v. Patrick Cunningham at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint in CMZ Group Ltd. SEZC v. Fred Davis Clark, Jr., a.k.a. Dave Clark; Cristal Coleman, Clark Family Ltd., Cristal Clear Charters, LLC, and DC6, LLC at the Circuit Court of the Sixth Judicial Circuit, in and for Pinellas County, Florida.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in the United Kingdom by Shay Bannon and Geoffrey Kinlan, as the Foreign Representatives of Cadman Contracts Limited and Thornycroft (1862) Limited, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.