Lewis Baach Kaufmann Middlemiss

Application by Pinewood Technologies Asia Pacific Limited to take discovery from William Berman, a.k.a. Bill Berman, for use in "a fraud claim that Petitioner intends to file in an ongoing legal proceeding against Pinewood Technologies PLC in the High Court of Justice Business and Property Court of England and Wales, Technology and Construction Court", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Application by Cosimo Borrelli, as Joint Provisional Liquidator of Global Fixed Income Fund I Limited (in Official Liquidation), Principal Investing Fund I Limited (in Official Liquidation), Long View II Limited (in Official Liquidation), all of the Cayman Islands, and Real Assets (RA) Global Opportunity Fund I Ltd. (in Provisional Liquidation), of the British Virgin Islands, to take discovery from Citibank N.A. and Brown Brothers Harriman for use in legal proceedings in England regarding the alleged "misdeeds of brothers Mutaz Otaibi and Hussam Otaibi, and James Wilcox, and abuse of their roles within the Floreat group of companies", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Summons with Notice alleging fraud involving a Russian bank and seeking damages of $21.6 million in Gennady Anatolievich Kochkalda, Andrei Vladislavovich Tokarev, Zhanneta Levievna Isakova, Oleg Olegovich Sultanbekov, Mikhail Vicheslavovich Malykhin, Elena Mikhailovna Kazakova, Alexandr Ivanovich Romannikov, Sergey Valentinovich Gorbachev, Leonid Pavlovich Ranchinskiy, Irina Stanislovna Danilova, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Zaikin, Sergey Stansilavovich Drachev, Nataliya Veniaminovna Milova, Tatiana Alexandrovna Belikova, Olga Valentinovna Bukharina, Evgeny Yurievich Atamanov, Oleg Stanislavovich Poltarukha, Evgeny Vladimirovich Trukhin, Yuri Aleksandrovich Sitkov, Alexey Vladimirovich Sobolev, Vladimir Anatolyevich Savelyev, Vladislav Nikolaevich Nazarenko, Evgeny Leonidovich Isaev, Georgiy Zhorzhevich Romanov, and Ramil Rashidovich Khusainov, all described as "depositors with a Russian bank" v. Dmitri Ananyev, Alexei Ananyev, Peters International (Cayman) Ltd., of the Cayman Islands; Peters International Investment N.V., of Curaçao; Promsvyaz Capital B.V., of the Netherlands; Postscriptum Capital Ltd., of Cyprus, and Fintailor Investment Limited, of Cyprus, at the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York.

Application by Distribuidora Domo SA de CV, described as "a Mexican company that distributed Miller beer until 2017", to take discovery from Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc. for use in legal proceedings in Mexico, filed at the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware.

Application by Novalpina Capital Partners I GP Sàrl, of Luxembourg, to take discovery from Treo Asset Management LLC, formerly known as BRG Asset Management LLC; Finbarr O'Connor, Gavin Farrell, and Jeffrey Dunn for use in legal proceedings in Luxembourg, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Mihails Ulmans to take discovery from Citibank N.A. and Wells Fargo Bank N.A. for use in criminal proceedings in Latvia, where Ulmans is in custody in connection with the murder of insolvency administrator and lawyer Mārtiņš Bunkus, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Mihails Ulmans for judicial assistance "to facilitate the issuance of subpoenas and the gathering of testimony and documentary evidence from David Merkel and Summit International Advisors, LLC" for use in criminal proceedings in Latvia, where Ulmans is in custody in connection with the murder of insolvency administrator and lawyer Mārtiņš Bunkus, filed at the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona.

Application by Dailane Investments Limited, of Cyprus, and Michael Maillis to take discovery from H.I.G. Capital LLC, Sami Mnaymneh, and Anthony Tamer for use in legal proceedings in Luxembourg "against H.I.G. Luxembourg Holdings 47 S.à r.l., a Luxembourg entity owned and controlled by respondent H.I.G. Capital, L.L.C., a global private equity firm headquartered in Miami, Florida" regarding "the sale of companies within the Maillis Group, a leading packaging conglomerate", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Petition to Recognize and Enforce Foreign Arbitration Award totaling $40.7 million in Equipav S.A. Pavimentação, Engenharia e Comercio Ltda., of São Paulo, Brazil v. Silmar Roberto Bertin, described as "a citizen of Brazil, a business mogul, and is among the richest individuals in Brazil" who "has engaged in a decades-long scheme to evade contractual, judicial, and tax liabilities" that involved using "complex schemes to remove his assets from Brazil and conceal them in US bank accounts, shell corporations and pretextual foreign investments", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by China Medical Technologies Inc. (in Liquidation), described as a Cayman Islands-domiciled "holding company of a group of companies incorporated in Hong Kong, Mainland China, the British Virgin Islands and Singapore", and CMED Technologies Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands, to take discovery from KPMG LLP for use in legal prceddings in Hong Kong, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Makhpal Karibzhanova, described as "a citizen of Kazakhstan and is the former wife of a wealthy and politically-connected Kazakh businessman, Aidan Karibzhanov" whose "wealth is held in offshore structures and through nominee ownership around the world, making it necessary to gather evidence from a number of countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, the United Arab Emirates, and Singapore, as well as Kazakhstan and a number of offshore jurisdictions", including the British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Hong Kong, and Singapore, to take discovery from Mubadala Fund, Extell Developrnent, Edward Mermelstein, One and Only Realty, Eduard Ogai, Credit Suisse, American Express and others for use in legal proceedings in Kazakhstan, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Application by Makhpal Karibzhanova, who "is a citizen of Kazakhstan and is the former wife of a wealthy and politically-connected Kazakh businessman, Aidan Karibzhanov", for an order of judicial assistance "to obtain testimony and documentary evidence to assist in discovery for use in prospective Kazakhstan civil proceedings" involving her former husband, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Motion For Summary Judgment in Lieu of Complaint to enforce a judgment in the amount of QAR200 million ($54.9 million) regarding an investigation into "market misconduct" in Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority v. First Abu Dhabi Bank at the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York.

Petition to Recognize and Enforce $11 Million Arbitration Award in Super Perfect Investments Ltd., of Hong Kong v. Agroinvestbank OJSC, of the Republic of Tajikistan, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Fabio Roberto Baumfeld Isaack to take discovery from BGC Partners, Inc. for use in civil, criminal, and labor proceedings in Brazil, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.