Discovery

Application by Alpine Partners (BVI) L.P. and FourWorld Event Opportunities L.P. to take discovery from Eric Foss for use in "an appraisal proceeding pending before the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands" regarding "the fair value of the shares of the company Diversey Holdings, Ltd.", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

Application by CE Line One Corporation Ltd., formerly known as Five Ocean’s Trading Asia Limited, of Hong Kong, to take discovery from Citigroup Inc. and Jonathan C. Goldstein, P.C. for use in "civil and criminal proceedings to be initiated in England and Wales" against "Jeremy Bennett, a British solicitor; 7 Legal and Finance Limited, a British “national business; and Darren Neil Masters, a financial consultant living in Naples, Florida" regarding an alleged $11.3 million investment fraud, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Refinería de Cartagena S.A.S., of Colombia, to take discovery from Mason Capital Management LLC, described as a New York-based "hedge fund manager", for use in "court-supervised restructuring proceedings" that McDermott International Holdings B.B., formerly Comet II B.V., formerly Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V., and CB&I UK Limited "have initiated in the Netherlands and England", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Adele Zarzur to take discovery from Bank of America N/A, Banco do Brasil Americas, Banco do Brasil S.A., Banco do Brasil Securities LLC, Safra National Bank, Citigroup Inc., Wells Fargo Bank N/A, JP Morgan Private Bank, UBS Financial Services Inc., and American Express Bank International for use in legal proceedings in Brazil regarding allegations that the "administrators of her father’s estate, including the WZ Group, have concealed and siphoned over $40 million worth of assets out of the estate", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Application by DNG FZE, described as a United Arab Emirates-domiciled "online merchant that sells personal electronic goods", to take discovery from Michael Mulanaphy for use in legal proceedings in Singapore against PayPal "to redress PayPal’s unlawful seizure of nearly $1.4 million of DNG’s funds", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by CI Investments Inc., acting in its capacity as manager and trustee for and on behalf of First Asset Morningstar International Value Index ETF, of Canada; Lighthouse Investment Partners LLC, of the USA; The Church of England Pensions Board, as Trustee of The Church Administrators Pension Fund, of England; and Stichting Bedrijfstakpensioenfonds voor de Media PNO, of the Netherlands, to take discovery from Deutsche Bank AG and Deutsche Bank Trust Company of the Americas "for use in litigation against Danske Bank A/S in Copenhagen City Court and the Eastern High Court in Denmark" that are "based on a series of money laundering activities over a nine-year period from 2007 through 2015 by Danske’s Estonian branch", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by 507 Summit LLC and KOA Capital L.P. to take discovery from General Atlantic L.P. for use in legal proceedings in the Cayman Islands "to determine the fair value of Petitioners' Class A ordinary shares in China Index Holdings Limited", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Ernesto Andrade Group to take discovery from Citibank, N.A., The Bank of New York Mellon, Société Générale, New York Branch; HSBC Bank USA, N.A., BNP Paribas USA, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Barclays Bank PLC, Bank of America, N.A., Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., and The Clearing House Payments Company, LLC for use in legal proceedings in Brazil to recover $7,680,184 from Nelson Nogueira Pinheiro that he allegedly "embezzled ... in his role as the former manager of FPB Bank", which is based in Panama, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Travessia Securitizadora de Créditos Financeiros VIII S.A. to take discovery from Vermeil, LLC and Turnberry Village South Tower Condominium Association, Inc. for use in legal proceedings in Brazil involving Homerplast Indústria e Comércio de Plásticos Ltda., Jaime Schreier, his wife Miriam Nigri Schreier, and their son Claudio Schreier, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Application by 507 Summit LLC and KOA Capital L.P. to take discovery from Roth Capital Partners LLC for use in "an appraisal proceeding" in the Cayman Islands "to determine the fair value of Petitioners’ Class A ordinary shares in China Index Holdings Limited", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Application by Alpine Partners (BVI) LP and FourWorld Event Opportunities LP to take discovery from BCPE Diamond Investor, LP, Bain Capital Private Equity, LP, Centerview Partners LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Platinum Equity, LLC, Solenis LLC, and Evercore Group L.L.C. for use in "an appraisal proceeding pending before the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands, to which the Petitioners are parties, which seeks to establish the fair value of the shares of the company Diversey Holdings, Ltd.", filed at the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware.

Application by CT Group Holdings Limited, described as "a private investigative and consulting firm that provided its clients, Alon and Anna Laniado, a report concerning the financial resources of their stepmother, Linda May Laniado", to take discovery from The Clearing House Payments Company LLC and The Federal Reserve Bank of New York for use in legal proceedings in England "concerning the administration of their father and Linda’s late husband’s estate before the Royal Court of Jersey and the Royal Court of Guernsey", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Rafaella Gouveia, as Executor of the Estate of Danielly Gouveia, to take discovery from 2601 Collins Ave Corp., Black Badge, Corp., Axxion Group 21, LLC, and Choi & Menezes LLP "for use in a pending proceeding before the Brazil Succession Court, which is conducting an inventory and appraisal of the assets belonging to the Estate of Carlos Alberto de Olivera Andrade, with the goal of achieving proper distribution of the inheritance assets pursuant to Brazilian succession law", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Application by Oasis Core Investments Fund Ltd. to take discovery from Brookfield Infrastructure Corporation, Brookfield Infrastructure Fund V-A, L.P., Brookfield Infrastructure Fund V-B, L.P., Brookfield Infrastructure Fund V-C, L.P., and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC for use in "an appraisal proceeding pending before the Supreme Court of Bermuda concerning the take-private merger of Triton International Limited", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by ArcelorMittal Holdings AG to take discovery from Reibus International Inc., Reibus Logistics LLC, and Reibus Financial LLC for use in legal proceedings in England and Singapore "to enforce an arbitral award in ArcelorMittal’s favor in the amount of €140 million, plus interest" against Liberty Steel East Europe Limited and Liberty House Group Pte Limited, which are "part of the GFG Alliance, an opaque, complicated, and ever-shifting web of companies that moves assets in and out of Alliance companies as and when it suits Mr. Sanjeev Gupta, who appears to sit at the helm of the Alliance", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.

Application by Banco Votorantim S.A. to take discovery from The Clearing House Payments Company L.L.C., Bank of America, N.A., The Bank of New York Mellon, BNP Paribas USA, Citibank, N.A., Commerzbank AG, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, HSBC Bank USA, N.A., Bank of Nova Scotia, Barclays Bank PLC, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Société Générale, Standard Chartered Bank, UBS AG, and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. "for use in an ongoing civil proceeding that Applicant filed against the judgment debtors Credz S.A. Instituição de Pagamento, JJLF Empreendimentos Imobiliarios e Participacoes Ltda., JJLF Participações Financeiras Ltda., Elenir Elias Zogbi, Fabio Joao Zogbi, Lais Helena Zogbi Porto, Joao Antonio Zogbi Filho in Brazil to enforce the BRL 81 million (approximately USD 16 million) money judgment that Applicant owns against the Foreign Judgment Debtors", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Sindicato das Empresas de Transport de Passageiros do Estado de São Paulo to take discovery from SoftBank Latin America Fund "in connection with SoftBank LA’s provision of financing to Buser Brasil Tecnologia Ltda., a Brazilian company, for use in prospective litigation in Brazil", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Application by Sandoz Canada Inc. to take discovery from Susan D. Demo for use in legal proceedings in Canada, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Respondent Bard Jafar's Notice of Motion to Quash Ex Parte Subpoenas in GHF General Partner Limited and The GHF Group Limited, both of the Cayman Islands v. Badr Jafar, described as "a businessman, philanthropist, and social entrepreneur who resides and works in the UAE", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Alto Proprietary Ltd. to take discovery from General Motors Company for use in legal proceedings in Australia against "General Motors Australia and New Zealand Pty Ltd., General Motors Holden Australia NSC Pty Ltd., and Mark Bernhard", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.

Application by Oksana Kiritchenko to take discovery from Citicorp North America, Inc., U.S. Bancorp., J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, Bank of America, Pacific Western Bank, LogiX Federal Credit Union, Wells Fargo Bank, and Richard Ploesch for use in legal proceedings in Bulgaria, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Application by QIC Ltd., described as "a governmental entity wholly owned by the Australian State of Queensland", to take discovery from Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch and Deutsche Bank Trust Company of the Americas for use in legal proceedings in Denmark "against Danske Bank A/S" by "over 300 claimants" who allegedly suffered investment losses of "around $1 billion" due to "a series of money laundering activities over a nine-year period from 2007 through 2015 by Danske’s Estonian branch, which has been referred to as the largest money laundering scandal in world history", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Dural Beteilgungs GmbH to take discovery from Demplex Profiles Inc. for use in legal proceedings in Germany, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Application by GHF General Partner Limited and The GHF Group Limited, both of the Cayman Islands, to take discovery from Badr Jafar, of the United Arab Emirates, for use in legal proceedings in the Cayman Islands, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by LITASCO S.A. to take discovery from The Clearing House Payments Company LLC, Citibank N.A.; Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas; Standard Chartered Bank; HSBC Bank USA, N.A., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., The Bank of New York Mellon, Wells Fargo Bank N.A., Barclays Bank PLC, United Bank for Africa, America, Société Générale North America, SG Americas Securities Holdings, LLC, and BNP Paribas USA, Inc. for legal proceedings in England "against Der Mond Oil and Gas Africa SA and Locafrique Holding SA", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by TIGER Overseas Holding GmbH, of Austria, to take discovery from Cuong Chi Tran, a.k.a. Ken Tran, described as a citizen and resident of the United States who is "the sole shareholder and managing director of LK & ACS Limited, a company registered in the British Virgin Islands", for use in legal proceedings in Vietnam, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Application by Refinería de Cartagena S.A.S., of Colombia, to take discovery from McDermott International Ltd., described as "a global engineering and construction company", for use "in restructuring proceedings recently commenced in the Netherlands and England by two of McDermott’s principal subsidiaries", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Application by 507 Summit LLC, Oasis Focus Fund LP, and Quadre Investments, L.P. to take discovery from Alex Nanyan Zheng for use in an "appraisal proceeding" in the Cayman Islands "in relation to the leveraged take-private merger of 51job, Inc.", filed at the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona.

Application by 507 Summit LLC, Oasis Focus Fund, and Quadre Investments L.P. to take discovery from James Jianzhang Liang for use in "appraisal proceedings pending before the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands in relation to the leveraged take-private merger of 51job, Inc.", described as "a leading provider of human resources services in the People’s Republic of China", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Application by Zheng Jin and Suhao Zhang to take discovery from Seattle Family Regional Center for use in legal proceedings in China "against Shanghai Entry Exit Service Center Co., Ltd." regarding "an immigration agency’s breach of contract with the Applicants in connection with the placement of a real estate investment intended to provide benefits under the EB-5 Immigration Investment Visa Program", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.

Application by Frasers Group Plc, described as "a British retailer group listed on the FTSE-100 (but majority owned by its founder, Mike Ashley)", to take discovery from James Patrick Gorman, described as "Chairman and CEO of Morgan Stanley", for use in legal proceedings in England regarding "a highly unusual US$995 million margin call that Morgan Stanley improperly imposed on Saxo Bank (and passed on to Frasers) in relation to certain options held by Frasers", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Valentina Mata González, Alejandra Mata González, and Maryan Carolina Mata González to take discovery from Prager Metis CPAs, LLC, Zomma Group Management, LLC, Asia Condominium Association, Inc., Ponte S. Trinita Corp., One Tequesta Point Condominium Association, Inc., William J. Segal, P.A., and Hilda Josefina Medrano for use in legal proceedings in Venezuela, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Application by Valentina Mata González, Alejandra Mata González, and Maryan Carolina Mata González to take discovery from Prager Metis CPAs, LLC, Zomma Group Management, LLC, Asia Condominium Association, Inc., Ponte S. Trinita Corp., One Tequesta Point Condominium Association, Inc., William J. Segal, P.A., and Hilda Josefina Medrano for use in legal proceedings in Venezuela regarding the estate of Ricardo Mata Fernández (deceased), filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Application by Alessandro Leonardi, Alessandra Leonardi, and Anna Maria Zoni, described as "Italian residents who have been sued by the Struna Estate in the Court of Bologna, Italy as the surviving heirs (the Leonardis) and widow (Zoni) of Renzo Leonardi", to take discovery from Sotheby's Inc. and Iron Mountain Information Management LLC, d.b.a. Crozier Fine Arts, for use in legal proceedings in Italy regarding "a dispute stemming from a transaction in which the Applicants’ now-deceased patriarch, Renzo Leonardi, purchased a bronze Head of Fernande by Pablo Picasso from the now-deceased William Conrad Struna for $1 million dollars", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by CBS Interactive Inc. and Boxing Acquisition Inc. to take discovery from World Boxing Council, Inc. for use in legal proceedings in England in which "British heavyweight boxer Dillian Whyte has sued the Applicants over two news reports published on the Boxing Scene website in July 2019, which reported on an adverse test result that Whyte received from UK Anti-Doping", 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.

Application by Ai Cheng to take discovery from Bank of America N.A. for use in legal proceedings in China against An Ning, a.k.a. Kelvin An, described as a citizen of China who "is a business-television anchorwoman and entrepreneur", for alleged "financial crimes related to a financial fraud perpetrated against Petitioner", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by HID Textile Services Sàrl, of France, to take discovery from Riccardo Mazzolini for use in "five foreign patent ligations" in France, Germany, and the Netherlands, filed at the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Application by Municipality of Mariana, in Minas Gerais, Brazil, and "approximately 730,000 individuals, businesses, members of the indigenous and Quilombola communities, municipalities, faith-based organizations and utility companies that have suffered losses and damage because of the collapse of the Fundao Dam in Brazil" to take discovery from Margaret Beck for use in legal proceedings in England "against BHP Group Plc and BHP Group Limited", filed at the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona.

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.

Application by the Republic of Kazakhstan to take discovery from GLAS Trust Company LLC "for use in ongoing and anticipated foreign legal proceedings against Anatolie Stati, his son Gabriel Stati, and their companies Ascom Group S.A. and Terra Raf Trans Traiding Ltd." in Belgium, British Virgin Islands, England, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands alleging "a series of complex, multi-faceted fraud schemes engineered by the Statis", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Victor Andrés Vargas Selman, Pablo Patricio Gutierrez Fuentes, and Santorini Capital LLC to take discovery from Merama Holdings LLC and Merama Inc. "for use as evidence in criminal proceedings pending in Chile", filed at the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware.

Application by William Laggner to take discovery from Ricardo Salinas Pliego, described as "the third wealthiest individual in Mexico" who is "the founder and chairman of Grupo Salinas, a corporate conglomerate", for use in legal proceedings in the Cayman Islands involving a petition to wind-up crypto and blockchain firm Uphold Ltd. amid allegations that "Board members Adrian Steckel, James Chen, and former Uphold CEOs J.P. Thieriot, Anthony Watson, and Tim Parsa, in concert with Salinas, engaged in a series of unlawful and self-enriching transactions to the detriment of the Company and other shareholders", filed at the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado.

Application by Lukoil Benelux B.V., of Luxembourg, to take discovery from The Clearing House Payments Company L.L.C., Bank of America N.A., Citibank N.A., Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, Standard Chartered Bank, HSBC Bank USA, N.A., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., The Bank of New York Mellon, Wells Fargo Bank N.A., Santander Bank, N.A., and Credit Agricole CIB for use in legal proceedings in England "against Oil Distribution Terminals S.L., Biomar Oil S.L., Buran Energy S.A., Corporacion Financiera Kleber Iberica S.L., Mr Tirso-Jose-Maria Tomas Herrero and Mr Juan Antonio Molina Garcia", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Atiku Abubakar, described as "a prominent businessman and politician in Nigeria", to take discovery from Chicago State University for use in legal proceedings in Nigeria against Nigeria's President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, regarding his qualifications and challenging the results of Nigeria's 2023 presidential election, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Application by Veranova Bidco LP, described as "a pharmaceutical company that specializes in manufacturing complex active pharmaceutical ingredients", to take discovery from Ernst & Young LLP for use in legal proceedings in the United Kingdom "filed by Veranova against Johnson Matthey PLC, Johnson Matthey Investments Limited, and Johnson Matthey Incorporated", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Dolores Acevedo, Victoria Acevedo, and Rosario Acevedo to take discovery from JPMorgan Chase, Banco Santander, Bank of America, and the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication "for use in civil and criminal proceedings in Argentina" alleging the fraudulent concealment of assets belonging to the estate of Jorge Eduardo Acevedo, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Application by RH2 Participações Societárias Ltda., of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, to take discovery from Koliver & Co. LLC and Edward Koliver for use in legal proceedings in Brazil brought against the applicant by "Koliver & Co. LLC and its Brazilian subsidiary, Koliver Consultoria e Participações Ltda.", filed at the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Motion to Comply with Subpoena in Ilan Shor, described as "a prominent businessman and politician in Moldova" v. Matei Dohotaru for use in Ilan Shor's appeal after being "tried and convicted of various offenses connected to the disappearance of $1 billion from three Moldovan banks in 2014", filed at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Application by Yamada Denki Co., Ltd. to take discovery from Edmundo Pardo Rudi, d.b.a. Solomon Trust, for use in legal proceedings in Japan to collect on an alleged JPY 600 million judgment against Global Link Co., Ltd., filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California.