Bermuda

First Amended Petition to Enforce Arbitral Award that “arises from Bolivia’s nationalization of certain investments made by Glencore in Bolivia” in Glencore Finance (Bermuda) Ltd., described as a Bermuda subsidiary of Jersey, Channel Islands-domiciled, Switzerland-based Glencore Plc v. The Plurinational State of Bolivia at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Class Action Complaint in Paul Glantz v. James River Group Holdings Ltd.,described as "an exempted holding company registered in Bermuda, organized for the purpose of acquiring and managing insurance and reinsurance entities"; Frank N. D'Orazio, and Sarah C. Doran at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Amended Complaint “to recover significant investment losses suffered as a result of securities fraud perpetrated by Defendants” in Orbis Global Equity LE Fund, of Australia; Orbis Global Equity Fund, of Australia; Orbis Global Balanced Fund, of Australia; Orbis SICAV, of Luxembourg; Orbis Institutional Funds Limited, of Bermuda; Orbis Global Equity Fund Limited, of Bermuda; Orbis Institutional Global Equity LP, of Delaware, and Orbis OEIC, of England and Wales v. Vale SA, described as “an international mining company based in Brazil”; Murilo Ferreira, Fabio Schvartsman, Luciano Siani Pires, Gerd Peter Poppinga, and Luiz Eduardo Froes do Amaral Osorio at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Complaint alleging "a breach of contract action arising from Venezuela’s failure to make contractually mandated principal and interest payments on two series of bonds" in John Johnston and Edward Willmott, as Joint Provisional Liquidators on behalf of PDV Insurance Company Ltd., of Bermuda v. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

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.

Petition to Compel Arbitration in GIC Re, India, Corporate Member Limited, described as "an English reinsurance company" v. Tyson International Company Ltd., described as a Bermuda insurer, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Bermuda by Lawrence Hickey, as the Foreign Representative of Digicel International Finance Ltd., Digicel Intermediate Holdings Limited, and Digicel Limited, filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Petition to Enforce Arbitral Award that "arises from Bolivia’s nationalization of certain investments made by Glencore in Bolivia" in Glencore Finance (Bermuda) Ltd., described as a Bermuda subsidiary of Jersey, Channel Islands-domiciled, Switzerland-based Glencore Plc v. The Plurinational State of Bolivia at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in England by Travis Brantley, as the Foreign Representative of CB&I UK Limited, of England; McDermott International Holdings B.V., of the Netherlands, and Lealand Finance Company B.V., of the Netherlands, which "provide engineering, procurement, and construction services under contracts with global customers, including national and integrated international energy companies as well as large-scale producers of petrochemical, electric, and liquefied natural gas facilities", filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Amended Complaint in Gemini Trust Company LLC v. Digital Currency Group Inc. and Barry Silbert at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Bermuda by Lawrence Hickey, as the Foreign Representative of Digicel Group Holdings Ltd., filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint "to recover undisputed amounts of digital assets owed to GGC by DCGI in connection with a loan" in Genesis Global Capital LLC, described as a Delaware company "that provides lending and borrowing services for digital assets and fiat currency" v. DCG International Investments Ltd., described as a Bermuda company "that engages in venture capital investing in the digital currency market", at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Petition to enjoin the respondents "from permitting the Republic of Chad and entities acting at its de facto direction to steal the equivalent of over $151 million held in bank accounts with Citibank’s branch in Gabon, which is controlled by Citibank" in Savannah Midstream Investment Limited, of the Bahamas v. Citibank, N.A. and Citigroup, Inc. at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Four Cayman Islands life settlement investment funds that are part of Bermuda national David Rawson-Mackenzie's Centurion Group have gone into liquidation after their auditor resigned due to "concerns" about how business was being conducted, namely Argent Fund SPC, Defined Return Fund Plc, Life Settlement Strategy Fund SPC, and Defined Returns Partnership LP, three of which appear to have been suspended for over 12 years.

Chapter 11 Petition by Mallinckrodt Plc, Acthar IP Unlimited Company, IMC Exploration Company, Infacare Pharmaceutical Corporation, INO Therapeutics LLC, Ludlow LLC, MAK LLC, Mallinckrodt APAP LLC, Mallinckrodt ARD Finance LLC, Mallinckrodt ARD Holdings Inc., Mallinckrodt ARD Holdings Limited, Mallinckrodt ARD IP Unlimited Company, Mallinckrodt ARD LLC, Mallinckrodt Brand Pharmaceuticals LLC, Mallinckrodt Buckingham Unlimited Company, Mallinckrodt CB LLC, Mallinckrodt Critical Care Finance LLC, Mallinckrodt Enterprises Holdings, Inc., Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC, Mallinckrodt Enterprises UK Limited, Mallinckrodt Equinox Finance LLC, Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc., Mallinckrodt Hospital Products IP Unlimited Company, Mallinckrodt International Finance S.A., Mallinckrodt International Holdings S.à r.l., Mallinckrodt IP Unlimited Company, Mallinckrodt LLC, Mallinckrodt Lux IP S.à r.l., Mallinckrodt Manufacturing LLC, Mallinckrodt Pharma IP Trading Unlimited Company, Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals Ireland Limited, Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals Limited, Mallinckrodt Quincy S.à r.l., Mallinckrodt UK Finance LLP, Mallinckrodt UK Ltd., Mallinckrodt US Holdings LLC, Mallinckrodt US Pool LLC, Mallinckrodt Veterinary, Inc., Mallinckrodt Windsor Ireland Finance Unlimited Company, Mallinckrodt Windsor S.à r.l., MCCH LLC, MEH, Inc., MHP Finance LLC, MKG Medical UK Ltd., MNK 2011 LLC, MUSHI UK Holdings Limited, Ocera Therapeutics, Inc., Petten Holdings Inc., SpecGx Holdings LLC, SpecGx LLC, ST Operations LLC, ST Shared Services LLC, ST US Holdings LLC, ST US Pool LLC, Stratatech Corporation, Sucampo Holdings Inc., Sucampo Pharma Americas LLC, Sucampo Pharmaceuticals LLC, Therakos, Inc., Vtesse LLC, and WebsterGx Holdco LLC at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Bermuda by Michael Morrison and Charles Thresh, as the Foreign Representatives of White Rock Insurance (SAC) Limited, described as "an indirectly controlled subsidiary of Aon Plc, a global professional services firm providing a broad range of services, including insurance and reinsurance brokerage and insurance management services", filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. Editor's Note: The underlying insolvency proceedings are being conducted in secret at Bermuda Supreme Court, in keeping with the Court's policy of concealing negative information about Bermuda businesses from the general public.

Director Details for Defined Return Fund Plc, obtained from the Cayman Islands General Registry on August 25th, 2023.

Director Details for Life Settlement Strategy Fund SPC, obtained from the Cayman Islands General Registry on August 25th, 2023.

Director Details for Argent Fund SPC, obtained from the Cayman Islands General Registry on August 25th, 2023.

Public Notice by the Bermuda Monetary Authority that it has imposed civil penalties totaling $900,000 on insurer Acadia Life Limited for regulatory breaches.

Petition for Court Supervision of a Voluntary Liquidation in the matter of Life Settlement Strategy Fund SPC (in Voluntary Liquidation) at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Public Notice by the Bermuda Monetary Authority that it has imposed a fine of $100,000 on Acadia Life International Limited for regulatory breaches.

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.

Petition seeking "an injunction freezing the assets of Respondents Vesttoo Ltd. and its subsidiaries ... pending arbitrations of White Rock’s claims against Vesttoo, stemming from an apparent large-scale fraud scheme surrounding letters of credit" in White Rock Insurance (SAC) Ltd., described as "a Bermuda exempted segregated accounts company" v. Vesttoo Ltd., described as "a privately-held company registered under the laws of Israel", and its subsidiaries, Vesttoo Bay XIV, L.P., Vesttoo Bay XV, L.P., Vesttoo Bay XVII, L.P., Vesttoo Bay XIX, L.P., Vesttoo Bay XX, L.P., Vesttoo Bay XXI, L.P., Vesttoo Bay XXII, L.P., Vesttoo Bay XXIV, L.P., Vesttoo Bay XXV, L.P., Vesttoo Bay 101, L.P., Vesttoo Bay 102, L.P., Vesttoo Partners 103, L.P., all of Israel; Vesttoo Asset Management LLC, Vesttoo Reinsurance Intermediary Services Inc., Vesttoo RT SPV LLC, Vesttoo Securities (USA) LLC, Vesttoo SPV Holdings LLC, Vesttoo US Inc., all of Delaware, USA, and Vesttoo Reinsurance Intermediary Services Inc., of New York, USA, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint for Interpleader regarding "the multiple insureds’ competing claims to limited proceeds under the Hiscox Policy in connection with the collapse of FTX Trading Ltd. and related entities" in Hiscox Syndicates Limited, of England v. Paper Bird Inc., Samuel Bankman-Fried, Nishad Singh, Ramnik Arora, Claire Watanabe, Howard Andrew Fisher, Amy Wu, Zixiao (Gary) Wang, Ryan Salame, Can Sun, Constance Zhe Wang, Luk Wai (Jen) Chan, Natalie Tien, Zane Tackett, Zhongyuan (David) Ma, Daniel Friedberg, Robin Matzke, Patrick Gruhn, Ross Rheingans-Yoo, Nicholas Beckstead, and Jonathan Cheesman at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Complaint in Sean Riley v. Triton International Limited, of Bermuda; Brian M. Sondey, Robert W. Alspaugh, Annabelle Bexiga, Malcom P. Baker, Claude Germain, Kenneth Hanau, John S. Hextall, Terri A. Pizzuto, Niharika Ramdev, Robert I. Rosner, and Simon R. Vernon at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Public Notice that Mathew Clingerman, of Kroll, and Andrew Childe and Richard Lewis, both of FFP, have been appointed as Joint Liquidators of St. John's Trust Company (PVT) Limited at Bermuda Supreme Court.

Public Notice by the Bermuda Monetary Authority that it has petitioned Vesttoo Alpha P&C Ltd. into provisional liquidation at Bermuda Supreme Court.

Petition to Confirm a Foreign Arbitral Award in Vantage Mezzanine Fund II Partnership, acting through Vantage Mezzanine Fund II (Pty) Ltd., of South Africa v. John Eric Kodwo Taylor, described as "an individual of Ghanaian and Maltese nationality", at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

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Complaint in BlockFi International Ltd., of Bermuda v. Vrai Nom Investment Limitede, of Hong Kong, at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey.

First Amended Class Action Complaint in Michael Sizemore v. Changpeng Zhao, Binance Holdings Limited, of the Cayman Islands; BAM Trading Services Inc., of Delaware, USA; BAM Management US Holdings Inc., of Delaware, USA; Binance Holdings (IE) Limited, of Ireland; Binance (Services) Holdings Limited, of Ireland; Paxos Trust Company LLC, of New York, USA; Jimmy Butler, described as "a star basketball player for the Miami Heat", and Ben Armstrong, described as "a YouTuber with more than 1.5 million subscribers to his YouTube page", at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

First Amended Complaint alleging a “scheme to manipulate the public trading of Nano’s stock in violation of U.S. securities laws” by “consortium of hedge fund short-sellers” in Nano Dimension Ltd., described as “an Israel-based manufacturer with operations in Israel, the United States, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Australia” v. Murchinson Ltd., of Canada; EOM Management Ltd., of Bermuda; Nomis Bay Ltd., of Bermuda; BPY Limited, of Bermuda; Anson Advisors Inc., of Canada; Anson Funds Management LP, of Texas, USA; Anson Management GP LLC, of Texas, USA; Boothbay Fund Management LLC, of New York, USA; Boothbay Absolute Return Strategies LP, of Delaware, and Boothbay Diversified Alpha Master Fund LP, of New York, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order regarding an alleged securities fraud in which the defendant raised “more than $35 million” from “at least 321 investors located in 48 states and Bermuda” in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Legend Venture Partners LLC at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint alleging securities fraud in which the defendant raised "more than $35 million" from "at least 321 investors located in 48 states and Bermuda" in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Legend Venture Partners LLC at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Corporate Report for EOM Management Ltd., obtained from Bermuda Registrar of Companies on June 18th, 2023.

Corporate Report for Nomis Bay Ltd., obtained from Bermuda Registrar of Companies on June 18th, 2023.

Director Details for BPY Limited, obtained from Bermuda Registrar of Companies on June 18th, 2023.

Notice of Removal, including a copy of the complaint alleging "an unlawful coordinated scheme by Defendants to harm and ultimately to destroy each of the Plaintiffs, their businesses, and their reputations", in Eletson Holdings Inc., a Liberia company based in Greece; Eletson Finance (US) LLC, of Delaware, and Agathonissos Finance LLC, of the Marshall Islands v. Murchinson Ltd., of Canada; Nomis Bay Ltd., described as a Bermuda mutual fund; BPY Limited, described as a Bermuda mutual fund, and John Does at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Alpine Partners (BVI) L.P., described as "an investment fund incorporated in the British Virgin Islands", to take discovery from Vivek Ramaswamy for an "appraisal proceeding" in Bermuda regarding "the fair value of its shares in Myovant Sciences Limited", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.

Application by Alpine Partners (BVI) LP, of the British Virgin Islands, to take discovery from Sumitovant Biopharma Ltd., Sumitovant Biopharma, Inc., Myrtle Potter, Matthew Gline, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC for use in an "appraisal proceeding" in Bermuda "concerning the take-private merger of Myovant Sciences Ltd.", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Athene Holding Ltd. to take discovery from Ming Dang for use in legal proceedings in Bermuda "against Imran Siddiqui, Stephen Cernich and Caldera Holdings Ltd." for alleged breach of fiduciary duties, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

South Africa's Vantage Mezzanine Fund has applied to collect evidence from banks in the United States for use in legal proceedings in Bermuda, Italy and Malta to collect on a $59 million arbitration award against Ghanaian businessman John E. Taylor, who is Executive Chairman of Internet service provider Surfline Communications.

Application by Vantage Mezzanine Fund II Partnership, described as a South African "investment fund that provides finance to high-risk businesses across Africa and in other developing jurisdictions", to take discovery from The Clearing House Payments Company LLC, Barclays Bank PLC, Citibank N.A., Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, HSBC Bank USA, N.A., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., The Bank of New York Mellon, The Northern Trust Company, f.k.a. The Northern Trust International Banking Corporation; UBS AG, and Wells Fargo Bank N.A. for use in legal proceedings in Bermuda, Italy, and Malta to enforce an arbitration award of US$59.4 million "against Mr. John Eric Kodwo Taylor", who was described as a citizen of Ghana and Malta and "executive chairperson of Surfline Communications Ltd., a Ghanaian company engaged in developing high-speed internet networks in Ghana", at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint in Murchinson Ltd., EOM Management Ltd., Nomis Bay Ltd., of Bermuda, and BPY Limited, of Bermuda v. Nano Dimension Ltd., of Israel; Yoav Stern, Amit Dror, Simon Anthony-Fried, Chianna Caspi, Oded Gera, Roni Kleinfeld, J. Christopher Moran, and Yoav Nissan-Cohen, Igal Rotem at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Judgment for $95 million in Michael Pearson, Andrew Childe and Anna Silver, all of FFP, on behalf of and solely in their capacities as Joint Official Liquidators of Diversified Real Estate Development Ltd. (in Official Liquidation), GMS Global Market Step Up Note Ltd. (in Official Liquidation), Preferred Income Collateralized Interest Ltd. (in Official Liquidation), Sentinel Investment Fund SPC (in Official Liquidation), SG Strategic Income Ltd. (in Official Liquidation), Sports Aficionados Ltd. (in Official Liquidation), Vanguardia Group Inc. (in Official Liquidation), and Michael Pearson, on behalf of and solely in his capacity as Liquidator of Sentinel Mandate and Escrow Ltd. (in Liquidation), Vanguardia Holdings Ltd. (in Liquidation), Spyglass Investment Management Ltd. (in Liquidation), North Pointe Holdings (BVI) Ltd. (in Liquidation), Biscayne Capital Holdings Limited (in Creditor Voluntary Liquidation), and Biscayne Capital (B.V.I.) Ltd. (in Liquidation) v. Deutsche Bank AG, Deutsche Bank Luxembourg S.A., Deutsche Bank Switzerland, and Deutsche Bank Trust Companies Americas at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Originating Application for the appointment of liquidators in Appleby (BVI) Limited v. AF Power Limited at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Aon Insurance Managers in Bermuda is being sued for $2.8 million at federal court in the United States by U.S.-based shareholders who claim their dividends were negligently distributed to hackers posing as them.

Complaint "to recover dividends owned by Plaintiffs that were entrusted to the control and/or custody of Aon for distribution to Plaintiffs located in the United States" but, instead, were allegedly transferred to "accounts controlled by ... Hackers" in Scott A. Crabtree, A. Joseph Wilkins Jr., Timothy Pohanka, The Pohanka Grandchildren's IRR Trust, and The Geoffrey P. Pohanka 2004 Family Trust v. Aon Insurance Managers (Bermuda) Ltd., of Bermuda, and John Does at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

Singapore aircraft owner BOC Aviation has been awarded damages of $406 million against Russian cargo airline AirBridgeCargo Airlines and its Dutch parent, Volga-Dnepr Logistics, for defaulting on leases for three Bermuda-registered Boeing 747s in the aftermath of Russia's invasion of Ukraine last year.