Angola

Fixed Date Claim Form regarding AFS Capital Holdings in Amicorp B.V.I. Limited v. The Registrar of Corporate Affairs at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Letter from Peter Baker, a partner with law firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan UK LLP, of London, England, on behalf of its client, Jean-Claude Bastos de Morais, a Swiss-Angolan businessman, requesting the removal from OffshoreAlert's website of a disqualification notice against Bastos de Morais that was published by the Mauritius Financial Services Commission on August 26th, 2020, falsely claiming that OffshoreAlert had not published the subsequent cancellation of the disqualification, even though we actually published it on October 2nd, 2020 - a mere one day after it was first published by the MFSC, and cross-linking it to the disqualification notice, no less.

Stop Notice by Wilmington Trust (London) Limited regarding one share in Shelf Drilling (Angola) Limited registered in the name of Shelf Drilling Offshore Holdings Limited, filed at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Petition for Court Supervision of a Voluntary Liquidation in the matter of WM-DC Resources Limited (in Voluntary Liquidation) at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Complaint alleging "simple breach of contract action for unpaid work and supplies" in Aenergy SA, described as "a Portuguese-shareholder-owned corporation constituted under the laws of the Republic of Angola in 2012" v. Republic of Angola, Ministry of Energy and Water of the Republic of Angola, Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Angola, Empresa Pública de Produção de Electricidade EP, and Empresa Nacional de Distribuição de Electricidade at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Public Notice by the Mauritius Financial Services Commission that it has revoked "the Management License and the Approval to act as Captive Insurance Agent" of Taysun Corporate Services Ltd. for regulatory breaches. Editor's Note: Research by OffshoreAlert at the Mauritius Corporate and Business Registration Department showed that Taysun Corporate Services Ltd. was incorporated in Mauritius on February 11th, 2010, its sole director is Sundara Rajen Sooben and its sole shareholder is Álvaro de Oliveira Madaleno Sobrinho, of Angola.

Stop Notice by Wilmington Trust N.A., of Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, regarding one share in Shelf Drilling (Angola) Limited registered to Shelf Drilling Offshore Holdings Limited, filed at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Judgment for failing to comply with money laundering laws involving the proceeds of corruption in Angola in The Attorney General of Jersey, in the Channel Islands v. LGL Trustees Limited at the Royal Court of Jersey. Editor's Note: Research by OffshoreAlert in the Jersey Financial Services Commission's Companies Registry showed that, when the accounts for Angola were set up in 2010/2011, the shareholders of LGL Trustees Limited were Owen Francis Lynch, Leslie Norman, Malcolm John Le Boutillier, Anthony Paul del Amo, and Adam Justin Clarke, all of Jersey. The company is currently owned by another Jersey firm, LGL Holdings Limited, whose shareholders in its 2020 annual return were identified as Owen Lynch, Leslie Norman, John Edward Pirouet, Anthony Arthur Pitcher, Alan Padraig Dunphy, Paul Steven Charles Tomlinson, Francis Dickson Christie, Spencer John Daley, Ian Colin James, and Liberation EBT Limited, as Trustee of the LGL Group Employee Benefits Trust, all of Jersey.

Sentencing for failing to comply with money laundering laws involving the proceeds of corruption in Angola in The Attorney General of Jersey, in the Channel Islands v. LGL Trustees Limited at the Royal Court of Jersey. Editor's Note: Research by OffshoreAlert in the Jersey Financial Services Commission's Companies Registry showed that, when the accounts for Angola were set up in 2010/2011, the shareholders of LGL Trustees Limited were Owen Francis Lynch, Leslie Norman, Malcolm John Le Boutillier, Anthony Paul del Amo, and Adam Justin Clarke, all of Jersey. The company is currently owned by another Jersey firm, LGL Holdings Limited, whose shareholders in its 2020 annual return were identified as Owen Lynch, Leslie Norman, John Edward Pirouet, Anthony Arthur Pitcher, Alan Padraig Dunphy, Paul Steven Charles Tomlinson, Francis Dickson Christie, Spencer John Daley, Ian Colin James, and Liberation EBT Limited, as Trustee of the LGL Group Employee Benefits Trust, all of Jersey.

Chapter 11 petitions by companies in Angola, Bermuda, Brazil, Canada, Hong Kong, Hungary, Liberia, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Nigeria, Singapore, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, and the United States, specifically Seadrill Limited, Seadrill Limited, Asia Offshore Drilling Limited, Asia Offshore Rig 1 Limited, Asia Offshore Rig 2 Limited, Asia Offshore Rig 3 Limited, Eastern Drilling AS, North Atlantic Alpha Ltd., North Atlantic Elara Ltd., North Atlantic Epsilon Ltd., North Atlantic Linus Charterer Ltd., North Atlantic Navigator Ltd., North Atlantic Phoenix Ltd., North Atlantic Venture Ltd., Scorpion Courageous Ltd., Scorpion Deepwater B.V., Scorpion Deepwater Ltd., Scorpion Drilling Ltd., Scorpion Freedom Ltd., Scorpion International Ltd., Scorpion Nederlandse B.V., Scorpion Offshore Inc., Scorpion Resolute Ltd., Scorpion Rigs Ltd., Scorpion Servicos Offshore Ltda, Scorpion USA Expats, Inc., Scorpion Vigilant Ltd., SDS Drilling Ltd., Sea Dragon de Mexico S de R.L. de CV, Seadrill Abu Dhabi Operations Limited, Seadrill Americas, Inc., Seadrill Angola LDA, Seadrill Ariel Ltd., Seadrill Australia Pte Ltd., Seadrill Brunei Ltd., Seadrill Callisto Ltd., Seadrill Carina Ltd., Seadrill Castor Ltd., Seadrill Castor Pte Ltd., Seadrill Common Holdings Ltd., Seadrill Cressida Ltd., Seadrill Deepwater Charterer Ltd., Seadrill Deepwater Contracting Ltd., Seadrill Deepwater Crewing Ltd., Seadrill Deepwater Holdings Ltd., Seadrill Deepwater Units Pte Ltd., Seadrill Dione Ltd., Seadrill Eclipse Ltd., Seadrill Eminence Ltd., Seadrill Equatorial Guinea Ltd., Seadrill Europe Management AS, Seadrill Far East Limited, Seadrill Freedom Ltd., Seadrill GCC Operations Ltd., Seadrill Gemini Ltd., Seadrill Global Services Ltd., Seadrill Gulf Operations Neptune LLC, Seadrill Holdings Singapore Pte Ltd., Seadrill Hyperion Ltd., Seadrill Indonesia Ltd., Seadrill Insurance Ltd., Seadrill International Resourcing DMCC, Seadrill Investment Holding Company Limited, Seadrill Jack Up Holding Ltd., Seadrill Jack Up I B.V., Seadrill Jack Up II B.V., Seadrill Jack-Ups Contracting Ltd., Seadrill Jupiter Ltd., Seadrill Labuan Ltd., Seadrill Management (S) Pte Ltd., Seadrill Management AME Ltd., Seadrill Management Ltd., Seadrill Mimas Ltd., Seadrill Mira Hungary Kft., Seadrill Mira Ltd., Seadrill Neptune Hungary Kft., Seadrill Newfoundland Operations Ltd., Seadrill Nigeria Operations Limited, Seadrill North Atlantic Holdings Limited, Seadrill North Sea Crewing Ltd., Seadrill Norway Crew AS, Seadrill Norway Operations Ltd., Seadrill Offshore AS, Seadrill Offshore Malaysia Sdn. Bhd., Seadrill Offshore Nigeria Limited, Seadrill Operations de Mexico S de R.L. de CV, Seadrill Orion Ltd., Seadrill Pegasus (S) Pte Ltd., Seadrill Prospero Ltd., Seadrill Proteus Ltd., Seadrill Rhea Ltd., Seadrill Rig Holding Company Limited, Seadrill Saturn Ltd., Seadrill Saudi I B.V., Seadrill Saudi II B.V., Seadrill Servicos de Petroleos Ltda., Seadrill Sevan Holdings Limited, Seadrill Telesto Ltd., Seadrill Tellus Ltd., Seadrill Tethys Ltd., Seadrill Titan Ltd., Seadrill Titania Sarl, Seadrill Treasury UK Limited, Seadrill Triton Ltd., Seadrill Tucana Ltd., Seadrill UK Ltd., Seadrill UK Operations Ltd., Seadrill UK Support Services Ltd., Seadrill Umbriel Ltd., Sevan Brasil Ltd., Sevan Developer Ltd., Sevan Driller Ltd., Sevan Drilling Limited, Sevan Drilling North America LLC, Sevan Drilling Pte Ltd., Sevan Drilling Rig II AS, Sevan Drilling Rig II Pte Ltd., Sevan Drilling Rig IX Pte Ltd., Sevan Drilling Rig V Pte Ltd., Sevan Louisiana Hungary Kft., and Sevan Marine Servicos de Perfuracao Ltda at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.

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Public Notice by the Mauritius Financial Services Commission that the corporate disqualification of Jean-Claude Bastos, a Swiss-Angolan businessman, "has been cancelled on the 22nd September 2020 by the Financial Services Review Panel" and that the FSC "being dissatisfied" with the FSRP's decision "has decided to apply to the Supreme Court for a judicial review".

Public Notice by the Mauritius Financial Services Commission that it has disqualified Jean-Claude Bastos, a Swiss-Angolan businessman, from being an officer for five years.

Banco Nacional de Angola, which is the African country's government-owned central bank, has accused two Cayman Islands investment funds - Quantum Global Opportunities Fund SP and Refund Emerging Market Fund SP - of misappropriating $25 million.

Petition by Banco Nacional de Angola, described as "the central bank of Angola" and "owned by the Angolan government", to have receivers appointed for Quantum Global Opportunities Fund SP and Refund Emerging Market Fund SP, described as segregated portfolios of Simplon Capital Ltd. SPC, regarding the alleged misappropriation of $25 million, filed at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Complaint regarding "an egregious series of computer hacking activities committed by Angola over an eighteen-month period, resulting in the interception and conversion of AFGC's attorney-client communications from AFGC's computer server located in the United States" in Africa Growth Corporation, of Nevada v. Republic of Angola at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Application by SPS Corp I - Fundo de Investimento em Direitos Creditórios Não Padronizados, described as "a Brazilian special purpose fund owned by passive investors and exclusively managed by the company SPS Capital Gestão de Recursos Ltda.", to take discovery from Citibank, N.A., The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, Société Générale, HSBC Bank USA, N.A., BNP Paribas USA, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Barclays Bank, Bank of America, N.A., Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., The Clearing House Payments Company LLC, The Claridge's Company LLC, Manhattan Skyline Management Corp., Gabrielle Miranda Fischer, LIM College, Katherine Holman, Humphrey Willard, Andrew M. Klinger, Langen & Langen, P.A., Katz & Matz, P.C., and Tellulah LLC for use in legal proceedings in São Paulo, Brazil involving Eduardo Fischer, described as "a well-known figure of the Brazilian advertising industry" who is suspected of "concealing his assets to defraud his creditors" using entities in Angola, Argentina, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Colombia, Delaware, Florida, and Portugal, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Judgment regarding an application to enforce a $646 million arbitration award in PT Ventures SGPS SA, of Portugal v. Vidatel Ltd., a British Virgin Islands firm "owned by Ms. Isabel dos Santos ... daughter of a former president of Angola and ... reputed to be the richest woman in Africa", at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Application by Aenergy SA to take discovery from General Electric Company for use in legal proceedings in Angola, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by ALROSA, a Russian diamond-mining company, to take discovery from Bank of America, Bank of New York Mellon, Capital One NA, Capital One Bank (USA) NA, Citibank NA, Commerzbank NA, Deutsche Bank, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, HSBC Bank USA NA, JPMorgan Chase NA, Wells Fargo NA, PNC Bank NA, Standard Chartered Bank, Barclays Bank PLC, BNP Paribas SA, and UBS AG for use in contemplated legal proceedings in Angola or the United Kingdom against former or current executives of Catoca Ltd., a diamond-mining company in Angola, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Public Notice by the Mauritius Financial Services Commission regarding QG African Infrastructure 1 LP.

Public Notice by the Mauritius Financial Services Commission regarding QG Africa Timber LP.

Public Notice by the Mauritius Financial Services Commission regarding QG Africa Mining LP.

Public Notice by the Mauritius Financial Services Commission regarding QG Africa Mezzanine LP.

Public Notice by the Mauritius Financial Services Commission regarding QG Africa Hotel LP.

Public Notice by Mauritius Financial Services Commission regarding QG Africa Healthcare LP.

Public Notice by the Mauritius Financial Services Commission regarding QG Africa Agriculture LP.

Public Notice by the Mauritius Financial Services Commission regarding Alvaro Sobrinho Africa Ltd.

Originating Application In the Matter of Chicota Holdings Limited at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Claim Form in Hull Blyth Angola Limited and HBA Viagens e Turismo Limitada v. Searex X Ltd. at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

A breakdown by jurisdiction and amounts of accounts held at Stanford International Bank.