Category: Press & Articles

KRyS Expands to Dubai and Appoints Amanda Gore to Lead Office
KRyS Global is delighted to announce it will be expanding with a launch of an office in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) in September 2025. Amanda Gore, a forensic accountant from New Zealand with over 20 years experience in multi-jurisdictional investigations, with proficiency in fraud, cryptocurrency and broader financial crimes, has been appointed to […]
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Safe harbour blocks foreign common law claims in Ch15, Second Circuit affirms
Originally posted on GRR The US Bankruptcy Code’s safe harbour provisions bar foreign common law claims in Chapter 15s, a US appellate court has affirmed, in what lawyers working on a long-running case related to the Madoff fraud tell GRR is a “groundbreaking” decision. On 5 August, the US Court of Appeals for the Second […]
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Madoff Feeder Fund’s $6 Billion Clawback Attempt Shut Down in Appeals Court
Originally posted on the Wall Street Journal An appeals court has blocked liquidators’ yearslong effort to recover about $6 billion from investors who cashed out of a Bernie Madoff feeder fund before the Ponzi scheme collapsed. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled Tuesday that the liquidators of Fairfield Sentry, a British […]
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Sheikh Fights Liability Over Share Transfer At Top UK Court
Originally posted on Law360 An Arab tycoon told Britain’s top court Tuesday that he did not breach a fiduciary duty to his former company by transferring shares out of it after it went into liquidation, because he was no longer director by that point. Sheikh Mohamed bin Issa al Jaber did not owe any fiduciary […]
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BVI strengthened by a second Insolvency Practitioner License
KRyS Global is pleased to announce that Alex Nagy has been granted a license to act as a BVI Insolvency Practitioner. Alex joined the Firm in 2022 from Prague in Czechia, Central Europe, where he was leading Big4 consultancy firms’ forensic teams and also working as a head of compliance and security for a central […]
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Krys FTECH team adds Senior Expertise
KRyS Global USA is pleased to announce that Derek Stegelmeier has been hired as Senior Project Manager in the New York office. Derek joins the firm after having served as Director of Operations for Legal Outsourcing 2.0 and after working for several AmLaw 100 firms. He is a licensed New York attorney who brings more […]
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Heads-Up: James Leda at KRyS Global USA
Originally posted on GRR KRyS Global USA managing director James Leda talks to GRR about the evolution of insolvency regimes and litigation finance, the rising cost of bankruptcy and how practice leaders with “skin in the game” are going to become the portfolio managers of the future. Leda started his career in corporate recovery at […]
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KRyS Recognised By GRR 100 2024
KRyS Global was recently recognized by GRR 100 2024, saying it “stands out as an independent firm specialized in contentious cross border insolvency work and is further distinguished by the quality of its leadership team”. Kenneth Krys, Executive Chairman and Founder, was delighted to receive the accolade. “We have strong, dedicated and passionate professionals, who […]
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LM Fund One liquidators seek Chapter 15 recognition
Originally posted on Global Restructuring Review The Cayman-based joint official liquidators of a bankrupt mutual fund have asked a Florida court to recognise their appointments so they can conduct discovery and take control of assets that may be in the US, five months after they launched proceedings against the fund’s bank in California.On 6 September, […]
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KRYS WELCOMES JOSEPH SITHOLÉ TO LEAD BERMUDA OFFICE
KRyS Global is delighted to announce the enlistment of Joseph Sitholé to lead the Bermuda office. Joe joins the Firm from the picturesque city of Calgary Alberta Canada, where he was a Senior Manager/Vice President with KPMG. Joe is a CPA, a Chartered Insolvency and Restructuring Professional, and a Licensed Insolvency Trustee in Canada. He […]
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