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Jonathan Ong approved as a Licensed Insolvency Practitioner in Singapore
Jonathan, Director of KRyS Global’s Singapore Office has been approved by the Ministry of Law as a Licensed Insolvency Practitioner in Singapore under Part 3 Division 3 of the Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018 (Act 40 of 2018) (“IRDA”). The approval as a licensed Insolvency Practitioner permits the license holder to undertake insolvency appointments […]
read moreBVI Constructive Trust Claims: Are they Avoidance Claims?
The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the S.D.N.Y. provided further clarity in the Fairfield Sentry litigation on whether foreign constructive trust claims are avoidance claims in assessing the applicability of Sections 546(e) and 561(d), the U.S. bankruptcy safe harbor laws which generally immunizes securities transactions from bankruptcy avoidance actions. Judge Stuart M. Bernstein — in one […]
read moreSafe Harbor Bars Foreign Liquidators from Recovering Money Stolen in the U.S.
Originally posted on ABI.org Another opinion shows that Congress wrote Section 546(e) in a manner that goes far beyond protecting the securities markets in the U.S. Congress gave us a statute that allows fraudsters to launder stolen money in the U.S. through foreign banks, as revealed in an opinion by retiring Manhattan Bankruptcy Judge Stuart […]
read moreFairfield Liquidators Obtain Clarity on Claw-Back Claims in the U.S.
The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the S.D.N.Y. provided clarity in the Fairfield Sentry litigation on the implication of Sections 546(e) and 561(d), U.S. bankruptcy safe harbor laws, on foreign claw-back claims. Judge Stuart M. Bernstein — who retired on September 30, 2020 but is currently serving on recall through early next year — authored the […]
read moreNew law paves way for contingency fees, litigation funding
Originally posted on the Cayman Compass In an effort to provide Cayman Islands residents with limited financial means with better access to the courts and compensation in civil litigation, Parliament passed the Private Funding of Legal Services Bill 2020 on Monday. The new law allows for both US-style contingency fees, in which successful lawyers are […]
read moreFairfield Liquidator Seeks Billions From Swiss Banks
Originally posted on FiNews.Asia The specter of Bernie Madoff still hangs over Swiss banks 12 years after his Ponzi scheme collapsed. An American liquidator is looking for massive sums from 15 Swiss banks. Even Swiss exchange operator SIX pops up on the list that Krys Global, a Cayman Islands firm specialized in liquidations and resolving disputes linked to fraud, […]
read moreKrys Welcomes Neil Dempsey to Cayman Office
KRyS Global is delighted to announce the joining of Neil Dempsey to their Cayman office in the position of Director. As a licensed UK Insolvency Practitioner, Neil has spent over 20 years in the insolvency and restructuring area, working in a wide range of sectors, and gaining broad experience working for a smaller local accountancy […]
read moreHarris Appointed to Insolvency Rules Committee
Andrea Harris, Director of KRyS Global Guernsey, has been appointed as a member of the Insolvency Rules Committee. Andrea’s appointment is recognition of her technical knowledge of Guernsey Insolvency law and her vast experience in the Guernsey insolvency and restructuring market, including administration, liquidation, regulatory and consulting roles. The appointment has been made by the […]
read moreSupreme Court Lets Madoff Trustee Seek $3 Billion Transferred Abroad
Originally posted on Bloomberg The U.S. Supreme Court let the liquidator of Bernard Madoff’s investment firm press ahead with efforts to recoup $3 billion from European banks and other overseas investors. The justices, without comment on Monday, turned away an appeal by investors led by HSBC Holdings Plc who said trustee Irving Picard was impermissibly […]
read moreKrys Global’s Jonathan Ong Quoted as Insolvency Firms Shore Up Staffing Amid Virus Outbreak
Originally posted in the Singapore Business Times Photo caption: As more businesses buckle under strain amid the virus outbreak, some firms in the professional services are boosting their restructuring and insolvency (R&I) practice with more aggressive hiring. ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI Singapore AS MORE businesses buckle under strain amid the virus outbreak, some firms in […]
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