Category: Press

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Originally posted on Reuters DUBAI/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Phoenix Commodities Pvt Ltd, a trader of agricultural products with offices in Dubai and Singapore, is being liquidated after amassing more than $400 million in potential trading losses, according a document prepared by the liquidators seen by Reuters. The business, founded 20 years ago, grew into a company […]

Originally posted on Forbes.com It is 9 am on a Saturday morning at Hurley’s supermarket in Grand Cayman and there is no hint of “business as usual”. Members of the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service are manning the supermarket entrance, while security guards spray shoppers’ hands with antibacterial fluid. Winding dividers direct hundreds of compliant […]