Diamond McCarthy

Application by Energía Costa Azul, S. de R.L. de C.V., of Mexico, to take discovery from Shell Energy North America (US) L.P., Shell NA LNG LLC, Shell USA, Inc., Shell Trading (US) Company, and Gazprom Marketing & Trading U.S.A. Inc. for use in legal proceedings in Mexico and the Netherlands, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Complaint alleging "a spectacular multi-year fraud" by Direct Lending Income Fund LP in Bradley D. Sharp, as the Permanent Receiver for the Estate of Direct Lending Income Fund LP v. EisnerAmper LLP at the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York.

Complaint to avoid a "fraudulent transfer" of $49.7 million regarding an allegedly fraudulent investment schemes involving, inter alia, funds in the Cayman Islands, Delaware, and Nevada in Bradley D. Sharp, as the Permanent Receiver for the Estate of Direct Lending Investments LLC, Direct Lending Income Fund LP, Direct Lending Income Feeder Fund Ltd., DLI Capital Inc., DLI Lending Agent LLC, and DLI Assets Bravo LLC and their successors, subsidiaries and affiliated entities v. Daishin Securities Co. Ltd., of South Korea, at the U. S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Application by Patokh Chodiev, described as a "successful international businessperson and philanthropist" and director of "Eurasian Resources Group" with a residence in London who is "originally from Uzbekistan" but also a citizen of Russia and Belgium, to take discovery from Refinitiv US LLC and Thomson Reuters Holdings Inc. for use in "contemplated English court proceedings" against Refinitiv Limited "arising from its publication in its commercial product, the World-Check Risk Intelligence Service database, of a poorly supported and damaging report on Mr. Chodiev that has harmed and continues to harm him", filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Hugh Dickson and Mark McDonald, as Joint Liquidators of Stanford International Bank Limited, of Antigua and Barbuda, to take discovery from Joel Landis, a former employee of JPMorgan Chase, residing in Houston, Texas, for use in legal proceedings in Canada "against TD Bank for negligence, breach of contract, and knowing assistance" regarding a "Ponzi scheme orchestrated by Robert Allen Stanford and his affiliates", filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Complaint alleging professional negligence, gross negligence, aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty, negligent misrepresentation, and breach of contract "for its multiple failures to accurately value the investments" regarding an alleged fraud by Brendan Ross in Bradley C. Sharp, as the Permanent Receiver for the Estate of Direct Lending Investments LLC, Direct Lending Income Fund LP, Direct Lending Income Feeder Fund Ltd., DLI Capital Inc., DLI Lending Agent LLC, and DLI Assets Bravo LLC and their successors, subsidiaries, and affiliated entities, and Bradley D. Sharp and Christopher D. Johnson, as Joint Official Liquidators of Direct Lending Income Feeder Fund Ltd. (in Official Liquidation), of the Cayman Islands v. Duff & Phelps LLC, described as a Delaware company based in New York, at the U. S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Ex Parte Application by Mark McDonald and David Holukoff, as the Joint Official Liquidators of REDS Caribbean Ltd., of Trinidad and Tobago, to take discovery from Robert Holloway, REDS Americas Inc., Lavelle Holdings Inc., BBVA Compass, and Frost Bank regarding REDS Caribbean Ltd., REDS Caribbean (BVI) Ltd., Reds Americas Inc., Michael Robert Charbonne, Tricia Charbonne-Downes, Randall Harford, Dayne Harford, Ryan Harford, Daynco Ltd., Robert Holloway, JUKES Group, Raymond Mark McMillan, Global Insurance Services Ltd., Goliath Offshore Services Ltd., Goliath Offshore Holdings Pte Ltd., Goliath Offshore Pte Ltd., Avant Garde Insurance Services Ltd., Penelope Belmontes, a.k.a. Penelope Rahim; Lavelle Holdings Inc., Sherron Harford, and Hayden Borrell for an investigation into suspected fraud involving companies in the British Virgin Islands, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, and USA, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Application by Mark McDonald and David Holukoff, as Joint Official Liquidators of REDS Caribbean Ltd. to take discovery from RBC Royal Bank regarding individuals and entities in the British Virgin Islands, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, and the United Kingdom for use in legal proceedings in Trinidad and Tobago, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Application by Mark McDonald and David Holukoff, as Joint Official Liquidators of REDS Caribbean Ltd., to take discovery from Wells Fargo Bank, Bank of Baroda, and The Federal Reserve Bank of New York regarding individuals and legal entities in the British Virgin Islands, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, and the United Kingdom for use in legal proceedings in Trinidad and Tobago, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Section 304 Petition for Assistance in Insolvency Proceedings in the Cayman Islands by Gordon MacRae and James Cleaver, as the Foreign Representatives of Bayou Offshore Master Fund Ltd., at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Connecticut.