Joseph Johnson

Application by Vantage Mezzanine Fund II Partnership, acting through Vantage Mezzanine Fund II (Pty) Ltd. to take discovery from The Clearing House Payments Company LLC, Barclays Bank PLC, Citibank N.A., Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, HSBC Bank USA, N.A., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., The Bank of New York Mellon, The Northern Trust Company/The Northern Trust International Banking Corporation, UBS AG, Wells Fargo Bank N.A., Bank of America N.A., and Standard Chartered Bank for use in legal proceedings in Bermuda, England, Ghana, Italy, Malta and Switzerland regarding an attempt to enforce a $59 million arbitration award against Ghana businessman John Eric Kowdo Taylor, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Petition to Confirm a Foreign Arbitral Award in Vantage Mezzanine Fund II Partnership, acting through Vantage Mezzanine Fund II (Pty) Ltd., of South Africa v. John Eric Kodwo Taylor, described as "an individual of Ghanaian and Maltese nationality", at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by New Pax Maritime Ltd., described as a Marshall Islands company based in Hamburg, Germany, to take discovery from JPMorgan Chase Bank NA for use in legal proceedings to enforce an arbitration award of $563,596 against Erna Denizcilik Ve Tic. Ltd. Sti., a.k.a. Erna Shipping & Trading Ltd. Co., of Turkey, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.