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SEC v. Cyril Cabanes: Complaint (‘$250M Bribery’)

November 20, 2024
Complaint alleging violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Cyril Sebastien Dominique Cabanes, described as a citizen of France residing in Singapore, at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Clifton Bay Investments LLC v. Jean Chalopin et al: Complaint (‘$11.5M Fraudulent Transfer’)

November 8, 2024
Complaint "to recover damages caused by Defendants’ aiding and abetting in breaches of fiduciary duties and corporate waste and to recover fraudulent transfers" in Clifton Bay Investments LLC, f.k.a. Alameda Research Ventures LLC v. Farmington State Corporation, d.b.a. Farmington State Bank, d.b.a. Geniome Bank, f.k.a. Moonstone Bank; FBH Corporation, and Jean Chalopin, who resides in the Bahamas, at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

Afiniti, Ltd.: Chapter 15 Petition (Bermuda)

November 3, 2024
Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Bermuda by Hassan Afzal, as the Foreign Representative of Afiniti, Ltd. (in Provisional Liquidation), described as "the ultimate holding company of 32 companies in the business of applied predictive artificial intelligence" with total liabilities of $580 million, filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

USA v. Gautam Adani et al: Criminal Indictment (‘$265M Bribery & Securities Fraud’)

October 24, 2024
Criminal Indictment alleging bribery and securities fraud in Gautam Adani, Sagar R. Adani, Vneet S. Jaain, Ranjit Gupta, Saurabh Agarwal, Deepak Malhotra, Rupesh Agarwal, all described as citizens and residents of India, and Cyril Cabanes, described as a citizen of Australia residing in France, at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Jean Chalopin et al v. Reno Casimir et al: Complaint (‘$4.1M Fraud’)

October 21, 2024
Complaint alleging a $4.1 million fraud in Jean Chalopin, described as a citizen and resident of the Bahamas, and Gregory Pepin, described as a citizen of France residing in the Cayman Islands v. Reno Casimir and Cougar Falls Management LLC, both of Texas, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Hotel Portfolio II UK Ltd. et al v. Alantra Partners S.A. et al: Discovery Application (England)

October 18, 2024
Application by Hotel Portfolio II UK Limited, of England, and Elizabeth Alexandra Aird-Brown, a.k.a. Libby Aird-Brown, as Liquidator of Hotel Portfolio II UK Limited, to take discovery from Alantra Partners S.A., described as a French "global investment banking, asset management and technology advisory firm"; Natixis North America LLC, of New York, described as "a global multi-services investment banking firm"; Atlantic 57, LLC, described as "a Delaware limited liability company owned mostly, if not entirely, by Arthur P. Becker", and Property Markets Group, Inc., described as "a privately held New York corporation that develops and manages large scale real estate projects in various locations including New York City", for use in legal proceedings in England "against Andrew Joseph Ruhan and Anthony Edward Stevens" alleging "a complex fraud", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

The Family (Global Godfathers) SPC v. Oussama Ammar et al: Order Dismissing Defendants’ Summons (‘Abuse of Process’)

August 16, 2024
Order Striking Out Defendants' Summons as an Abuse of Process and Granting Plaintiff's Summons in The Family (Global Godfathers) SPC, on its own behalf and on behalf of The Family (Freya) SP and The Family (Odin) SP v. Oussama Ammar, of Paris, France; Fabuleo Limited, of Hong Kong, and Aletheis, The First Limited, of Hong Kong, at the Grand Court of the Cayman Island

The Family (Global Godfathers) SPC et al v. Oussama Ammar et al: Judgment (‘Service & Freezing Order’)

August 6, 2024
Judgment regarding "Service out of the jurisdiction-substituted service - worldwide freezing order - caps on legal spending and cross-undertaking in damages - allegations of non-disclosure in relation to full and frank disclosure - transcripts and notes of ex parte hearings – delay - collateral purpose - abuse of process - Overriding Objective - discretion" in The Family (Global Godfathers) SPC, on its own behalf and on behalf of The Family (Freya) SP and The Family (Odin) SP v. Oussama Ammar, of Paris, France; Fabuleo Limited, of Hong Kong, and Aletheis, The First Limited, of Hong Kong, at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Celsius Network LLC et al v. Coinhouse LLC: Complaint (‘$12.1M Preferential Transfers’)

July 8, 2024
Complaint to void and recover “preferential transfers” in Mohsin Y. Meghji, as Litigation Administrator for Celsius Network LLC, Celsius KeyFi LLC, Celsius Lending LLC, Celsius Mining LLC, Celsius Network Inc., Celsius Network Limited, Celsius Networks Lending LLC, Celsius US Holding LLC, GK8 Ltd., GK8 UK Limited, and GK8 USA LLC v. Coinhouse LLC, of France, at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Safe Trust SNC: Public Warning (Switzerland)

June 14, 2024
Public Warning by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority that Safe Trust SNC “is suspected of conducting unauthorised activities in the financial market”.

Vitaly Smagin v. Natalia Tsagolova: Complaint (‘$170M Fraud’)

May 28, 2024
Complaint "to recover more than $170 million" in Vitaly Ivanovich Smagin, described as a "Russian citizen and businessman" residing in Moscow, Russia v. Natalia Nikolaevna Tsagolova, described as a resident of Russia, at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

USA v. Douglas Edelman et al: Criminal Indictment (‘Tax Evasion on $350M of Income’)

May 16, 2024
Criminal Indictment alleging tax evasion on more than $350 million of income received "as a defense contractor during the United States' post-9/11 military efforts in Afghanistan and the Middle East" involving bank accounts and/or companies in Bahamas, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Gibraltar, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, Panama, Singapore, Switzerland, and United Arab Emirates in USA v. Douglas Edelman, described as a citizen of the USA, and Delphine Le Dain, described as a citizen of France who is married to Edelman, both of whom "have lived in recent years in the United Kingdom and Spain, but currently live in Switzerland", at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Patrick McKillen et al v. Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim: Discovery Application (France)

May 6, 2024
Application by Patrick McKillen and Hume Street Management Consultants Limited, both of Ireland, to take discovery from Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber bin Mohammed bin Thani Al Thani, described as "the former Minister for Foreign Affairs in Qatar", for use in legal proceedings in France "related to the development of a luxury hotel at 231, Boulevard Saint-Germain in Paris, France", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

MW Gestion v. Global Cord Blood Corporation et al: Class Action Complaint (‘Securities Fraud’)

April 22, 2024
Class Action Complaint in MW Gestion, described as "an institutional asset manager based in France" v. Global Cord Blood Corporation, described as a Cayman Islands-domiciled, Hong Kong-based company that "provides umbilical cord blood storage and ancillary services in the in the Beijing Municipality, Guangdong Province, and Zhejiang Province of the People’s Republic of China"; Ting Zheng, Bing Chuen, a.k.a. Albert Chen; Yuen Kam, Mark Da-Jian Chen, Jennifer J. Weng, Ken Lu, Jack Chow, Jacky Cheng, Golden Meditech Holdings Limited, of the Cayman Islands; Golden Meditech Stem Cells (BVI) Company Limited, of the British Virgin Islands; GM Precision Medicine (BVI) Limited, of the British Virgin Islands; Golden Meditech Precision Medicine Limited, of Hong Kong; Golden Meditech (BVI) Company Limited, of the British Virgin Islands, and KPMG Huazhen LLP at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Damien Dernoncourt v. Credit Suisse AG et al: Complaint (‘$15M Email Hacking’)

April 11, 2024
Complaint for $15 million alleging "the brazen and flagrantly illegal act of hacking Plaintiff's email account" in Damien Dernoncourt, described as a citizen of France residing in Hong Kong who "is a prominent businessperson and entrepreneur who has found success in various corporate sectors, including the jewelry, fashion, and beauty industries, among others" v. Credit Suisse AG and UBS Group AG, both of Switzerland, at the Superior Court of Washington, King County, USA.

Qatar National Bank et al v. Perles Law Firm, P.C.: Discovery Application (France)

March 14, 2024
Application by Qatar National Bank and Qatar Charity, both of Qatar, described as "the victims of a fraudulent scheme, pursuant to which a certain individual (or individuals) took advantage of a grieving family and, we are advised, their counsel at the Perles Firm by providing them with a forged bank record, which falsely linked QNB and QC to an alleged wire transfer that supposedly facilitated the heinous murder by terrorists of an American journalist, Steven Sotloff", to take discovery from Perles Law Firm, P.C. for use in legal proceedings in France, filed at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

USA v. Dan Rotta: Criminal Complaint (‘Offshore Tax Fraud’)

March 11, 2024
Criminal Complaint alleging the defendant "concealed millions of dollars in assets and income from the IRS in Swiss bank accounts for several decades that he failed to report" involving, inter alia, individuals and entities in Brazil, British Virgin Islands, France, Hong Kong, Romania and Switzerland in USA v. Dan Rotta at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Casino, Guichard-Perrachon S.A. et al: Chapter 15 Petition (France)

February 15, 2024
Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in France by Alexis Ravalais, as the Foreign Representative of Casino, Guichard-Perrachon S.A., Casino Participations France S.A.S., Distribution Casino France S.A.S., Segisor S.A.S., Monoprix S.A.S., Casino Finance S.A., and Quatrim S.A.S., collectively part of "a French retail group that is one of the world’s leading retailers, with over 12,000 stores in France and Latin America", filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Vitaly Smagin v. CMB Monaco et al: Second Amended Complaint (‘$170M Fraud’)

February 9, 2024
Second Amended Complaint in Vitaly Ivanovich Smagin, described as a citizen and resident of Russia v. Compagnie Monégasque de Banque, a.k.a. CMB Bank, of Monaco; Ashot Yegiazaryan, a.k.a. Ashot Egiazaryan, described as "a Russian criminal on the Interpol “Red” list living amongst us in a luxury estate in Beverly Hills as a citizen of California"; Suren Yegiazaryan, a.k.a. Suren Egiazarian; Artem Yegiazaryan, a.k.a. Artem Egiazaryan; Stephan Yegiazaryan, a.k.a. Stephan Egiazaryan; Vitaly Gogokhia, described as a resident of London, England; Natalia Dozortseva, described as a citizen of Russia residing in France; Murielle Jouniaux, described as a resident of France; Alexis Gaston Thielen, described as a resident of Luxembourg; Ratnikov Evgeny Nikolaevich, described as a citizen of Russia who "falsely and fraudulently held himself out to be an impartial Russian bankruptcy officer overseeing Plaintiff’s bankruptcy filing in Russia"; H. Edward Ryals, described as a lawyer residing in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, and Prestige Trust Company, Ltd., described as "a Nevis company" whose "managing director, Stevyn L. Bartlette, is an individual residing in Florida", at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Lara Allen et al v. Airbus Americas: Discovery Application (France)

December 21, 2023
Application by Lara Allen, Rosalie Kondrup, Matthew Bryan, Sidney Ruiz, William Todd Browne, and Laura Jenkins to take discovery from Airbus Americas for use in legal proceedings in France "against La Société Airbus", filed at the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware.

Vitaly Smagin v. CMB Monaco et al: First Amended Complaint (‘$165M Fraud’)

December 4, 2023
First Amended Complaint in Vitaly Ivanovich Smagin, described as a citizen and resident of Russia v. Compagnie Monégasque de Banque, a.k.a. CMB Bank, of Monaco; Ashot Yegiazaryan, a.k.a. Ashot Egiazaryan, described as "a Russian criminal on the Interpol “Red” list living amongst us in a luxury estate in Beverly Hills as a citizen of California"; Suren Yegiazaryan, a.k.a. Suren Egiazarian; Artem Yegiazaryan, a.k.a. Artem Egiazaryan; Stephan Yegiazaryan, a.k.a. Stephan Egiazaryan; Vitaly Gogokhia, described as a resident of London, England; Natalia Dozortseva, described as a citizen of Russia residing in France; Murielle Jouniaux, described as a resident of France; Alexis Gaston Thielen, described as a resident of Luxembourg; Ratnikov Evgeny Nikolaevich, and H. Edward Ryals, described as a lawyer residing in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Mallinckrodt Plc et al: Chapter 11 Petition

August 28, 2023
Chapter 11 Petition by Mallinckrodt Plc, Acthar IP Unlimited Company, IMC Exploration Company, Infacare Pharmaceutical Corporation, INO Therapeutics LLC, Ludlow LLC, MAK LLC, Mallinckrodt APAP LLC, Mallinckrodt ARD Finance LLC, Mallinckrodt ARD Holdings Inc., Mallinckrodt ARD Holdings Limited, Mallinckrodt ARD IP Unlimited Company, Mallinckrodt ARD LLC, Mallinckrodt Brand Pharmaceuticals LLC, Mallinckrodt Buckingham Unlimited Company, Mallinckrodt CB LLC, Mallinckrodt Critical Care Finance LLC, Mallinckrodt Enterprises Holdings, Inc., Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC, Mallinckrodt Enterprises UK Limited, Mallinckrodt Equinox Finance LLC, Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc., Mallinckrodt Hospital Products IP Unlimited Company, Mallinckrodt International Finance S.A., Mallinckrodt International Holdings S.à r.l., Mallinckrodt IP Unlimited Company, Mallinckrodt LLC, Mallinckrodt Lux IP S.à r.l., Mallinckrodt Manufacturing LLC, Mallinckrodt Pharma IP Trading Unlimited Company, Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals Ireland Limited, Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals Limited, Mallinckrodt Quincy S.à r.l., Mallinckrodt UK Finance LLP, Mallinckrodt UK Ltd., Mallinckrodt US Holdings LLC, Mallinckrodt US Pool LLC, Mallinckrodt Veterinary, Inc., Mallinckrodt Windsor Ireland Finance Unlimited Company, Mallinckrodt Windsor S.à r.l., MCCH LLC, MEH, Inc., MHP Finance LLC, MKG Medical UK Ltd., MNK 2011 LLC, MUSHI UK Holdings Limited, Ocera Therapeutics, Inc., Petten Holdings Inc., SpecGx Holdings LLC, SpecGx LLC, ST Operations LLC, ST Shared Services LLC, ST US Holdings LLC, ST US Pool LLC, Stratatech Corporation, Sucampo Holdings Inc., Sucampo Pharma Americas LLC, Sucampo Pharmaceuticals LLC, Therakos, Inc., Vtesse LLC, and WebsterGx Holdco LLC at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

MW Gestion et al v. Golden Meditech Holdings Ltd. et al: Complaint (‘Insiders Stole Hundreds of Millions of Dollars’)

July 25, 2023
Complaint "to recoup the substantial funds - at least hundreds of millions of dollars - that insiders brazenly stole from Global Cord Blood" in MW Gestion and MW Optimum, derivatively and on behalf of nominal defendant Global Cord Blood Corporation, of the Cayman Islands v. Golden Meditech Holdings Limited, of the Cayman Islands; Ting (Tina) Zheng, Albert Chen, Yuen Kam, Mark Da-Jian Chen, Jennifer J. Weng, Ken Lu, Jack Chow, Jacky Cheng, all of Hong Kong; Celenkos Inc., of Delaware; Golden Meditech Stem Cells (BVI) Company Limited, GM Precision Medicine (BVI) Limited, of the British Virgin Islands; Golden Meditech (BVI) Company Limited, all of the British Virgin Islands; Easton Capital Corp., and Redwood Valuation Partners, both of New York, USA, at the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York.

Riverview Energy Corporation v. Bethel Capital Investment Ltd. et al: Complaint (‘Fraud’)

July 18, 2023
Complaint "to remedy the false statements and substantial unmet financial commitments of Bethel Capital Investment and its principal owner, Antoine Ingandu" in Riverview Energy Corporation v. Bethel Capital Investment Ltd., of England; Antoine Ingandu, a citizen of France residing in England; Batsela Asset Management, of France, and Joel Nzali, of France, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Irving Picard v. CACEIS Bank Luxembourg et al: Amended Complaint (‘$111M Transfers’)

June 30, 2023
Amended Complaint "to recover at least $77,633,803 of stolen BLMIS customer property transferred to CACEIS Bank Lux and $33,213,014 of stolen BLMIS customer property transferred to CACEIS Bank France" in Irving H. Picard, as Trustee for the Liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC v. CACEIS Bank Luxembourg, of Luxembourg, and CACEIS Bank, of France, at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Kyma Capital Ltd. et al v. PJT Partners Inc. et al: Discovery Application (France)

June 20, 2023
Application by Kyma Capital Ltd., of England; LMR Multi-Strategy Master Fund Limited, and LMR CCSA Master Fund Limited, both of the Cayman Islands, to take discovery from PJT Partners Inc. and Anchorage Capital Group LLC for use in legal proceedings in France regardeing "various financial restructuring procedures related to Orpea S.A.", filed at the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware.

Brian Abbott et al v. Strongblock et al: Complaint (‘$30M Crypto Fraud’)

May 19, 2023
Complaint by residents of Australia, Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Panama, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, and USA alleging a $30 million crypto securities fraud in Brian Abbott, Ian Abbott, Richard Alleyne, Hamza Alshawabka, Brian Angiuli, Ronnie Arefieg, Justin Arends, Alex Atwood, Margarita Ayrapetyan, Narbik Babakhanian, Victor Omar Baez, Michael Bahra, Julian Bailey, Sirus Bakhtiar, Joan Barnard, Lee Barnett, Kevin Barrera, Chrystel Bassett-Simmonds, Drew Bassler, Alyssa Baum, Eric Bell, Alfonso Beltrame, Ryan Benker, Jason Bicknell, Moe Billah, Catherine Blair, David Blumenthal, Tyler Boardman, Guillaume Bouchard, Christopher Bowerbank, Lorenzo Boyice, William Brachey, Judy Brassfield, Peter Burkhard, Matthew Burton, Roy Cabrera, Anthony Caeton, Jo Ann Cantu, Brent Carr, Michael Carr, Peter Celnicker, James Chatziapostolou, Scott Chesley, Bob Chinn, Richard Christie, Eddie Chung, Dominic Cirigliano, Kevin Clancy, Wendi Cocita, Kris Collins, Ryan Cosenza, Allison Cowart, Patricia Cowart, Michael Coyne, Michael Damian, Tara Daniels, Lorenzo de Leo, Jaymie Deboucherville, Mathew DeCesare, Frank Deh, Harsha Dhananjay, Michelle Diaz, John Dick, Owen Dockham, Adrian Doms, Matthias Doms, Galen Drace, Jason Dunning, Abhishek Dwivedi, Matthew Edwards, Kevin Elrod, Edward Emielita, Joanne Evans, Experience Better Living LLC, Mark Fagan, Brandon Farmer, John Ferrone, FL Landco Investments LLC, Santiago Flores Rabasa, Blake Fosenburg, Mark Foster, James Freitas, Ryan Freyling, Hengyi Gao, Rene Garcia, Kyle Geiger, Alexa Genovas, Michelle Girardi, Augustus Gordon-Davy, Darron Grier, Gary Grimm, Josefina Guanchez, Nicholas Habib, Tomas Hajach, Nathaniel Harder, Garreth Hardy, Norbert Hausmann, Tuan Hoang, Stephen Holley, Gary Hoover Jr., Christopher Hubbard, Kent Hulet, Kenneth Hyer, Joe Izzo, Elliott Jarnutowski, Ryan Jarnutowski, Kashif Jawed, Joshua Jones, Melanie Joscelyne, Bartosz Kalisz, Michael Kay, Nicole Keane, Mathias Köttner, Eugene Kramer, Nicholas Kringas, Novak Krueger, Matthew Lau, Nazareno Leon, Stevie Liddington, David G. Littlechild, Stephen Lockhart, Jack Lyle, Pedro Maia, Marian Majer, Lwok Tin Man, Anthony Maniscalco, Justin Margedant, Maja Markovic, Lee Marks, Saundra Marks, Cassandra Mazur, Paola Mazzoni, Sean McLeod, Cyril Means, Eric Mechler, Robert Medina, Simon Melin, Marschall Meusel, Michelle Mikolis, Kenneth Miller, Sjaak Miltenburg, Abdiweli Mohamed, Daniel Montazem, Bas Mulder, Jeffrey Nakamura, Richard Nappi, Steven Natsios, Lee Newsome, Tuyet Nguyen, Alex Norton, Darren O'Sullivan, Christiana Okhipo, Jonathan Ortega, Hayriye Osman, Keira Palmer, Luciano Parisius, Paul Parratt, Ann Marie Patero, Glen Cameron Patrick, Aaron Patterson, Andrew Persaud, Tracey Phillips, Leandri Pieterse, Jimmy Pineda, Pinegate Investments LLC, Batuhan Potukoglu, Ersan Potukoglu, Steven Pound, Andrea Quigley, James Quigley, Amber Quinton, Juma Rajab, Timea Rajko, Bryce Ralph, Louis Raskin, Erna Reid, Heriberto Reynoso, Maureen Richards, Robert Berry Bankruptcy Estate, Stephen Roberts, Norton Robinson, Massiel Rojas, Mary Rose, Viviana Rozo, Dmitry Rutenberg, John Sahli, Neville Samson, Chad Saunders, Brent Schroeder, Carter Schroeder, Alexander Sergeev, David Shapiro, Bryan Shelton, Ankur Shukla, Michael Simpson, Jason Siruchek, Bernard Smith, Dean Smith, John Sniadecki, Chris Spafford, Devin Spaulding, Sam Stamp, Penny Steele, Justin Sterling, Cosmin Stoian, Kenneth Bryn Swartz, Martyn John Taylor, The Node Estate Pty Ltd., Mitchell Tromp, Yiu Ming Tse, Darren Tsuchiya, Robert Urban, Steven van der Peijl, Jaïr van Eer, Dan Van Zandt, Kasio Varma, Jhovany Leon Vazquez, Sean Villa, Anthony Villani, Aron Walker, Ericka Walker, Paul Walsh, Asiark Washington, Derik Washington, Jeremaine Westerlow, Billy Wynn, Noah Zarnow, Daniel Zureikat, and David Zylberberg v. Strongblock, David Moss, Brian Abramson, Corey Lederer, Konstantin Shkut, and John Does 1-5 at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Venator Materials Plc et al: Chapter 11 Petition

May 14, 2023
Chapter 11 Petition by Venator Materials PLC, of England; Venator Americas Holdings LLC, of Texas, USA; Venator Chemicals France SAS, of France; Venator Chemicals LLC, of Texas, USA; Venator Finance S.à r.l., of Luxembourg; Venator France SAS, of France; Venator Germany GmbH, of Germany; Venator Group, of England; Venator Group Canada Inc., of Texas, USA; Venator Group Services Limited, of England; Venator Holdings Germany GmbH, of Germany; Venator International France SAS, of France; Venator International Holdings UK Limited, of England; Venator Investments Ltd., of the Cayman Islands; Venator Investments UK Limited, of England; Venator Materials International UK Limited, of England; Venator Materials UK Limited, of England; Venator Materials LLC, of Texas, USA; Venator P&A Finland Oy, of Finland; Venator P&A Holdings UK Limited, of England; Venator P&A Spain S.L.U., of Spain; Venator Pigments France SAS, of France; Venator Uerdingen GmbH, of Germany, and Venator Wasserchemie Holding GmbH, of Germany, collectively part of a British group described as "a leading global manufacturer and marketer of chemical products that bring color and vibrancy to a variety of consumer goods and industrial materials while protecting and extending product life and reducing energy consumption", at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.