Coupang

Citing a debt of $404 million and the need for an "urgent investigation" into the conduct of its 49-year-old founder, chairman, and CEO, José Neves, U.S. financial services provider Wilmington Trust has filed a petition at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands to wind up Cayman-domiciled, United Kingdom-based luxury fashion e-commerce firm Farfetch Limited.

Winding Up Petition in Wilmington Trust, National Association, of Delaware, USA v. Farfetch Limited, described as "the ultimate holding company of a corporate group, with intermediate holding and operating companies in the United Kingdom, the United States, and other jurisdictions" which "comprises a global retail platform for the luxury fashion industry, a number of other e-commerce platforms, a number of fashion and beauty product labels, and a London department store", at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Class Action Complaint alleging fraud in Naya 1740 Fund Ltd., Naya Coldwater Fund Limited, Naya Master Fund LP, Nayawood LP, and Quantum Partners LP, all of the Cayman Islands v. Coupang Inc., described as a South Korea-based "social commerce platform where users could purchase tickets for theaters or travel"; Bom Suk Kim, Gaurav Anand, Michael Parker, Matthew Christensen, Lydia Jett, Neil Mehta, Benjamin Sun, Kevin Warsh, Harry You, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Allen & Company LLC, JPMorgan Securities LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., UBS Securities LLC, Mizuho Securities USA LLC, and CLSA Limited at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Class Action Complaint v. Coupang Inc., Bom Suk Kim, Gaurav Anand, Michael Parker, Matthew Christensen, Lydia Jett, Neil Mehta, Benjamin Sun, Kevin Warsh, Harry You, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Allen & Company LLC, and JPMorgan Securities LLC at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.