Bankruptcy and Insolvency

Bankruptcy and Insolvency

Sequor Law provides representation for clients in most aspects of bankruptcy and insolvency law, both in the United States and in connection with insolvencies based outside the US.

In US bankruptcies, Sequor Law provides representation of creditors and parties in interest in all aspects of the proceeding. Sequor Law regularly represents lenders in these cases including contested matters regarding cash collateral, valuation, stay relief motions and defenses, plan treatment, contested confirmations and competing plan proposals.  Sequor Law also represents defendants in avoidance litigation as well as creditors objecting to the dischargeability of debt.

In international insolvencies, Sequor Law represents fiduciaries appointed outside the US to oversee the reorganization or liquidation of foreign corporations or individuals in courts throughout the US. In particular, Sequor Law has filed more than 50 cases under Chapter 15 of the United States Bankruptcy Code, obtaining recognition of the foreign proceeding by the US Courts and utilizing those cases to obtain discovery; to litigate causes of action against US defendants; or to support reorganization efforts in the home jurisdiction. Sequor Law has handled Chapter 15 cases coming from many common law jurisdictions, including Antigua, Barbados, BVI, Canada, Cayman Islands, and UK, and from various civil law jurisdictions including Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, and Romania. In other instances, Sequor Law has served as lead counsel on recognition cases filed in the courts of Australia, Colombia, the Isle of Man, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

For a full listing of our Chapter 15 cases and recognition cases outside the US, click here.

Chapter 15 Cases

Santa Catarina

In re: Chapeco Companhia Industrial de Alimentos S.A. Chapter 15 and S.A. Industria e Comercio Chapeco
Brazilian Liquidators

Tallinn

In re: Envestio SI OÜ
Andres Hermet

Kyiv

In re: PJSC Bank Finance and Credit
Ukrainian Foreign Representative

Cape Town

In re: Mirror Trading International (PTY) LTD,
Chavonnes Badenhorst St Clair Cooper

Hong Kong

In re: Dingway Investment Limited
Hong Kong Joint Liquidators

Luxembourg

In re: Aircraft Solutions Lux V-B SARL
Luxemburg Bankruptcy Administrator

Newcastle Upon Tyne

In re: Darren Bernard McCormick
UK Joint Trustees

Leeds

In re: Changtel Solutions UK Limited
UK Liquidator

In re: Oceanroad Global Services Limited, Holdwave Trading Limited (jointly administered)
UK Joint Liquidators

In re: Oceanroad Global Services Limited, Holdwave Trading Limited (jointly administered)
UK Joint Liquidators

In re: Talal Qais Abdulmunem Al Zawawi
UK Joint Trustees

In re: Ji-Chuen Jason Tsai
UK Trustee

Mato Grosso

In re: Brasagro Fertilizantes Minerais Ltda. and Petrocal Industria e Comercio de Cal S A
Brazilan Judical Administrator

Tampa

In re: Hans Werner Bachman
German Insolvency Liquidator

Karlsruhe

In re: Hans Werner Bachman
German Insolvency Liquidator

Rio De Janeiro

In re: Magazine Incorporações S.A., et al. (M. Grupo)
Brazilian Judicial Administrator

In re: Nexgenesis Holdings LTDA., et al
Brazilian Liquidators

In re: SAM Industrias S.A., et al.
Brazilian Judicial Administrator

Gibraltar

In re: Privilege Wealth Management Limited
Gibraltarian Joint Liquidators

Buenos Aires

In re: R.R. Donnelley Argentina, S.A.
Argentine Liquidator

Santiago

In re: Onix Capital S.A.
Chilean Liquidator

In re: Alberto Samuel Chang Rajii
Chilean Liquidator

Geneva

In re: Stanford International Bank, Ltd.
Antiguan Joint Liquidators

In re: Varig Logistica S.A.
Brazilian Judicial Administrator

In re: Onix Capital S.A.
Chilean Liquidator

In re: Alberto Samuel Chang Rajii
Chilean Liquidator

Belo Horizonte

In re: MMX Sudeste Mineração S.A.
Brazilian Judicial Administrator

In re: Marangoni Tread Latino America Industria e Comercio de Artefatos de Borracha Ltda.
Brazilian Judicial Administrator

Bucharest

In re: Banca Turco Romana S.A.
Romanian Judicial Administrator

Douglas

In re: Oceanroad Global Services Limited, Holdwave Trading Limited (jointly administered)
UK Joint Liquidators

In re: Talal Qais Abdulmunem Al Zawawi
UK Joint Trustees

In re: Onix Capital S.A.
Chilean Liquidator

In re: Alberto Samuel Chang Rajii
Chilean Liquidator

Valletta

In re: Onix Capital S.A.
Chilean Liquidator

In re: Alberto Samuel Chang Rajii
Chilean Liquidator

Sydney

In re: Onix Capital S.A.
Chilean Liquidator

In re: Alberto Samuel Chang Rajii
Chilean Liquidator

Road Town

In re: Aabar Investments PJS Limited
BVI Joint Liquidator

In re: Brazen Sky Limited
BVI Joint Liquidators

In re: Bright Oriande Limited
BVI Joint Liquidators

In re: British American Isle of Venice (BVI), Ltd.
BVI Joint Liquidators

In re: Durant International Corp.
BVI Liquidators

In re: Exential Investments, Inc.
BVI Joint Liquidators

In re: FCI Markets Inc.
BVI Liquidator

In re: KG Manhattan 126 Finance Limited
BVI Joint Liquidators

In re: SRC International (Malaysia) Limited
BVI Joint Liquidators

In re: SRC Strategic Resources Limited
BVI Joint Liquidators

SRC Strategic Resources Limited
Helen Janes, Angela Barkhouse, and Carl Jackson, Joint Liquidators

In re: KG Manhattan 126 Finance Limited
BVI Joint Liquidators

In re: Probank S.A., Probank Participações S.A., Via Telecom S.A., Via Participações S.A.
Brazilian Judicial Administrator

In re: Cinque Terre Financial Group, Limited
BVI Liquidator

In re: Onix Capital S.A.
Chilean Liquidator

In re: Alberto Samuel Chang Rajii
Chilean Liquidator

In re: Kildare Finance Ltd.
BVI Liquidators

In re: MacDoel Investment Ltd.
BVI Liquidators

In re: Silisten Trading Limited
BVI Joint Liquidators

In re: World Financial Group, Inc. (Denied)
BVI Joint Liquidators

Montevideo

In re: Leonardo Rozenblum Trosman and Fabian Elias Rozenblum Gorel
Uruguayan Joint Liquidators

In re: Motociclo, S.A.
Uruguayan Joint Liquidators

In re: Leonardo Rozenblum Trosman and Fabian Elias Rozenblum Gorel
Uruguayan Joint Liquidators

In re: Motociclo, S.A.
Uruguayan Joint Liquidators

In re: Industria de Alimentos Nilza S.A.
Brazilian Judicial Administrator

In re: Probank S.A., Probank Participações S.A., Via Telecom S.A., Via Participações S.A.
Brazilian Judicial Administrator

Vienna

In re: Factum Bau- und Projektmanagement GmbH
Austrian Trustee

George Town

In re: Performance Insurance Company SPC
Cayman Islands Joint Liquidators

In re: Sextant Strategic Global Water Fund Offshore Ltd.
Cayman Islands Joint Official Liquidators

In re: Sextant Strategic Hybrid2Hedge Resources Fund Offshore Ltd.
Cayman Islands Joint Official Liquidators

In re: Petroforte Brasileiro de Petroleo Ltda.
Brazilian Judicial Administrator

Minneapolis

In re: Cozumel Caribe S.A. de C.V. and Neimas Esteban Martinez Martinez
Mexican Inspector

Mexico City

In re: Cozumel Caribe S.A. de C.V. and Neimas Esteban Martinez Martinez
Mexican Inspector

Nassau

In re: British American Insurance Company Limited
Bahamian Judicial Manager

In re: Industria de Alimentos Nilza S.A.
Brazilian Judicial Administrator

Miami

In re: Aircraft Solutions Lux V-B SARL
Luxemburg Bankruptcy Administrator

In re: Banco Pontual S.A.
Brazilian Judicial Administrator

In re: Banco Santos S.A.
Brazilian Judicial Administrator/Trustee

In re: Brasagro Fertilizantes Minerais Ltda. and Petrocal Industria e Comercio de Cal S A
Brazilan Judical Administrator

In re: British American Insurance Company Limited
Bahamian Judicial Manager

In re: British American Isle of Venice (BVI), Ltd.
BVI Joint Liquidators

In re: Changtel Solutions UK Limited
UK Liquidator

In re: Durant International Corp.
BVI Liquidators

In re: Fazendas Reunidas Boi Gordo, S.A.
Brazilian Judicial Administrator

In re: Joseph Jerome Danenza
U.K. Joint Liquidators

In re: Sextant Strategic Global Water Fund Offshore Ltd.
Cayman Islands Joint Official Liquidators

In re: Sextant Strategic Hybrid2Hedge Resources Fund Offshore Ltd.
Cayman Islands Joint Official Liquidators

In re: Factum Bau- und Projektmanagement GmbH
Austrian Trustee

In re: Transbrasil S.A. Linha Aereas
Brazilian Judicial Administrator

In re: Enco Zolcksak Equipamentos Industriais Ltda.
Brazilian Judicial Administrator

In re: Mark Charles Richardson
U.K. Joint Liquidators

In re: Industria de Alimentos Nilza S.A.
Brazilian Judicial Administrator

In re: Petroforte Brasileiro de Petroleo Ltda.
Brazilian Judicial Administrator

In re: Banco Cruzeiro Do Sul S.A.
Brazilian Judicial Administrator

In re: Probank S.A., Probank Participações S.A., Via Telecom S.A., Via Participações S.A.
Brazilian Judicial Administrator

In re: Douglas Dixon
Canadian Trustee

In re: Onix Capital S.A.
Chilean Liquidator

In re: Banca Turco Romana S.A.
Romanian Judicial Administrator

In re: MMX Sudeste Mineração S.A.
Brazilian Judicial Administrator

In re: Companhia Albertina Mercantil e Industrial; Ventura Energetica Ltda., Santuario Participacoes Ltda., and Luzeiro Agroindustrial Ltda.
Brazilian Judicial Administrator

In re: GFI Consultants Limited
UK Liquidator

In re: Alberto Samuel Chang Rajii
Chilean Liquidator

In re: Mabe Brasil Eletrodomesticos Ltda.
Brazilian Judicial Administrator

In re: Junie Conrad Omari Bowers
UK Liquidator

In re: Viação Area São Paulo S.A.
Brazilian Judicial Administrator

In re: Andrew Nathaniel Skeene
UK Liquidator

In re: R.R. Donnelley Argentina, S.A.
Argentine Liquidator

In re: Privilege Wealth One Limited Partnership
UK Joint Liquidators

In re: Wendy Dowling
U.K. Trustee

In re: Kildare Finance Ltd.
BVI Liquidators

In re: MacDoel Investment Ltd.
BVI Liquidators

In re: Privilege Wealth Management Limited
Gibraltarian Joint Liquidators

In re: SAM Industrias S.A., et al.
Brazilian Judicial Administrator

In re: Marangoni Tread Latino America Industria e Comercio de Artefatos de Borracha Ltda.
Brazilian Judicial Administrator

In re: Silisten Trading Limited
BVI Joint Liquidators

In re: Smar Equipamentos Industrias, Ltda., et al.
Brazilian Judicial Administrator

In re: Knijnik Participações S.A., et al.
Brazilian Judicial Administrator

In re: Schahin Holdings, S.A., et al.
Brazilian Judicial Administrator

In re: Minuano Comunicações e Produções Editorias Ltda., et al.
Brazilian Judicial Administrator (São Paulo)

In re: São Fernando Açúcar e Álcool Ltda., et al.
Brazilian Judicial Administrator

In re: Ji-Chuen Jason Tsai
UK Trustee

In re: Viação Itapemirim S.A. et al.
Brazilian Judicial Administrator

In re: World Financial Group, Inc. (Denied)
BVI Joint Liquidators

Sao Paulo

In re: Banco Pontual S.A.
Brazilian Judicial Administrator

In re: Banco Santos S.A.
Brazilian Judicial Administrator/Trustee

In re: Magazine Incorporações S.A., et al. (M. Grupo)
Brazilian Judicial Administrator

In re: Nexgenesis Holdings LTDA., et al
Brazilian Liquidators

In re: Tonon Bioenergia S.A., Tonon Holding S.A., and Tonon Luxembourg S.A.
Orlando Geraldo Pampado

In re: Varig Logistica S.A.
Brazilian Judicial Administrator

In re: Fazendas Reunidas Boi Gordo, S.A.
Brazilian Judicial Administrator

In re: Transbrasil S.A. Linha Aereas
Brazilian Judicial Administrator

In re: Enco Zolcksak Equipamentos Industriais Ltda.
Brazilian Judicial Administrator

In re: Industria de Alimentos Nilza S.A.
Brazilian Judicial Administrator

In re: Petroforte Brasileiro de Petroleo Ltda.
Brazilian Judicial Administrator

In re: Banco Cruzeiro Do Sul S.A.
Brazilian Judicial Administrator

In re: Probank S.A., Probank Participações S.A., Via Telecom S.A., Via Participações S.A.
Brazilian Judicial Administrator

In re: Companhia Albertina Mercantil e Industrial; Ventura Energetica Ltda., Santuario Participacoes Ltda., and Luzeiro Agroindustrial Ltda.
Brazilian Judicial Administrator

In re: Mabe Brasil Eletrodomesticos Ltda.
Brazilian Judicial Administrator

In re: Viação Area São Paulo S.A.
Brazilian Judicial Administrator

In re: Smar Equipamentos Industrias, Ltda., et al.
Brazilian Judicial Administrator

In re: Knijnik Participações S.A., et al.
Brazilian Judicial Administrator

In re: Schahin Holdings, S.A., et al.
Brazilian Judicial Administrator

In re: Minuano Comunicações e Produções Editorias Ltda., et al.
Brazilian Judicial Administrator (São Paulo)

In re: São Fernando Açúcar e Álcool Ltda., et al.
Brazilian Judicial Administrator

In re: Viação Itapemirim S.A. et al.
Brazilian Judicial Administrator

Tinto Holding Ltda.: (Brazil)
Brazilian Liquidators

St. John's

In re: Trium Bank & Trust Limited
Antigua & Barbuda Receiver

In re: Stanford International Bank, Ltd.
Antiguan Joint Liquidators

Medellin

In re: Stanford International Bank, Ltd.
Antiguan Joint Liquidators

Bogota

In re: Stanford International Bank, Ltd.
Antiguan Joint Liquidators

Panama City

In re: Stanford International Bank, Ltd.
Antiguan Joint Liquidators

In re: Industria de Alimentos Nilza S.A.
Brazilian Judicial Administrator

Quebec

In re: Stanford International Bank, Ltd.
Antiguan Joint Liquidators

In re: Douglas Dixon
Canadian Trustee

Toronto

In re: Stanford International Bank, Ltd.
Antiguan Joint Liquidators

Austin

In re: Stanford International Bank, Ltd.
Antiguan Joint Liquidators

London

In re: Anatoly Leonidovich Motylev
Kevin Hellard, Robert Starkins, and Nick Nicholson

In re: Oceanroad Global Services Limited, Holdwave Trading Limited (jointly administered)
UK Joint Liquidators

In re: Talal Qais Abdulmunem Al Zawawi
UK Joint Trustees

In re: Stanford International Bank, Ltd.
Antiguan Joint Liquidators

In re: Joseph Jerome Danenza
U.K. Joint Liquidators

In re: Mark Charles Richardson
U.K. Joint Liquidators

In re: Probank S.A., Probank Participações S.A., Via Telecom S.A., Via Participações S.A.
Brazilian Judicial Administrator

In re: Onix Capital S.A.
Chilean Liquidator

In re: GFI Consultants Limited
UK Liquidator

In re: Alberto Samuel Chang Rajii
Chilean Liquidator

In re: Junie Conrad Omari Bowers
UK Liquidator

In re: Andrew Nathaniel Skeene
UK Liquidator

In re: Privilege Wealth One Limited Partnership
UK Joint Liquidators

In re: Wendy Dowling
U.K. Trustee

New York City

In re: Bancafe International Bank, Ltd.
Barbadian Custodian

In re: Varig Logistica S.A.
Brazilian Judicial Administrator

In re: Cozumel Caribe S.A. de C.V. and Neimas Esteban Martinez Martinez
Mexican Inspector

In re: Cinque Terre Financial Group, Limited
BVI Liquidator

Guatemala City

In re: Bancafe International Bank, Ltd.
Barbadian Custodian

Barbados

In re: Bancafe International Bank, Ltd.
Barbadian Custodian

Representative Cases

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Sequor Law represents the Joint Liquidators for Stanford International Bank, Ltd.(“SIB”) (in Liquidation). SIB, a bank located in Antigua, which primarily sold certificates of deposit, played a key part in a worldwide Ponzi scheme, the second largest one in history, perpetrated by Robert Allen Stanford, with losses to depositors estimated to exceed US$4.4 billion. SIB was liquidated in March 2009 and since May 12, 2011, when Mr. Marcus Wide and Mr. Hugh Dickson from Grant Thornton were appointed as Joint Liquidators of the SIB estate in the liquidation proceeding in Antigua, Sequor Law has acted as co-general counsel along with counsel in the Caribbean for the Joint Liquidators in their global asset recovery efforts, which have included helping the estate to recover (a) US$3.2 million from Panama; (b) US$20 million from the United Kingdom; (c) freezing assets in Antigua & Barbuda valued at US$212 million; (d) launching a formal claim process; (e) claims related to approximately US$330 million in frozen assets at the request of the Department of Justice of the United States in Canada, Switzerland and the U.K.; (f) filing a case for damages valued at approximately US$5 billion against a bank in Canada; and (g) initiating efforts to recover a considerable amount of funds located in Colombia, from law firms and other financial institutions, among other things. Sequor Law also initiated an application for recognition under Chapter 15 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code on behalf of the Joint Liquidators in Dallas, Texas, which was approved, recognizing the procedure in Antigua as the secondary foreign proceeding and, recently, helped the U.S. Judicial Administrator, the SEC, the U.S. Department of Justice, along with the Joint Liquidators and others, to reach a global agreement and cross-border protocol.

Represents Bancafe International Bank (in Liquidation) (“BIB”). In or around 2006, one of the major banking groups in Central America, Banco Cafeteros de Guatemala (“Bancafe”), which had operations in Central America and the Caribbean, failed. BIB, an affiliate of Bancafe was established according to the laws of Barbados with extensive operations in Guatemala and assets in the United States, and was placed under bankruptcy in Barbados. PricewaterhouseCoopers was named the custodian. The assets of the bank in the United States included a claim for US$200 million in the bankruptcy of REFCO in New York, which has resulted in a recovery exceeding US$54 million. In December 2006, Sequor Law, acting in representation of the custodian, filed the first Chapter 15 case in Florida under the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, achieving the recognition of the liquidation proceeding in Barbados as the main foreign proceeding. A broad discovery of evidence in the United States ensued and it is still ongoing, as well as discovery and continuous tracking of other assets potentially recoverable for the estate. An account in New York was also identified from which approximately US$1 million were recovered.

Represents the judicial administrator of Banco Santos, S.A. (in Liquidation). The case followed an investigation that revealed that an executive of the bank had perpetrated a theft of more than US$1 billion through a complex scheme that involved several countries. Sequor Law initiated an insolvency proceeding under Chapter 15 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. Through the Chapter 15 action and corresponding recognition, Dr. Vanio Aguiar obtained valuable evidence located in the United States and around the world, which helped his efforts, including the recovery of works of art valued at millions of dollars. Additionally, several millions of dollars were recovered in an ancillary case against third parties through a confidential agreement.

Represents Petroforte Brasileiro de Petroleo Ltda. (“Petroforte”) (in Liquidation). Petroforte, part of a great group of commercial companies in Brazil, failed, was declared insolvent, and it is subject to an insolvency proceeding in Brazil. A Judicial Administrator was appointed to supervise Petroforte’s businesses, and the bankruptcy of the same has been extended to more than 300 entities and individuals. Sequor Law filed an application in the United States requesting deposition testimony and the production of evidence, and analogous proceedings were pursued in other countries in the Caribbean and Central America. The Firm was able to obtain important deposition testimony and collect documentary evidence to assist the Judicial Administrator with his efforts in Brazil. Depending upon the outcome of certain proceedings in Brazil, additional litigation in several jurisdictions, including in the United States through an application under Chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy Law may result in the identify and recover additional assets.