Anwar et al v. Fairfield Greenwich Limited et al

Filing 1057

APPLICATION FOR LETTERS ROGATORY by CITCO Bank Nederland N.V. Dublin Branch, CITCO Fund Services (Europe) B.V., Citco Canada Inc., Citco Fund Services (Bermuda) Limited, Citco Group Limited, Citgo Global Custody N.V.. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit Attachment to Citco Defendants' Application for Issuance of Letter of Request re Peter Schmid)(Feinberg, Dyanne)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
ANWAR, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
- v-

Master File No. 09-cv-118 (VM)

FAIRFIELD GREENWICH LIMITED, et al.,
Defendants.
This Document Related To: All Actions
THE CITCO DEFENDANTS’ APPLICATION
FOR THE ISSUANCE OF A LETTER OF REQUEST
1.

Defendants Citco Fund Services (Europe) B.V., Citco (Canada) Inc., Citco Bank

Nederland N.V. Dublin Branch, Citco Global Custody N.V., Citco Fund Services (Bermuda)
Limited, and The Citco Group Limited (collectively, the “Citco Defendants”), by their attorneys
Brown and Heller, P.A., submit this Application for the Issuance of a Letter of Request, pursuant
to the Hague Convention on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or Commercial Matters
Concluded 18 March 1970, to the Ministère public, Genève, Switzerland. This application is
submitted in accordance with Fed. R. Civ. P. 28(b)(2) and 28 U.S.C. § 1781.
2.

The Citco Defendants’ proposed Letter of Request is attached to this Application.

3.

The Citco Defendants’ proposed Letter of Request seeks deposition testimony

from an individual currently residing in Switzerland. As explained in the Citco Defendants’
proposed Letter of Request, the individual, Peter Schmid, is a former member of the Board of
Directors of two of the hedge funds at issue in this litigation, Fairfield Sentry Limited and
Fairfield Sigma Limited (collectively, the “Funds”).

4.

Further, Mr. Schmid was previously named as a defendant in this action, but was

omitted as a defendant in the operative complaint, the Second Consolidated Amended Complaint
(“SCAC”) filed in this action on September 29, 2009, in exchange for his agreement to appear
and give an informational interview to Plaintiffs’ counsel in London regarding his personal
knowledge of the Funds, which interview took place in January 2010.
5.

Accordingly, and for the reasons described more fully in the Citco Defendants’

proposed Letter of Request, the Citco Defendants submit that the proposed Letter of Request is
just and appropriate, and respectfully request that this Court issue such Letter of Request.
6.

The Citco Defendants respectfully request that the Court signs and affixes the

Court’s seal to the proposed Letter of Request and notifies the Citco Defendants’ counsel that the
Court has executed the Letter of Request. Additionally, pursuant to the procedure adopted by the
Central Authority of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland, it is respectfully requested that the
Court send the signed Letter of Request, including all exhibits thereto, directly to the Central
Authority of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. The Citco Defendants have included with their
courtesy copy of this Application to the Court an addressed FedEx package for this Court’s
convenience.

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Dated: February 28, 2013
Respectfully submitted,
BROWN AND HELLER, P.A.
/s/ Dyanne E. Feinberg ____________
Lewis N. Brown
Dyanne E. Feinberg
Terence M. Mullen
Amanda M. McGovern
Elizabeth Izquierdo
One Biscayne Tower, 15th Floor
2 South Biscayne Boulevard
Miami, FL 33131
T: 305.358.3580
[e-mail]
PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND, WHARTON &
GARRISON LLP
Brad S. Karp
Andrew Gordon
Patrick J. Somers
1285 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10019
Tel: [phone]
[e-mail]

Attorneys for Defendants Citco Fund Services
(Europe) B. V., Citco (Canada) Inc., Citco Bank
Nederland N. V. Dublin Branch, Citco Global
Custody N.V., Citco Fund Services (Bermuda)
Limited and The Citco Group Limited

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Anwar et al. vs. Fairfield Greenwich Limited et al.
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of NY –
Case No. 09-CV-0118 (VM)
SERVICE LIST

PARTIES
Interim Co-Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs

ATTORNEYS
David Boies
Boies, Schiller & Flexner, LLP
333 Main Street
Armonk, NY 10504
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David A. Barrett
Boies, Schiller & Flexner, LLP
575 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10022
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Stuart H. Singer
Sashi B. Boruchow
Boies, Schiller & Flexner, LLP
401 East Las Olas Boulevard, Suite 1200
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
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F. [phone]
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Christopher Lovell
Victor E. Stewart
Lovell Stewart Halebian Jacobson LLP
61 Broadway, Suite 501
New York, NY 10006
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Robert C. Finkel
James A. Harrod, III
E. Elizabeth Robinson
Wolf Popper LLP
845 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10022

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F. [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
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Attorneys for Defendants
Fairfield Greenwich Ltd.
Fairfield Greenwich (Bermuda) Ltd.
Fairfield Greenwich Advisors LLC
Fairfield Risk Services Ltd.
Fairfield Heathcliff Capital LLC
Daniel Lipton
Mark McKeefry
Richard Landsberger
Charles Murphy
Andrew Smith
Lourdes Barreneche
Yanko Della Schiava
Vianney d’Hendecourt
Jacqueline Harary
Harold Greisman
Julia Luongo
Maria Teresa Pulido Mendoza
Corina Piedrahita
Santiago Reyes
Philip Toub

Mark G. Cunha
Peter E. Kazanoff
Sara A Ricciardi
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017
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F. [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
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Attorney for Defendants
Walter M. Noel, Jr.

Glenn Kurtz
Andrew Hammond
White & Case LLP
1155 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
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F. [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
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Attorneys for Defendant
Andres Piedrahita

Andrew J. Levander
David S. Hoffner
Dechert LLP
1095 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036-6797
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F. [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Email: [e-mail]

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Attorneys for Defendant
Jeffrey Tucker

Marc E. Kasowitz
Daniel J. Fetterman
Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman LLP
1633 Broadway
New York, NY 10019
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F. [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Email: [e-mail]

Attorneys for Defendant
Amit Vijayvergiya

Mark P. Goodman
Helen V. Cantwell
Debevoise & Plimpton, LLP
919 Third Avenue, 31st Floor
New York, NY 10022
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F. [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
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Attorneys for Defendant
Cornelis Boele

Sean F. O’Shea
Michael E. Petrella
O’Shea Partners LLP
521 Fifth Avenue, 25th Floor
New York, NY 10175
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F. [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Email: [e-mail]

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Attorneys for Defendants
PricewaterhouseCoopers L.L.P.
(PwC Canada)

Andrew M. Genser
Mindy M. Yu
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
601 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10022
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F. [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Email: [e-mail]
Timothy A. Duffy
Amy E. Crawford
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
300 North LaSalle
Chicago, IL 60654
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F. [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Email: [e-mail]

Attorneys for Defendant
PricewaterhouseCoopers Accountants
Netherlands N.V.
(PwC Netherlands)

William R. Maguire
Sarah L. Cave
Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP
One Battery Park Plaza
New York, NY 10004
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F. [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Email: [e-mail]

Attorneys for Defendants
David Horn
Robert Blum

Edward M. Spiro
Robert J. Anello
Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello &
Bohrer, P.C.
565 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10017
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F. [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Email: [e-mail]

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Attorneys for Defendant
GlobeOp Financial Services LLC

Jonathan D. Cogan
Michael S. Kim
Kobre & Kim LLP
800 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10022
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F. [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Email: [e-mail]

Attorneys for Defendant
Gregory Bowes

Bruce Allen Baird
Matthew F. Dunn
Covington & Burling, LLP
1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20004
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F. [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Email: [e-mail]

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