Anwar et al v. Fairfield Greenwich Limited et al

Filing 1058

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 Scott Watson-Brown)(Feinberg, Dyanne)

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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 Section 27(Q) of the Bermuda Evidence Act 1905 (as amended) and Order 70 of the Bermuda Rules of the Supreme Court 1985, to The Supreme Court of Bermuda, Hamilton, Bermuda. 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 and document production from an individual currently residing in Bermuda. As explained in the Citco Defendants’ proposed Letter of Request, the individual, Scott Watson-Brown, is a partner with the accounting firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers (Bermuda) Ltd. (“PwC Bermuda”). As an auditor with PwC Bermuda, Mr. Watson-Brown provided assistance to certain defendants in this action in connection with their audits of the funds at issue. In particular, Mr. Watson-Brown participated in, and reported on, meetings with Bernard L. Madoff held at the offices of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC. 4. 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. 5. The Citco Defendants respectfully request that the Court signs and affixes the Court’s seal to the proposed Letter of Request, notifies the Citco Defendants’ counsel that the Court has executed the Letter of Request, and returns the Letter of Request to counsel for the Citco Defendants. The Citco Defendants’ local counsel in Bermuda will then submit the Letter of Request to Bermuda’s Central Authority. 2 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 lbrown@bhlawpa.com 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 3 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 T. (914) 749-8200 F. (914) 749-8300 Email: dboies@bsfllp.com David A. Barrett Boies, Schiller & Flexner, LLP 575 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10022 T. (212) 446-2300 F. (212) 446-2350 Email: dbarrett@bsfllp.com Stuart H. Singer Sashi B. Boruchow Boies, Schiller & Flexner, LLP 401 East Las Olas Boulevard, Suite 1200 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 T. (954) 356-0011 F. (954) 356-0022 Email: sboruchow@bsfllp.com Email: ssinger@bsfllp.com Christopher Lovell Victor E. Stewart Lovell Stewart Halebian Jacobson LLP 61 Broadway, Suite 501 New York, NY 10006 T. (212) 608-1900 F. (212) 719-4677 Email: clovell@lshllp.com Email: victornj@ix.netcom.com Robert C. Finkel James A. Harrod, III E. Elizabeth Robinson Wolf Popper LLP 845 Third Avenue New York, NY 10022 T. (212) 451-9631 4 F. (212) 486-2093 Email: rfinkel@wolfpopper.com Email: jharrod@wolfpopper.com 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 T. (212) 455-2000 F. (212) 455-2502 Email: mcunha@stblaw.com Email: pkazanoff@stblaw.com Email: sricciardi@stblaw.com Attorney for Defendants Walter M. Noel, Jr. Glenn Kurtz Andrew Hammond White & Case LLP 1155 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10036 T. (212) 819-8200 F. (212) 354-8113 Email: gkurtz@whitecase.com Email: ahammond@whitecase.com Attorneys for Defendant Andres Piedrahita Andrew J. Levander David S. Hoffner Dechert LLP 1095 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10036-6797 T. (212) 698-3500 T. (212) 891-9431 F. (212) 698-3500 Email: andrew.levander@dechert.com Email: david.hoffner@dechert.com 5 Attorneys for Defendant Jeffrey Tucker Marc E. Kasowitz Daniel J. Fetterman Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman LLP 1633 Broadway New York, NY 10019 T. (212) 506-1700 F. (212) 506-1800 Email: mkasowitz@kasowitz.com Email: dfetterman@kasowitz.com Attorneys for Defendant Amit Vijayvergiya Mark P. Goodman Helen V. Cantwell Debevoise & Plimpton, LLP 919 Third Avenue, 31st Floor New York, NY 10022 T. (212) 909-6000 F. (212) 909-6312 Email: mpgoodman@debevoise.com Email: hvcantwell@debevoise.com 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 T. (212) 682-4426 F. (212) 682-4437 Email: soshea@osheapartners.com Email: mpetrella@osheapartners.com 6 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 T. (212) 446-4809 F. (212) 446-4900 Email: agenser@kirkland.com Email: myu@kirkland.com Timothy A. Duffy Amy E. Crawford Kirkland & Ellis LLP 300 North LaSalle Chicago, IL 60654 T. (312) 862-2000 F. (312) 862-2200 Email: tim.duffy@kirkland.com Email: amy.crawford@kirkland.com 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 T. (212) 837-6000 F. (212) 299-6413 Email: maguire@hugheshubbard.com Email: cave@hugheshubbard.com 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 T. (212) 880-9460 F. (212) 856-9494 Email: espiro@magislaw.com Email: ranello@maglaw.com 7 Attorneys for Defendant GlobeOp Financial Services LLC Jonathan D. Cogan Michael S. Kim Kobre & Kim LLP 800 Third Avenue New York, NY 10022 T. (212) 488-1200 F. (212) 488-1220 Email: jonathan.cogan@kobrekim.com Email: michael.kim@kobrekim.com Attorneys for Defendant Gregory Bowes Bruce Allen Baird Matthew F. Dunn Covington & Burling, LLP 1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20004 T. (202) 662-5122 F. (202) 778-5122 Email: bbaird@cov.com Email: mdunn@cov.com 8

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