In re Herald, Primeo and Thema Funds Securities Litigation

Filing 15

MOTION to Appoint Counsel., MOTION to Appoint Dr. Shmuel Cabilly to serve as lead plaintiff(s)., MOTION to Consolidate Cases 09-2032. Document filed by Shmuel Cabilly.(Torell, Catherine)

Repex Ventures S.A v. Madoff et al

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK -------------------------------------- X REPEX VENTURES S.A., Individually and on : Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, : Plaintiff, : -against: BERNARD L. MADOFF; BERNARD L. MADOFF INVESTMENT SECURITIES; : BANK MEDICI S.A.; SONJA KOHN; PETER SCHEITHAUER; HERALD USA FUND; : HERALD LUXEMBURG FUND; BANK AUSTRIA CREDITANSTALT; UNICREDIT : S.A.; PRIMEO SELECT FUNDS; PIONEER ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS; THEMA : INTERNATIONAL FUND PLC; ERNST & YOUNG LLP, and HSBC HOLDINGS PLC, Defendants. -------------------------------------- X HORST LEONHARDT, on Behalf of Himself : and All Others Similarly Situated, : Plaintiff, : -against: BERNARD L. MADOFF, BANK MEDICI S.A., SONJA KOHN, PETER : SCHEITHAUER, HERALD USA FUND, HERALD LUXEMBURG FUNDS, BANK : AUSTRIA CREDITANSTALT, UNICREDIT S.A., PRIMEO SELECT FUND, PRIMEO : EXECUTIVE FUND, PIONEER ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS, THEMA : INTERNATIONAL FUND PLC, HELMUTHY E. FREY, FRIEDRICH PFEFFER, FRANCO : MUGNAI, ALBERTO BENBASSAT, STEPHANE BENBASSAT, GENEVALOR, : BENBASSAT & CIE, DAVID T. SMITH, GERALD J.P. BRADY, DANIEL : MORRISSEY, ERNST & YOUNG S.A., ERNST & YOUNG FLOBAL LIMITED, :

Case No. 1:09-cv-0289-RMB

Case No. 1:09-cv-2032

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HSBC HOLDINGS PLC, HSBC INSTITUTIONAL TRUST SERVICES (IRELAND) LIMITED, HSBC SECURITIES SERVICES (IRELAND) LIMITED, HSBC SECURITIES SERVICES, S.A., PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS, CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS, PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED and FRIEHLING & HOROWITZ, Defendant.

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NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION OF DR. SHMUEL CABILLY FOR CONSOLIDATION, APPOINTMENT AS LEAD PLAINTIFF AND APPROVAL OF SELECTION OF LEAD COUNSEL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that putative class member Dr. Shmuel Cabilly ("Movant"), by his undersigned attorneys, will and hereby does move this Court before the Honorable Richard M. Berman, at the Courthouse located at 500 Pearl Street, Courtroom 21D, New York, New York 10007, at a time and date to be set by the Court, pursuant to Section 21D(a)(3)(B) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"), as amended by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 ("PSLRA"), 15 U.S.C. § 78u-4(a)(3)(B), for entry of an order: (1) (2) consolidating the above-captioned related actions; appointing Dr. Cabilly as Lead Plaintiff in this action on behalf of those who purchased investments in funds that were controlled or managed by Bank Medici ("Medici") and in turn provided those funds to Bernard L. Madoff and Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities between January 12, 2004 and January 12, 2009, inclusive; and (2) approving Movant's selection of the law firm Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC as Lead Counsel.

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In support of this Motion, Movant relies upon this Notice of Motion, the accompanying Memorandum of Points and Authorities, the Declaration of Catherine A. Torell, and the proposed order granting the relief requested herein. Dated: New York, N.Y. March 13, 2009 Respectfully submitted, Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC

By:

/s/ Catherine A. Torell Catherine A. Torell (CAT-0905 ) 150 East 52nd Street, 30th Floor New York, New York 10022 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] -andSteven J. Toll Daniel S. Sommers 1100 New York Avenue, N.W. Suite 500, West Tower Washington, D.C. 20005 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone]

Proposed Lead Counsel for Movant Of Counsel: Jacob Sabo, Esq. The Tower # 3 Daniel Frisch St. Tel Aviv Israel Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone]

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