In re Herald, Primeo and Thema Funds Securities Litigation

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DECLARATION of Catherine A. Torell in Support re: #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. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A, #2 Exhibit B, #3 Exhibit C)(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 [caption continues on next page] DECLARATION OF CATHERINE A. TORELL IN FURTHER SUPPORT OF DR. SHMUEL CABILLY'S MOTION FOR CONSOLIDATION, APPOINTMENT AS LEAD PLAINTIFF, AND APPROVAL OF SELECTION OF LEAD COUNSEL, AND IN OPPOSITION TO COMPETING MOTIONS

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

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-------------------------------------- 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, 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. -------------------------------------- X [caption continues on next page]

Case No. 1:09-cv-2032-RMB

-------------------------------------- X FABIAN PERRONE and CHIA-HUNG KAO, : Plaintiffs, -againstALBERTO BENBASSAT, STEPHANE BENBASSAT, GERALD J.P. BRADY, NICOLA A. CORSETTI, NIGEL H. FIELDING, HELMUTH E. FREY, JOHN HOLLIWELL, KARL E. KANIAK, SONJA KOHN, ALBERTO LA ROCCA, DANIEL MORRISSEY, FRANCO MUGNAI, DECLAN MURRAY, HERALD C. NOGRASEK, JAMES E. O'NEILL, FRIEDRICH PFEFFER, URSULA RADELLESZCZYNSKI, HANNES SALETA, PETER SCHEITHAUER, ALFRED SIMON, DAVID T. SMITH, JOHANNES P. SPALEK, WERNER TRIPOLT, MICHAEL WHEATON, BA WORLDWIDE FUND MANAGEMENT, LTD., BANK AUSTRIA CREDITANSTALT, BANK OF BERMUDA (CAYMAN) LIMITED, BANK OF BERMUDA (LUXEMBOURG) S.A., BANK MEDICI AG, ERNST & YOUNG, PRIMEO FUND, HERALD FUND SPC, HSBC HOLDINGS PLC, HSBC INSTITUTIONAL TRUST SERVICES (IRELAND) LTD., HSBC SECURITIES SERVICES (IRELAND) LTD., HSBC SECURITIES SERVICES (LUXEMBOURG) S.A., PIONEER ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED, PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS, THEMA INTERNATIONAL FUND PLC, and UNICREDIT S.A., : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Case No. 1:09-cv-2558-SHS

Defendants. -------------------------------------- X

I, Catherine A. Torell, hereby declare the following under penalty of perjury: 1. I am an attorney admitted to practice in this District and am counsel for Dr.

Shmuel Cabilly. I am submitting this declaration in further support of his motion for consolidation, appointment as Lead Plaintiff, and selection of my firm, Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC ("Cohen Milstein"), as Lead Counsel, and in opposition to competing motions. 2. Attached hereto are true and correct copies of the following documents: Exhibit A: Exhibit B: Exhibit C: Opinion in Zemprelli v. Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, No. 09 Civ. 300 (DAB) (S.D.N.Y. May 5, 2009); Transcript of Hearing, February 13, 2009, In re Fannie Mae 2008 Sec. Litig., No. 08-cv-8008 (GEL) (S.D.N.Y. filed Sept. 8, 2008). Declaration of Professor Bruce A. Green, In re Fannie Mae 2008 Sec. Litig., No. 08-cv-8008 (GEL) (S.D.N.Y. filed Sept. 8, 2008).

The foregoing is true to the best of my knowledge. Dated: June 1, 2009 _______/s/ Catherine A. Torell ________________ Catherine A. Torell