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US Justice Department Chooses FRA Over Sullivan & Cromwell for Binance Oversight
11.5.2024
The Justice Department has designated Forensic Risk Alliance (FRA) as the external monitor for Binance Holdings Ltd. This decision comes in the wake of Binance’s acknowledgment of breaching U.S. anti-money laundering regulations and sanctions. Bloomberg’s Ava Benny-Morison and Chris Strohm...
New Research Paper Sheds Light on Alleged Conflicts of Interest in FTX’s Chapter 11 Filing
22.3.2024
A recent research paper on SSRN by legal scholars scrutinizes the ethical quandaries and potential conflicts of interest surrounding Sullivan & Cromwell LLP’s involvement in FTX’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing. Study Highlights Legal Ethics From FTX Bankruptcy Proceedings The SSRN...
FTX advisors billed the bankrupt firm for a whopping $103M in Q1
3.5.2023
After Sullivan & Cromwell, Consulting firm Alvarez & Marsal billed the second largest invoice for its finance and accounting work
Lawyers picnic: FTX counsel and advisors rake in $34M in January
8.3.2023
Millions have been invoiced from a host of law firms, investment bankers, consultants and financial advisers in FTX’s bankruptcy case
FTX lawyers: Examiner could cost $100M and ‘provide no benefit’
26.1.2023
FTX lawyers, joint provisional liquidators of FTX.US and the Bahamas and a committee of creditors have all opposed the appointment of an independent examiner
FTX CEO fights to keep lawyers as calls for removal intensify
19.1.2023
Numerous parties have objected to the retention of Sullivan & Cromwell as lead counsel to FTX, citing conflicts of interest and insufficient disclosures