A February 16, 2021 decision of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York held, in In re Citibank August 11, 2020 Wire Transfers, 520 F. Supp. 3d 390, that lenders who received almost $900 million mistakenly wired to them by Citibank (the administrative agent for a $1.8-billion syndicated seven-year term loan to Revlon [2016 Loan]) were entitled to keep the money.
USA, New York, Banking, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP, Clawback/avoidance/preferences/fraudulent transfers, Avoidance/clawback, Citibank, U.S. Court of Appeals
The Bottom Line
The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York entered a decision confirming the applicability of the Court’s bar date order as it relates to a pension fund’s claim for withdrawal liability filed after the bar date, despite the fact that the withdrawal occurred after the deadline for filing proofs of claim.
What Happened?
USA, Employee Benefits & Pensions, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, Mutual fund, Investment funds, US District Court for the Southern District of New York