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FTX CEO fights to keep lawyers as calls for removal intensify

2023-01-19No Comments3 Mins Read
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The CEO of crypto exchange FTX has rejected calls for its law firm to be replaced as lead counsel in its bankruptcy case. 

John J. Ray III, who was appointed as the new FTX CEO on Nov. 11, filed a court motion on Jan. 17 arguing that Sullivan & Cromwell has been integral in taking control over the “dumpster fire” that was handed to him.

Ray suggested that retaining their services is in the best interest of FTX creditors, arguing:

“The advisors are not the villains in these cases. The villains are being pursued by the appropriate criminal authorities largely as a result of the information and support they are receiving at my direction from the Debtors’ advisors.”

U.S. Trustee Andrew R. Vara had filed an objection to the retention of the law firm on Jan. 14, citing two separate issues.

He claimed that Sullivan & Cromwell had failed to sufficiently disclose its connections and prior work for FTX. He also pointed out that based on publicly available knowledge, a former partner of the law firm became a counsel to FTX 14 months prior to the bankruptcy filing.

Meanwhile, lawyer James A. Murphy, who goes by the Twitter handle MetaLawMan, suggested on Jan. 14 that the prior work it had done for FTX was not the law firm’s only conflict of interest in the case.

At the same time that Sullivan & Cromwell lawyers have had unrestricted access to all internal data about the value of FTX’s assets and liabilities…

Apollo Global has (reportedly) been quietly offering to buy up creditor claims from FTX customers for pennies on the dollar.

— MetaLawMan (@MetaLawMan) January 13, 2023

He claimed that private equity firm Apollo Global has been buying up creditor claims from FTX customers for a fraction of their value. Murphy notes that Apollo’s chairman, Jay Clayton, is also employed by Sullivan & Cromwell, which has access to sensitive financial information.

The U.S. Trustee also believed that the current application to retain Sullivan & Cromwell was flawed, as they would “usurp” an independent examiner’s work and the parties would be duplicating their services at the expense of the FTX estate.

The Trustee had first called for the appointment of an independent examiner on Dec. 1, pointing to a part of the bankruptcy code that mandates the appointment of an examiner when certain debts exceed $5 million.

Related: SBF says Sullivan & Cromwell contradicted itself with insolvency claims

On Jan. 10, a bipartisan group of four U.S. representatives sent a letter to Delaware bankruptcy judge John Dorsey, requesting that he approve the motion to hire an independent examiner and expressed their disbelief that the law firm could be labeled as a “disinterested” party.

Dorsey, however, labeled the letter as “inappropriate ex parte communication,” and said he would not take it into account when he decides whether to appoint an independent examiner or approve the retention of Sullivan & Cromwell.

But Dorsey is set to consider the objection of an FTX creditor filed on Jan. 10 when deciding whether Sullivan & Cromwell should be retained, with the creditor also suggesting that the law firm’s previous work for FTX constitutes a conflict of interest.

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