IN RE ZOHAR III, CORP.

Case No. 18-10512 (KBO) (Jointly Administered). Adv. Proc. No. 19-50390 (KBO).

639 B.R. 73 (2022)

IN RE: ZOHAR III, CORP., et al., Debtors. Lynn Tilton, Patriarch Partners VIII, LLC, Patriarch Partners XIV, LLC, Patriarch Partners XV, LLC, Octaluna, LLC, Octaluna II, LLC, and Octaluna III, LLC, Plaintiffs, v. MBIA Inc., MBIA Insurance Corporation, U.S. Bank, N.A., Alvarez & Marsal Zohar Management, Credit Value Partners, LP, Bardin Hill Investment Partners f/k/a Halcyon Capital Management LP, Coöperatieve Rabobank U.A., Värde Partners, Inc., Ascension Alpha Fund LLC, Ascension Health Master Pension Trust, CAZ Halcyon Offshore Strategic Opportunities Fund, L.P., CAZ Halcyon Strategic Opportunities Fund, L.P., Brown University, HCN LP, Halcyon Eversource Credit LLC, HLF LP, HLDR Fund I NUS LP, HLDR Fund I TE LP, HLDR Fund I UST LP, Halcyon Vallée Blanche Master Fund LP, Bardin Hill Event Driven Master Fund LP, Praetor Fund I, a Sub Fund of Praetorium Fund I ICAV, Hirtle Callaghan Total Return Offshore Fund Limited, Hirtle Callaghan Total Return Offshore Fund II Limited, Hirtle Callaghan Trading Partners, L.P., and Third Series of HDML Fund I LLC., Defendants.

United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Delaware.

Signed March 25, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph M. Barry , Ryan M. Bartley , Shane M. Reil , Young, Conaway, Stargatt & Taylor, Wilmington, DE, for Debtor.

G. David Dean , Patrick J. Reilley , Cole Schotz P.C., Wilmington, DE, for Plaintiffs Octaluna III, LLC, Octaluna, LLC, Patriarch Partners VIII, LLC, Patriarch Partners XIV, LLC, Patriarch Partners XV, LLC, Lynn Tilton, ARK Angels VII, LLC, ARK II CLO 01-00001, LLC, Ark Investments Partners II, LP, Patriarch Partners Agency Services, LLC, Patriarch Partners Management Group, LLC, Patriarch Partners, LLC, Phoenix VIII, LLC.

Alexandra G. Elenowitz-Hess , Jennifer X. Luo , Vikram Shah , Michael Tremonte , Theresa Trzaskoma , Sher Tremonte LLP, New York, NY, Norman L. Pernick , Cole Schotz P.C., Wilmington, DE, for Plaintiffs Octaluna II, LLC, Octaluna III, LLC, Octaluna, LLC, Patriarch Partners VIII, LLC, Patriarch Partners XIV, LLC, Patriarch Partners XV, LLC, Lynn Tilton.

Blair A. Adams , Zachary Russell , Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant Alvarez & Marsal Zohar Management LLC.

Matthew B. Harvey , Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell, LLP, Wilmington, DE, for Defendants Alvarez & Marsal Zohar Management LLC, MBIA Inc., MBIA Insurance Corporation, U.S. Bank, N.A.

Joshua P. Arnold , Ingrid Bagby , Michele M. Maman , Sean O'Shea , Michael E. Petrella , Gregory M. Petrick , Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP, New York, NY, Timothy P. Cairns , Laura Davis Jones , Pachulski Stang Young & Jones LLP, Wilmington, DE, for Defendants MBIA Inc., MBIA Insurance Corporation.

Deborah J. Newman , Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant Alvarez & Marsal Zohar Management LLC.

Jennifer V. Doran , Hinckley Allen, Boston, MA, for Defendant Brown University.

Jonathan T. Edwards , Alexander S. Lorenzo , Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, GA, John W. Weiss , Pashman Stein Walder Hayden, P.C., Holmdel, NJ, for Defendant U.S. Bank, N.A.

Morgan L. Patterson , Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP, Wilmington, DE, for Defendants Ascension Alpha Fund LLC, Ascension Health Master Pension Trust, Bardin Hill Event-Driven Master Fund LP, Bardin Hill Investment Partners, Brown University, CAZ Halcyon Offshore Strategic Opportunities Fund, L.P., CAZ Halcyon Strategic Opportunities Fund, L.P., Cooperatieve Rabobank U.A., Credit Value Partners, LP, HCN LP, HLDR Fund I NUS LP, HLDR Fund I TE LP, HLDR Fund I UST LP, HLF LP, Halcyon Eversource Credit LLC, Halcyon Vallee Blanche Master Fund LP, Hirtle Callaghan Total Return Offshore Fund II Limited, Hirtle Callaghan Total Return Offshore Fund Limited, Hirtle Callaghan Trading Partners, L.P., Praetor Fund I, Praetorium Fund I ICAV, Third Series of HDML Fund I LLC, Varde Partners, Inc.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER ON DEFENDANTS' MOTIONS TO DISMISS THE AMENDED COMPLAINT OF LYNN TILTON AND THE PATRIARCH & OCTALUNA ENTITIES FOR EQUITABLE SUBORDINATION

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