Summary:
If a company used to perpetrate a fraud (Ponzi, Madoff, Stanford) should fail, how should its centre of main interests (COMI) be determined for purposes of cross-border administration?
This 2010 case note, co-authored with Adam Al-Attar, Barrister, 3-4 South Square, London, UK, examines this question in light of the holding of In re Stanford International Bank [2009] EWHC 1441 (Ch). It is accessible here. Republished with kind permission of Chase Cambria Company (Publishing) Ltd.