作者：Lucca de Paoli 和 Donal Griffin Market Financial Solutions Ltd. 的所有者正面临越来越多的诉讼，债权人试图追讨他们向这家英国房地产公司发放的约23亿英镑（30亿美元）贷款。该公司因被指控存在大规模欺诈而最终倒闭。
By Lucca de Paoli and Donal Griffin The owner of Market Financial Solutions Ltd. is facing a growing barrage of lawsuits as creditors try to recover about £2.3 billion ($3 billion) of loans they had extended to the UK property company that collapsed amid allegations of widespread fraud.
帕雷什·拉贾的律师在英国高等法院的一起案件文件中表示，拉贾正面临多达六起与 Market Financial Solutions（简称 MFS）倒闭相关的诉讼，他必须对此作出回应。由于债权人提出的索赔存在重叠，且彼此之间也存在纠纷，拉贾已敦促他们协调行动，至少合并部分诉讼程序。
Paresh Raja is under pressure to respond to as many as six lawsuits relating to the collapse of Market Financial Solutions, or MFS, his lawyers said in a filing in one of the UK High Court cases. With creditors pursuing overlapping claims and battling among themselves, Raja has urged them to coordinate their efforts and combine at least some of the proceedings.
包括巴克莱银行（Barclays Plc）和阿波罗全球管理公司（Apollo Global Management Inc.）旗下 Atlas SP Partners 部门在内的债权人，曾为构成 MFS 的庞大实体集团提供资金支持。这些实体中的许多目前正处于英国法定的破产管理程序中，并试图通过诉讼追讨资金。一些债权人指控拉贾侵吞了公司数亿美元的资金，并用贷款所得维持奢华的生活方式。
Creditors including Barclays Plc and Apollo Global Management Inc.’s Atlas SP Partners unit backed the sprawling group of entities that made up MFS. Many of those entities are now in administration, a UK form of insolvency, and seeking to recover funds through litigation. Some have accused Raja of looting the company of hundreds of millions of dollars and using proceeds of their loans to fund an extravagant lifestyle.
拉贾的律师在文件中写道：“这些实体完全没有尝试协调这些诉讼程序。事实上，它们之间似乎存在严重的内斗，导致拉贾先生在各个阶段都受到日益‘紧急’的申请和多方诉讼的骚扰，因为每个实体都试图在他人之前获得自己认为应得的利益。”负责清算 MFS 本身的官员也在另一起案件中起诉拉贾，索赔13亿英镑。在上个月首次详细回应相关指控时，拉贾称自己“从未在任何时候有过不诚实或恶意行为”。
“These entities have made no effort whatsoever to coordinate these proceedings,” Raja’s lawyers wrote in the filing. “Indeed, there appears to be a significant degree of internecine warfare, the effect of which has been to harass Mr. Raja at every stage with increasingly ‘urgent’ applications and across a range of fora, as each entity seeks to get what it evidently perceives to be ‘ahead’ of the others.”Officials winding down MFS itself have sued Raja for £1.3 billion in a separate case. In his first detailed response to allegations of wrongdoing, Raja last month said he hadn’t “acted dishonestly or in bad faith at any time.”
他声称，在巴克莱银行冻结关键账户并引发公司倒闭之前，MFS 本已接近完成出售或首次公开募股。
MFS was heading for a sale or an initial public offering before Barclays triggered its collapse by freezing key accounts, he claimed.
MFS实体之一为London Bridging Ltd.（简称LBL），该公司获得了巴克莱银行和Castlelake LP的贷款支持，而Castlelake LP是一家由Brookfield Asset Management Ltd.控股的投资公司。LBL指控Raja“挪用”了超过2亿英镑。
One of the MFS entities was London Bridging Ltd., or LBL, which was backed by loans from Barclays and Castlelake LP, an investment firm majority owned by Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. LBL has alleged that Raja “misappropriated” more than £200 million.
法律文件显示，Raja试图在解决其他诉讼中的多项行动之前，暂停LBL对其提起的诉讼。LBL则指控Raja试图“拖延和/或逃避”应对其提出的索赔。
Raja has sought to suspend LBL’s case against him pending the resolution of various actions in other litigation, legal filings show. LBL has accused Raja of trying to “delay and/or avoid facing” its claims.
Raja的律师在本周提交的文件中写道，另外两家MFS实体——Amber Bridging Ltd.和Zircon Bridging Ltd.——表示将“很快”对Raja提出索赔。这些实体共借款超过10亿英镑，但初步估计显示，包括Apollo旗下Atlas部门在内的债权人可能仅能收回每英镑9至13便士。
Two other MFS entities, Amber Bridging Ltd. and Zircon Bridging Ltd., have indicated that they will issue claims against Raja “shortly,” his lawyers wrote in the filing this week. These entities, which borrowed more than £1 billion, may recover as little as 9 to 13 pence on the pound for creditors including Apollo’s Atlas unit, early estimates show.
负责管理MFS、Amber和Zircon清算事宜的AlixPartners发言人拒绝发表评论。
A spokesperson for AlixPartners, which is managing the administration of MFS, Amber and Zircon, declined to comment.
一家名为Market Financial Solutions International Ltd.（简称MFSI）的实体管理人已对Raja发出“法定付款要求”——即正式的付款请求，要求支付2.78亿英镑。另一家名为Interlend Holdings Ltd.的实体则在本月早些时候致信Raja的律师，“要求立即支付”2800万英镑。
Administrators for one entity called Market Financial Solutions International Ltd., or MFSI, have “served statutory demands” — a formal request for payment — against Raja for £278 million. A separate entity called Interlend Holdings Ltd. wrote to Raja’s lawyers earlier this month “demanding immediate payment” of £28 million.
Raja的律师写道：“各索赔方并未就其索赔进行协调。相反，他们正在针对看似同一笔资金提出相互竞争、重叠和/或矛盾的主张。”负责监督MFSI和Interlend清算事宜的破产公司BTG Begbies Traynor官员Stephen Katz并未立即回应置评请求。
“The various claimants are not coordinating their claims,” Raja’s lawyers wrote. “Instead, they are instead advancing competing, and overlapping and/or inconsistent, claims to what appears to be the same pool of money.”Stephen Katz, an official at insolvency firm BTG Begbies Traynor, who’s overseeing the administration of MFSI and Interlend, didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment.