Citadel 在一场关于英国对冲基金 Marshall Wace 招募 Citadel 前投资组合经理 Daniel Shatz 担任全球信贸主管的法律争端中，获得了获取 Marshall Wace 两位最高级别高管通讯记录的权限。
Citadel won access to the communications of two of Marshall Wace’s most senior executives as part of a legal fight over the British hedge fund’s recruitment of former Citadel portfolio manager Daniel Shatz as global credit head.
纽约州一名法官周三裁定，Marshall Wace 高管 Anthony Clake 和 Alan Hofmeyr 属于 Citadel 传票的覆盖范围。Andrea Masley 法官还责令 Marshall Wace 扩大与其招聘 Shatz 相关的文件搜索范围。
A New York state judge on Wednesday ruled that Marshall Wace executives Anthony Clake and Alan Hofmeyr are covered by a Citadel subpoena. Justice Andrea Masley also ordered Marshall Wace to broaden its search for documents related to its hiring of Shatz.
在另一项单独的仲裁程序中，Citadel 指控 Shatz 在准备 2024 年跳槽至 Marshall Wace 期间窃取了机密信息。Ken Griffin 旗下的公司就该争议向 Marshall Wace 发出了传票，但这家英国公司于 2 月起诉以阻止该文件请求。
Citadel has accused Shatz in a separate arbitration proceeding of stealing confidential information while preparing for his 2024 move to Marshall Wace. Ken Griffin’s firm subpoenaed Marshall Wace in connection with that dispute, but the UK firm sued to block the document requests in February.
尽管马斯利在6月作出了有利于Citadel的裁决，但Citadel在9月的一份文件中称，Marshall Wace“百般阻挠”，并“断然拒绝”交出克莱克和霍夫迈尔的任何通信记录。Citadel声称，这两人在招聘工作中处于“核心位置”，并且“一心专注于让沙茨亲自负责组建新的信贷团队，而且要在其入职日期之前完成”。
Though Masley ruled in its favor in June, Citadel said in a September filing that Marshall Wace was “stonewalling” and had “categorically refused” to turn over any communications of Clake and Hofmeyr. Citadel claims the two were “front and center” in recruitment efforts and were “laser-focused on Shatz being personally responsible for building the new credit team and doing so prior to his start date.”
Marshall Wace辩称，其正在善意回应传票，但称Citadel的一些要求“为时过早、没有必要且缺乏正当理由”。该公司此前曾告知Citadel，由于克莱克和霍夫迈尔在伦敦为Marshall Wace工作，“没有合理理由认为他们的电子邮件通信中包含与沙茨先生及仲裁所涉问题有关的独特信息”。
Marshall Wace argued that it was responding in good faith to the subpoena but called some Citadel requests “premature, unnecessary and unwarranted.”It previously told Citadel that, since Clake and Hofmeyr worked for Marshall Wace in London, there was “no reasonable expectation that their email communications have unique information pertaining to Mr. Shatz and the issues in the arbitration.”
Marshall Wace的一名外部发言人拒绝就法官周三的裁决置评。Citadel的一名发言人表示：“我们欢迎法院的裁决，并感谢其为查明真相所作的努力。”
An outside spokesperson for Marshall Wace declined to comment on the judge’s Wednesday decision. A Citadel spokesperson said, “We welcome the court’s decision and appreciate its efforts to get to the truth.”
据Citadel称，沙茨在获得Marshall Wace的新职位后，但在2023年6月辞职并开始为期15个月的园艺休假之前，“不当访问并打印了Citadel的专有信息，包括招聘名单、组建全球信贷集团的机密路线图，以及评估候选人的评分卡”。沙茨对Citadel提起仲裁，声称其前公司因他投诉可能的证券违规行为而对他进行报复，在他离职后扣留了八位数的递延薪酬方案。Citadel主张，沙茨无权获得该薪酬，因为他获取机密信息违反了雇佣协议。
According to Citadel, once Shatz secured his new role at Marshall Wace, but before resigning in June 2023 and beginning a 15-month gardening leave, “he improperly accessed and printed proprietary Citadel information, including recruiting lists, confidential roadmaps for building a global credit group, and scorecards for evaluating candidates.”Shatz initiated the arbitration with Citadel, claiming his former firm retaliated against him for complaining about possible securities violations by withholding an eight-figure deferred compensation package after his departure. Citadel contends Shatz is not entitled to the compensation because he violated his employment agreement by taking the confidential information.
除了在Marshall Wace担任高级职务外，克莱克还以深海寻宝者而闻名。
Aside from his senior role at Marshall Wace, Clake is well-known as a deep-sea treasure hunter.
该案为“关于Marshall Wace North America LP申请案”，案号650619/2026，纽约州最高法院，纽约县。
The case is In the Matter of the Application of Marshall Wace North America LP, 650619/2026, New York State Supreme Court, New York County.