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Crystallex International Corporation v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
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1:17-mc-00151
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Firms
- Abrams & Bayliss
- Akerman LLP
- Blank Rome
- Clement & Murphy
- Cole Schotz
- Connolly Gallagher
- Cross & Simon
- Dailey LLP
- DLA Piper
- Dorsey & Whitney
- Duane Morris
- Gellert Seitz
- Halloran Farkas
- Hecker Fink
- Heyman Enerio
- Klehr Harrison
- Landis Rath
- McCarter & English
- McCollom D'Emilio
- McDermott Will & Schulte
- Morris James
- Morris Nichols
- Pachulski Stang
- Paul Weiss
- Potter Anderson
- Quinn Emanuel
- Reed Smith
- Richards Layton
- Ross Aronstam
- Skadden Arps
- Smith Katzenstein
- Stevens & Lee
- Werb & Sullivan
- Womble Bond
Companies
- Altana AG
- Banco San Juan Internacional Inc.
- CITGO Petroleum Corp.
- ConocoPhillips
- ConocoPhillips Co.
- Contrarian Capital Management LLC
- Crystallex International Corp
- Gold Reserve Inc
- Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc.
- Northrop Grumman Corp.
- Saint-Gobain SA
- Siemens Energy AG
- Tenaris S.A.
- Tidewater, Inc.
- U.S. Bancorp
- Vitol Inc.
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January 15, 2026
EU Greenlights Hedge Fund's $5.89B Bid For Control Of Citgo
The European Commission has announced its approval of a $5.9 billion bid by hedge fund Elliott Investment Management LP to purchase shares in Citgo's parent company and settle billions of dollars of debt owed by Venezuela and its state-owned oil company.
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December 01, 2025
Venezuela Will Challenge $5.9B Sale Of Citgo Parent
Venezuela, the country's state-owned oil company and others have appealed a Delaware federal judge's order approving the $5.89 billion sale of Citgo Petroleum's parent company to an affiliate of hedge fund Elliott Investment Management LP, potentially delaying the long-awaited sale of Venezuela's most significant seizable asset.
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November 25, 2025
Delaware Judge Accepts $5.89B Bid For Control Of Citgo
A Delaware federal judge on Tuesday approved a $5.892 billion bid from hedge fund Elliott Investment Management LP to purchase shares in Citgo's parent company and satisfy billions of dollars' worth of Venezuelan debt, moving a step closer to ending the long-delayed sale.
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November 13, 2025
Efforts To DQ Judge In Venezuelan Debt Case Come Up Short
A federal judge on Thursday denied efforts to unseat him and the court-appointed special master overseeing the sale of Citgo's parent company to satisfy billions of dollars in Venezuelan debt, ruling that the motions are both procedurally defective and unmeritorious.
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October 14, 2025
Mining Company Seeks Judge's Removal From Citgo Auction
A bidder in the sale of Citgo's parent company to satisfy billions of dollars of Venezuelan debt has asked to disqualify a Delaware federal judge from the forced judicial auction, saying it submitted the top bid of $7.9 billion but unfairly lost out to a competitor's lower bid.
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July 25, 2025
Venezuela Urges Del. Judge To Reject $7B Citgo Sale
Venezuela called on a Delaware federal judge to reject a Gold Reserve subsidiary's $7.4 billion bid to buy Citgo's parent company, arguing that the purchase price is well below half of the shares' fair market value of $18.6 billion.
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July 03, 2025
Gold Reserve Unit To Bid $7.4B In Venezuelan Debt Case
The special master overseeing the sale of Citgo's parent company to satisfy billions of dollars of Venezuelan debt on Wednesday made his final recommendation on a bidder, choosing a subsidiary of mining company Gold Reserve that has agreed to a $7.382 billion purchase price.
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June 04, 2025
Venezuela Wants To Delay Citgo Hearing Until September
Venezuela on Tuesday urged a Delaware federal judge to postpone until September a sale hearing for Citgo's parent company that's currently scheduled for next month, saying it needs more time to prepare after his decision last week extending a crucial bidding deadline.
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May 27, 2025
Citgo Auction Deadline Extended Amid Venezuela Debt Fight
A Delaware federal judge agreed Tuesday to extend a crucial deadline in a forthcoming auction of Citgo's parent company to satisfy billions of dollars of Venezuelan debt, following a "monumental" ruling in New York partially shutting down parallel litigation by creditors outside the Citgo sales process.