2/27/2023 0 Comments K2 integrity![]() In a July 11 letter to the Manhattan magistrate that anticipated Gibson Dunn’s arguments in the July 15 brief, K2’s counsel asserted that it was Batbold - not K2 and K&S - who was engaged in “politically motivated attacks.” Batbold's assertion, K2 said, disregarded the record not only on King & Spalding’s engagement but also of the successful litigation in four different courts to freeze allegedly misappropriated assets worth about $70 million. K2 spokeswoman Joan Vollero refuted Gibson Dunn's accusation that K2 and K&S are acting without appropriate authority. King & Spalding and K2 have also filed declarations from Mongolian agency heads that appear to empower the U.S. But in a separate 1782 action to obtain Batbold’s banking records (more on that below), K&S filed an assignment letter from a Mongolian prosecutor that appears to authorize the firm to “seek in all relevant courts orders to freeze” Batbold assets. King & Spalding is not a party to the K2 1782 action so has not countered the allegations there. K&S does not now have, and has never had, any attorney-client relationship with OPG.” But this appears to have been an outright misrepresentation. “K&S, a major global law firm has purported to represent a foreign government agency,, in this court and others. “K2 and K&S’s privilege arguments are rotten to their core,” the July 15 brief said. Since then, Gibson Dunn and K2’s lawyers at Kobre & Kim have been battling over K2’s claims that almost all of its documents are privileged because it worked hand-in-glove with Mongolia’s litigators from King & Spalding.įriday’s brief argued that K2 can’t legitimately claim privilege because King & Spalding does not actually represent Mongolian government prosecutors.Ĭiting two letters from Mongolia’s deputy prosecutor general – a January 2022 letter casting doubt on King & Spalding’s authorization to bring the suits and a March 2022 letter demanding that King & Spalding terminate the actions – Gibson Dunn asserts that King & Spalding and K2 are not working for the Mongolian government but for Batbold’s political rivals. Magistrate Judge Ona Wang of Manhattan ordered K2 in October to produce discovery. The K2 investigation was the basis of King & Spalding’s far-flung litigation to recover assets from Batbold and other defendants. King & Spalding declined to provide a statement in response to the Gibson Dunn filing but cited a recent court filing that said no foreign tribunal overseeing a case to freeze Mongolian assets has endorsed Batbold’s assertion that K&S lacks authority to litigate.įriday’s filing by Gibson Dunn was in a special proceeding, known as a 1782 action, that Batbold brought in Manhattan federal court to obtain discovery from investigative firm K2 Integrity Holdings Inc, which conducted a years-long probe of the alleged misappropriation of Mongolian mining assets. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Register
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