Bank Subpoena in Superyacht Sale Dispute Queried by 2nd Circuit

Second Circuit judges appeared disinclined to let the daughter of a Russian oligarch obtain the financial records of Antigua and Barbuda’s Prime Minister Gaston Browne in the Russian woman’s bid to claim the Alfa Nero superyacht.

The three-judge US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit panel wrestled with whether the records sought on Browne and other Antiguan officials were relevant to Yulia Gurieva-Motlokhov’s overseas challenge to Antigua’s sale of the yacht. The arguments on Wednesday lasted nearly an hour and seemed to divide the panel.

If the request were granted, the records could show “how much one of these ...