BlockFi Bankruptcy Set to Pay Big Law Firms $40 Million in Fees

December 11, 2023, 7:43 PM UTC

Four Big Law firms representing failed cryptocurrency exchange BlockFi Inc. in its Chapter 11 case are poised to earn $40 million in fees after securing a plan to liquidate the business.

BlockFi, which blew up in the wake of the FTX implosion last year, will pay the biggest bill to Kirkland & Ellis, which has requested a final fee of more than $16 million for its work on the case.

Haynes Boone, which also represented BlockFi since its November 2022 Chapter 11 filing, has requested more than $12.5 million in fees, according to a filing Friday.

Brown Rudnick, another law ...

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