Delaware Bankruptcy Court

Case number: 1:23-bk-11883 - Adrian Frankum and Spark Networks SE - Delaware Bankruptcy Court

Case Information
Case title
Adrian Frankum and Spark Networks SE
Chapter
15
Judge
Mary F. Walrath
Filed
11/17/2023
Last Filing
05/01/2024
Asset
No
Vol
v
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STANDOrder, LEAD




U.S. Bankruptcy Court
District of Delaware (Delaware)
Bankruptcy Petition #: 23-11883-MFW

Assigned to: Mary F. Walrath
Chapter 15
Voluntary


Date filed:  11/17/2023

Debtor

Spark Networks SE

Kohlfurter Str. 41/43
Berlin 10999
OUTSIDE U. S.
Germany
Tax ID / EIN: 00-0000000

represented by
Matthew P. Milana

Richards, Layton & Finger
1201 North Market Street, Suite 2300
P.O. Box 1266
Wilmington, DE 19899
302-651-7700
Fax : 302-651-7701
Email: [email protected]

Zachary I Shapiro

Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A.
920 North King Street, P.O. Box 551
Wilmington, DE 19801
302-651-7700
Fax : 302-651-7701
Email: [email protected]

Foreign Representative

Adrian Frankum

485 Lexington Avenue, 10th Floor
New York, NY 10017
NEW YORK-NY

represented by
Zachary Javorsky

Richards, Layton & Finger
920 N King St.
Wilmington, DE 19801
302-651-7743
Email: [email protected]

Matthew P. Milana

(See above for address)

Daniel T. Moss

Jones Day
51 Louisiana Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001
202-879-3939
Fax : 202-626-1700
Email: [email protected]

Zachary I Shapiro

(See above for address)

J. Ryan Sims

Jones Day

David S. Torborg

Jones Day
51 Louisiana Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20001-2113
202-879-3939
Fax : 202-626-1700
Email: [email protected]

U.S. Trustee

U.S. Trustee

Office of the United States Trustee
J. Caleb Boggs Federal Building
844 King Street, Suite 2207
Lockbox 35
Wilmington, DE 19801
(302)-573-6491

represented by
Timothy Jay Fox, Jr.

Office of the United States Trustee
U. S. Department of Justice
844 King Street, Suite 2207
Lockbox #35
Wilmington, DE 19801
302-573-6491
Fax : 302-573-6497
Email: [email protected]

Claims Agent

Kroll Restructuring Administration LLC

(f/k/a Prime Clerk LLC)
55 East 52nd Street
17th Floor
New York, NY 10055
212-257-5450

represented by
Benjamin Joseph Steele

Kroll Restructuring Administration LLC
(F/K/A Prime Clerk LLC)
55 East 52nd Street
17th Floor
New York, NY 10055
212-257-5490
Email: [email protected]

Transcriber

Reliable Companies

Attn: Gene Matthews
1007 North Orange Street
Suite 110
Wilmington, DE 19801
302-654-8080
 
 

Latest Dockets
Date Filed#Docket Text
02/13/202443Docket Text
Affidavit/Declaration of Mailing of Tariful Huq Regarding German Court Order Rejecting Immediate Appeal. Filed by Kroll Restructuring Administration LLC. (Malo, David) (Entered: 02/13/2024)
01/22/202442Docket Text
Affidavit/Declaration of Mailing of Jean-Christophe Gache Regarding Notice to ADR Holders. Filed by Kroll Restructuring Administration LLC. (Steele, Benjamin) (Entered: 01/22/2024)
01/22/202441Docket Text
Affidavit/Declaration of Mailing of Tariful Huq Regarding Spark Networks SE, ADR Notice re Conf Order and Commercial Register. Filed by Kroll Restructuring Administration LLC. (Steele, Benjamin) (Entered: 01/22/2024)
01/09/202440Docket Text
Affidavit/Declaration of Mailing of Jean-Christophe Gache Regarding Notice to ADR Holders. Filed by Kroll Restructuring Administration LLC. (Steele, Benjamin) (Entered: 01/09/2024)
12/18/202339Docket Text
Affidavit/Declaration of Mailing of Tariful Huq Regarding Notice of Agenda of Matters Scheduled for Hearing on December 15, 2023 at 10:30 a.m. (Prevailing Eastern Time). Filed by Kroll Restructuring Administration LLC. (related document(s)32) (Steele, Benjamin) (Entered: 12/18/2023)
12/18/202338Docket Text
Affidavit/Declaration of Mailing of Tariful Huq Regarding Foreign Representative's Reply to PM Service GmbH's Response and Limited Objection to Foreign Representative's (I) Motion for Recognition of (A) Foreign Main Proceeding or, in the Alternative, Foreign Nonmain Proceeding for Spark Networks SE, (B) Foreign Nonmain Proceedings for Spark Networks, Inc., and Zoosk, Inc.; and (II) Request for Related Relief, and Amended Corporate Ownership Statement and List of Equity Interest Holders Pursuant to Fed R. Bankr. P. 1007(a)(4) AND 7007.1. Filed by Kroll Restructuring Administration LLC. (related document(s)30, 31) (Steele, Benjamin) (Entered: 12/18/2023)
12/18/202337Docket Text
Affidavit/Declaration of Mailing of James Roy Regarding Order Granting (I) Recognition of (A) Foreign Main Proceeding for Spark Networks SE, (B) Foreign Nonmain Proceedings for Spark Networks, Inc., and Zoosk, Inc.; and (II) Request for Related Relief, and Notice of Amended Agenda of Matters Scheduled for Hearing on December 15, 2023 at 10:30 a.m. (Prevailing Eastern Time). Filed by Kroll Restructuring Administration LLC. (related document(s)34, 35) (Steele, Benjamin) (Entered: 12/18/2023)
12/18/202336Docket Text
Affidavit/Declaration of Mailing of Tariful Huq Regarding Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of Foreign Proceeding, Foreign Representatives Motion Pursuant to Fed. R. Bankr. P. 1015(b) for Entry of an Order Directing Joint Administration of Chapter 15 Cases, Foreign Representative's Motion for Entry of an Order Scheduling Hearing and Specifying Form and Manner of Service of Notice Pursuant to Sections 1515 and 105(a) of the Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rules 2002 and 9007, Foreign Representative's (I) Motion for Recognition of (A) Foreign Main Proceeding or, in the Alternative, Foreign Nonmain Proceeding for Spark Networks SE, (B) Foreign Nonmain Proceedings for Spark Networks, Inc., and Zoosk, Inc.; and (II) Request for Related Relief, Declaration of Adrian Frankum, as Foreign Representative of the Debtors, in Support of (I) Foreign Representative's Motion for Recognition of (A) Foreign Main Proceeding or, in the Alternative, Foreign Nonmain Proceeding for Spark Networks SE, (B) Foreign Nonmain Proceedings for Spark Networks, Inc., and Zoosk, Inc.; (II) Voluntary Chapter 15 Petitions; and (III) Foreign Representative's Motion for Entry of an Order Scheduling a Hearing and Specifying Form and Manner of Service of Notice Pursuant to Sections 1515 and 105(a) of the Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rules 2002 and 9007, Declaration of Dr. Christoph Morgen, German Counsel to the Foreign Representative of the Chapter 15 Debtors, in Support of Foreign Representatives (I) Motion for Recognition of (A) Foreign Main Proceeding or, in the Alternative, Foreign Nonmain Proceeding for Spark Networks SE, (B) Foreign Nonmain Proceedings for Spark Networks, Inc., and Zoosk, Inc. and (II) Request for Related Relief, Declaration of Kristie Goodgion in Support of (I) Foreign Representatives Motion for Recognition of (A) Foreign Main Proceeding or, in the Alternative, Foreign Nonmain Proceeding for Spark Networks SE, (B) Foreign Nonmain Proceedings for Spark Networks, Inc., and Zoosk, Inc.; (II) Voluntary Chapter 15 Petitions; and (III) Foreign Representatives Motion for Entry of an Order Scheduling Hearing and Specifying Form and Manner of Service of Notice Pursuant to Sections 1515 and 105(a) of the Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rules 2002 and 9007, Notice to Litigation Parties Regarding the Chapter 15 Proceedings for Spark Networks SE; Spark Networks, Inc.; and Zoosk, Inc., Notice of (I) Chapter 15 Petitions; (II) Foreign Representatives Motion for Recognition of (A) Foreign Main Proceeding or, in the Alternative, Foreign Nonmain Proceeding for Spark Networks Se, (B) Foreign Nonmain Proceedings for Spark Networks, Inc., and Zoosk, Inc.; and (III) Courts Intention to Communicate with Foreign Court and Foreign Representative, Order Pursuant to Fed. R. Bankr. P. 1015(B) Directing Joint Administration of Chapter 15 Cases, Order Scheduling Hearing and Specifying Form and Manner of Service of Notice Pursuant to Sections 1515 and 105(A) of the Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rules 2002 and 9007, German Court Order Scheduling Consultation and Approval Meeting of Creditors, and Supplemental Declaration of Adrian Frankum, as Foreign Representative of the Debtors, in Support of (I) Foreign Representatives Motion for Recognition of (A) Foreign Main Proceeding or, in the Alternative, Foreign Nonmain Proceeding for Spark Networks SE, (B) Foreign Nonmain Proceedings for Spark Networks, Inc. and Zoosk, Inc.; and (II) Voluntary Chapter 15 Petitions. Filed by Kroll Restructuring Administration LLC. (related document(s)1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 16) (Steele, Benjamin) (Entered: 12/18/2023)
12/14/202335Docket Text
Amended HEARING CANCELLED. Notice of Agenda of Matters not going forward. The following hearing has been cancelled. Filed by Adrian Frankum. Hearing scheduled for 12/15/2023 at 10:30 AM at US Bankruptcy Court, 824 Market St., 5th Fl., Courtroom #4, Wilmington, Delaware. (Milana, Matthew) (Entered: 12/14/2023)
12/14/202334Docket Text
Order Granting (I) Recognition of (A) Foreign Main Proceeding for Spark Networks SE, (B) Foreign Nonmain Proceedings for Spark Networks, Inc., and Zoosk, Inc.; and (II) Request for Related Relief (Related Doc # 4, 33) Signed on 12/14/2023. (LMC) (Entered: 12/14/2023)