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By Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon, Thread III
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SDNY COURTHOUSE, Oct 4 – It's not over until it's over. The adage from baseball, and opera, was on display on October 4 in an oral argument between lawyers for Deutshce Bank Mexico Holdings S.a.r.l and Accendo Banco, S.A. before Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

    Accendo Banco had obtained a Mexican court injuction against Deutsche Bank selling its Mexican assets to anyone else; there is an ICC emergency arbitration set for argument next Tuesday with decision scheduled for October 14.

    Judge Hellerstein after hearing arguments from Simpson Thacher's Jonathan K. Youngblood for Deutshce Bank, then Quinn Emanuel's Marc Greenwald for Accendo, orally denied Deutsche Bank's petition to undo the Mexican court's injunction, saying it wasn't his place to get involved in another sovereign country's law.   But then after some apparently post-decision arguments from Deutsche Bank lawyer Youngblood, Judge Hellerstein abruptly left the bench and went into his robing room with his law clerks.   Emerging fifteen minutes later, Judge Hellerstein said he would reserve decision and issue a written ruling later. The he asked the parties if they both wanted him to not act until after the arbitrator does.

   Youngblood consulted with his client, four Deutshce Bank officials in the gallery otherwise empty but for Inner City Press, then returned with essentially an offer for Accendo or its counsel.

    Judge Hellerstein said that was a private conversation in which he did not want to be involved. He said he will rule in the normal course. Inner City Press will continue to cover this case. It is Deutsche Bank Mexico Holdings S.a.r.l. et al. v. and Accendo Banco, S.A., 19-cv-08692 (Hellerstein).