Burford Capital Open to Argentine Bonds for $16 Billion Judgment

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(Bloomberg) -- Investors who won a $16 billion judgment against Argentina over its nationalization of energy firm YPF SA more than a decade ago are open to receiving payment in bonds instead of cash, ...

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It acquired rights to the lawsuit in 2015 for $16.6 million from former YPF shareholders and stands to make at least $6.2 billion if the full judgment is paid.Argentina is appealing Preska’s collection judgment, but failed to post security during the appeal. 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It acquired rights to the lawsuit in 2015 for $16.6 million from former YPF shareholders and stands to make at least $6.2 billion if the full judgment is paid. \nThe fund’s more flexible stance on repayment could mark an olive branch in a dispute that’s dragged on Argentina’s attempts to emerge from decades of financial debacles. Talks between Burford representatives and government officials have gone nowhere despite meetings in recent weeks, the people said. The lack of meaningful progress under President Javier Milei, who took office last December, comes more than a year since a US federal judge ruled in Burford’s favor. \nArgentina’s Economy Ministry and Milei’s chief spokesperson didn’t respond to requests for comment. Milei remarked several months ago on the possibility of selling a “perpetual bond” to pay down the YPF case, but no concrete strategy emerged. 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On top of the YPF case, the libertarian must also manage a $44 billion program with the International Monetary Fund as well as a $1.5 billion case in the UK and payments to the nation’s current bondholders due in January. \nThe lawsuit in US courts stems from Argentina’s seizure of YPF in 2012. US District Judge Loretta Preska ruled in 2023 that the nationalization of YPF violated the company’s bylaws that required the energy firm to make a tender offer to all shareholders.  \nArgentina is appealing Preska’s collection judgment, but failed to post security during the appeal. That led Preska to rule in January that the judgment — the biggest ever ordered by the federal court in Manhattan — was subject to immediate collection, before the appeal is decided. \nThe most recent wrinkle in the case came Wednesday when the US Department of Justice sent Preska a letter asking she not allow Burford and others to seize YPF’s US-listed shares. The Justice Department said allowing a private litigant to seize foreign assets on US soil poses risks to US foreign policy interests and reciprocity abroad. \nThe stakes are high for Argentina not just in this case, but also as a litmus test in Milei’s bid to attract foreign investment. The president’s new reforms meant to bring in large foreign investments specifically allow companies to resolve potential legal disputes outside Argentina should a project go awry there. \nThe case is Petersen Energia Inversora SAU v. 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