Committees & counsel — a neutral directory

The entities that have publicly surfaced in this wind-down so far. Listing is not endorsement, membership, or verification — it is a map. We are not affiliated with any of them. Do your own diligence. ← Back to main page

Read this first: wind-downs attract impostors. Anyone can name a committee; anyone can call themselves "official." Before sharing data, signing a retainer, or sending funds to any entity below — or to us — verify identity through independent channels: the firm's own published contact details, court filings, and bar registrations. See avoid recovery scams.

Ad hoc claimholder committee

Ad hoc claimholder committee — organized by Echo Base, September 2, 2026. reported

Organizer: Echo Base (reported)
Counsel of record (reported): Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor; Ashbury Legal
Status: ad hoc — a self-organized claimant group, not (at time of writing) a court-appointed official committee. If a formal insolvency proceeding opens, an official committee of unsecured creditors may be appointed separately and this group's role would be whatever the court recognizes.

Before engaging: confirm the committee's current mandate, who its members are, and that the counsel named is actually engaged — verify through the firms' own published channels, not links handed to you in a chat.

Firms that have publicly surfaced

Sonn Law Group — announced it is investigating claims of $500,000 and above by affected customers. reported

A firm "investigating" is running an intake, not making a finding. Inclusion here records the public announcement only. Contingency arrangements, engagement terms, and who the firm represents are questions for the firm itself — get any engagement in writing before signing.

White & Case — reported as counsel in the restructuring floated August 21. reported

Alvarez & Marsal — reportedly engaged as financial adviser in September. reported

These are reported engagements by the exchange or its estate, not claimant-side representation. An exchange's restructuring counsel works for its client — do not assume their interests align with yours.

Fieldfisher / Travers Thorp Alberga — claimant-side team that posted directly in the affected-customer group, proposing a special-purpose vehicle (SPV) structure and stating that public information suggested the exchange held only ~$5–6 million against claimed volumes. Registration intake: bitmartregister@fieldfisher.com — stated no victim contribution or minimum claim size. reported

Verify the intake address through Fieldfisher's own published channels before sending anything. The "$5–6M" figure is the firm's characterization of public information, not an audited number.

Duan & Duan — asset-ownership litigation theory (arguing customer assets are held on trust, not unsecured claims) with litigation-funding pursuit; reported registration deadline October 20, 2026, coordinated through the Global Creditors Group channel. reported

Deadlines announced in chat channels are worth treating as real even if unverified — missing a real registration window can cost you a seat. Verify engagement terms in writing.

Cooke, Young & Keidan — appeared in the affected-customer group at approximately 20% contingency. reported

bitmartclaims.com (Digital Recovery) — a claims-purchasing desk: "Sell your BitMart account claim." Buying claims is a legitimate market, but an offer prices in the buyer's margin — understand what you are selling, at what discount, before signing an assignment. reported

How to evaluate any group asking for your data

Who is behind it? Real committees have named members, counsel of record, and a published mandate. Anonymous "official claim portals" have none of these.
Does it cost money? Registering a claim should never cost fees. Contingency counsel gets paid from recovery, not from your wallet upfront.
What do they ask for? Balances, IDs, and narratives are normal claims data. Passwords, seed phrases, 2FA codes, and "verification deposits" are never legitimate requests — from anyone.
Can you verify them off-channel? A law firm's engagement is confirmable through the firm's own published contact lines and bar registrations. If verification requires trusting the channel itself, stop.

Our own answer to the same test: this registry asks for claim data only — never passwords, seed phrases, payments, or ID documents. Submissions are sealed client-side, retrieval and deletion are self-service, and the code is in this repository for inspection. Apply the same skepticism to us.

Additions and corrections

If a committee, counsel, or claims agent has been formally appointed — or if anything above is inaccurate — submit a correction with supporting evidence through the private form. Verified changes are incorporated; entities are added on documented appointment, not on request.