In the three-month period concluding on 31 October, FTX, the now-defunct crypto exchange, has been grappling with substantial legal expenses, depleting about $53,000 per hour on bankruptcy lawyers and advisers.
The latest compensation filings, covering 5 December to 16 December, lay bare the financial strain, revealing that bankruptcy lawyers accumulated a staggering $118.1 million between 1 August and 31 October.
This expenditure translates to a daily outflow of $1.3 million or an hourly burn rate of $53,300 over the course of 92 days.
The largest share of this financial burden falls on management consulting firm Alvarez and Marshall, which submitted a bill of $35.8 million for its services during the three months.
Following closely is the global law firm Sullivan & Cromwell, which charged $31.8 million, averaging an hourly rate of $1,230.
AlixPartners, a global consulting firm, contributed to the escalating costs, invoicing $13.3 million for professional services related to forensic investigations.
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan added to the tally with a charge of $10.4 million.
Several smaller advisory firms collectively billed over $26.8 million.
A pseudonymous FTX creditor's insights, shared in a 17 December post on X (formerly known as Twitter), suggest that the total legal fees is fully paid since the onset of the FTX bankruptcy case amount to approximately $350 million.
In contrast, a 5 December report from court-appointed fee examiner Katherine Stadler raised alarm bells, identifying "significant areas of concern" with billings submitted by larger advisory firms.
This includes Sullivan & Cromwell and Alvarez & Marshall, among others, during the period from 1 May to 31 June.
As stated in the report:
"The Fee Examiner identified apparently top-heavy staffing, apparently excessive meeting attendance, fees related to non-working travel time, and various technical and procedural deficiencies with respect to some time entries (including vague and lumped entries),"
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