Global Capital Partners, LLC v. Green Sapphire Holdings Inc.

Global Capital Partners, LLC v. Green Sapphire Holdings Inc.

No. 2024-0877-JTL, Court of Chancery of Delaware (August 11, 2025). Before Laster, V.C. 2025 WL 2320439.

Relevant Facts

• Global Capital Partners, LLC and Access Management, S.A.S., Inc. brought suit against Green Sapphire Holdings Inc. Alpha Carta, Ltd. intervened as a third-party plaintiff asserting claims against Green Sapphire and Global Capital.

• Global Capital filed a motion to compel discovery directed to Alpha Carta. Global Capital made a prima facie showing that Thane Ritchie was the real party in interest who controlled Alpha Carta.

• Ritchie had chosen to have Alpha Carta sue in Delaware but resisted discovery, prompting the motion to compel his deposition.

Legal Issues

• Whether Global Capital was entitled to compel an in-person deposition of Thane Ritchie, alleged to be the real party in interest controlling third-party plaintiff Alpha Carta.

Positions of the Parties

• Global Capital argued that Ritchie controlled Alpha Carta as the real party in interest and that his deposition was necessary to the litigation.

• Alpha Carta opposed the motion to compel (though the nature of its opposition is not detailed in the order).

Decision of the Court and Reasons

Vice Chancellor Laster granted the motion to compel, ordering Thane Ritchie to appear for deposition within 48 hours at a mutually convenient time and place. The court noted that Global Capital had made a prima facie case that Ritchie was the real party in interest controlling Alpha Carta, and that because Ritchie chose to have Alpha Carta sue in Delaware, the court could compel his appearance on pain of sanctions against Alpha Carta, including case-terminating sanctions.