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DealBook|What to Know About the Business Execs With Mike Lynch on His Yacht
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/23/business/dealbook/morvillo-bloomer-mike-lynch-yacht.html
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The two business figures, both associates of the tech mogul, went missing after the superyacht they were on sank off the coast of Sicily.
Aug. 23, 2024Updated 2:22 p.m. ET
The corporate world reeled this week after a superyacht carrying the British software mogul Mike Lynch, his family and associates, and others sank on Monday during a violent storm off the coast of Sicily.
Of the 22 people on the yacht, 15 were rescued and seven bodies were recovered, including that of Mr. Lynch, an official in the Italian city of Palermo confirmed. The bodies of two other prominent business figures — Christopher J. Morvillo, a top white-collar defense lawyer, and Jonathan Bloomer, the chairman of Morgan Stanley International — were among those recovered.
Others who were missing but whose bodies have now been recovered are Hannah Lynch, Mr. Lynch’s 18-year-old daughter; Mr. Morvillo’s wife, Neda Morvillo; and Mr. Bloomer’s wife, Judy Bloomer. The body of the ship’s cook, Recaldo Thomas, was recovered on Monday.
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Christopher Morvillo
Mr. Morvillo, 59, was a partner at Clifford Chance, the international law firm. He was a scion of a prominent family of New York litigators: His father, Robert, was a top federal prosecutor in New York turned star white-collar defense lawyer, whose clients included Martha Stewart. His brothers and uncle also practice law.
Mr. Morvillo followed in his father’s footsteps, first becoming a federal prosecutor in New York, whose cases included several tied to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and the successful conviction of Lynne Stewart, a lawyer known for representing terrorists.
