The winding-up of Lehman Brothers in Europe, one part of the largest-ever global bankruptcy, is heading into record territory for accountancy and legal fees in the region, as well as the size of the claims made against the overseas parent company.

The joint administrators, in a report to creditors, revealed that they are readying a new claim of $90bn (€60.2bn) against the US parent of the failed bank, bringing the claims by its European arm against different Lehman entities globally to $208bn.