Dewey & LeBoeuf's former UK landlord Prudential has filed a $10.3m (£6.8m) claim against the collapsed law firm's estate, after an earlier claim for more than twice this amount was rejected by a New York bankruptcy court.

The revised claim was filed in the New York Bankruptcy Court last month (25 February), with Prudential Assurance Company, which owns the No.1 Minster Court building which housed the failed firm's London practice, arguing the figure represents the firm's contractual liability under leases on the space.

According to the claim calculations filed, Dewey had outstanding leases of between eight and 10 years on seven floors of the building. Prudential is claiming rent on 15% of the outstanding lease, amounting to $8.5m (£5.6m) including rates and service charges, with the remaining $1.8m (£1.1m) made up of dilapidation claims. Rent on the property was paid to 24 June last year, a month after the firm filed for bankruptcy in the US.

The claim comes after an initial attempt by Prudential to claw back $24.5m (£16.2m) was rejected by the court last July by Judge Martin Glenn, who cited Chapter 11 bankruptcy rules on unexpired leases. Owners of Dewey's Brussels and Washington DC offices also had their claims rejected, with the owner of the firm's New York headquarters at 1301 Avenues of the Americas seeing a $45.4m (£29.9m) claim rejected by the court.

As Prudential's interest is unsecured, the company is unlikely to recover more than 14% of the £10.3m claimed, due to the terms of Dewey's liquidation plan approved by the courts last month (27 February).

The approval of the plan, which should see unsecured claimants receiving between 5 and 14 cents per dollar, and secured creditors – collectively owed $262m (£173m) – receiving between 47 and 77 cents per dollar, paves the way for repayment of millions of dollars owed to creditors of the collapsed firm.

Prudential turned to long-term adviser Hogan Lovells for support submitting the claims.

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