A long-time key foreign partner of China’s HNA Group is fighting to recover what is left of its investment in container leasing giant Seaco.

New York-based Bravia Capital Partners, controlled by Indian-American financier Bharat Sharat­chandra Bhise, is seeking to claw back $25m from Bohai Leasing, Seaco and other HNA entities in a lawsuit in the Southern District of New York federal court.