NYC hedge fund manager is forced to pay his wife a $4.1 MILLION in upfront legal fees in ground-breaking $200M divorce case

New York financier Remy Trafelet, 48, has been ordered to pay his soon-to-be ex-wife Lara Trafelet (both pictured) $4.1M in up front legal fees in a $200M divorce battle, DailyMail.com has learned. The eye-watering amount is made up of an initial award of $600,000 followed by a second of $3.5million - believed to be the largest professional fee ever awarded in a New York state marriage case. Trafalet, 48, made his fortune managing a hedge fund, Trafelet & Company, worth $5.8bn at its peak in 2006. But now the two are locked in a bitter divorce which includes the battle over their three children (left). Trafelet is said to be 'angry and litigious', making the divorce as 'difficult' as he can, according to attorneys on the case