Hints and tips:
Related Special Reports
Austrian lender, which has pledged to exit Russia, orders internal probe following FT findings
...Jackson Walker and Jones did not immediately respond to requests for comment....
...Freeman spent roughly four years at Jackson Walker after six years as a clerk to Jones....
Financier named among suspects following two-year police investigation into collapse of funds offered by bank
Bank executives highlight concerns about business fallout from country’s tough line on Russia since Ukraine invasion
Philipp Rickenbacher will be replaced by his deputy as bank exits its private debt business
...As it happens, Jackson Walker’s credibility as a law firm is already in question. Judge Jones’s secret romantic partner was a Jackson Walker lawyer....
...Jackson Walker said it had informed Kirkland about its 2021 inquiry into Freeman’s relationship with Jones....
...Here’s the FT’s Sam Jones who covers Switzerland....
...Additional reporting by Owen Walker in London...
Bank says Swiss government’s protection from losses no longer needed
...Additional reporting by Sam Jones in Zurich...
...In the Diebold and Venator cases, Jackson Walker was assisting national firms, Jones Day and Kirkland & Ellis, respectively....
...Jackson Walker frequently represents debtors in the Texas court, usually in tandem with a large national firm — often Kirkland & Ellis — that leads the case....
...The FT’s Chris Cook, Sam Jones, Euan Healy and Owen Walker report If strategic competition between the US and its great power rivals turns violent, it is likely to take the form of irregular, localised...
...Jones happened to have approved more than $13mn in case fees to the law firm Jackson Walker in the time Freeman worked there between 2018 and 2022....
Parliament on Thursday voted to empower special commission of inquiry into downfall of bank
...Perhaps it’s best for Witold Gombrowicz (1904-69) to introduce himself: “I am a humourist,” he wrote, “a clown, a tightrope walker, a provocateur, my works stand on their head to please, I am a circus, lyricism...
...In total the region accounts for roughly 11 per cent of the value of the group’s sales, the majority of which are driven by its Scotch brands Johnnie Walker Black Label, Johnnie Walker Red Label and Old...
Staff retention is ‘number one’ priority at UBS after takeover as wealth managers aim to capitalise on turmoil
Finance ministry halts awards as demoralised bankers say ‘we thought it couldn’t get any worse’
Domestic Swiss business and investment bank set to bear brunt of cuts
Bondholders and international regulators criticise state decision to prioritise shareholders amid threat of legal action
Lender tumbles as much as 30% after top shareholder rules out participating in equity raise
International Edition