Claims against top City law firm Dechert ‘the stuff of conspiracy theories’
Allegations that a top City lawyer leaked confidential information about a Kazakh mining giant under investigation for alleged corruption are “the stuff of conspiracy theories”, the High Court has heard.
Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC) is suing its former lawyers and the Serious Fraud Office over an SFO investigation into claims of bribery, corruption and fraud at the former FTSE 100 company.
Former policeman turned white-collar crime lawyer Neil Gerrard was hired by ENRC to investigate allegations of bribery and corruption at one of its subsidiaries in Kazakhstan, made by an anonymous whistleblower in 2010.