City firms instructed by SFO in Euribor proceedings

Herbert Smith Freehills, K&L Gates and Stephenson Harwood are among those instructed by the Serious Fraud Office in proceedings against former employees of Barclays and Deutsche Bank accused of manipulating the Euro Interbank Offered Rate (Euribor).

The former employees have been charged with 'conspiracy to defraud' in proceedings that come after Deutsche Bank, Barclays, Royal Bank of Scotland and Société Générale admitted their involvement in a Euribor cartel in 2013.

The accused

Barclays Bank employees Colin Bermingham, Philippe Moryoussef, Sisse Bohart and Carlo Palombo will be defended by Herbert Smith Freehills, Hickman Rose, Morton L Wagner, and Simon Muirhead and Burton respectively.

Deutsche Bank employees accused include high profile trader Christian Bittar, Achim Kraemer, Andreas Hauschild, Joerg Vogt, Ardalan Gharagozlou and Kai-Uwe Kappauf. They will be represented by K&L Gates, Howard Kennedy, Hickman Rose, Stephenson Harwood, Kingsley Napley, and Brown Rudnick respectively.

Representing the SFO

Emma Deacon of 5 Paper Buildings and James Waddington QC of 9-12 Bell Yard will represent the SFO, which stated that criminal proceedings will be issued against other individuals 'in due course'. Source: Legal Business

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