Credit Suisse Takes Fight Over Spy Investigator to Top Court
- Bank appeals April decision; says law firm isn’t independent
- Credit Suisse is looking to move beyond 2019 spying scandal
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Credit Suisse Group AG has asked the Swiss Supreme Court to review whether the lawyer leading a probe into a spy scandal should be removed because of an alleged conflict of interest.
The bank is appealing an April decision by Switzerland’s Federal Administrative Court that tossed out claims that Thomas Werlen should be taken off the probe because his law firm has opposed Credit Suisse in some cases. Werlen, a partner at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, had been appointed to lead financial regulator Finma’s probe in March.