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March 31, 2017
Gov't, Trader Spar Over Alleged Giuliani, Mukasey Conflicts
The federal government and a Turkish gold trader accused of hiding banking transactions in violation of U.S. sanctions on Iran traded blows in a pair of letters Friday afternoon over whether the trader's hiring of former Mayor Rudy Giuliani and ex-Attorney General Michael Mukasey constitutes a conflict of interest.
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March 30, 2017
Giuliani Won't Touch Turkish Trader Sanctions Case, Atty Says
A Turkish gold trader accused of hiding banking transactions worth hundreds of millions of dollars in violation of U.S. sanctions on Iran retained Rudy Giuliani and former Attorney General Michael Mukasey for work other than settlement talks or trial preparation, one of his attorneys said in a Thursday filing.
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March 28, 2017
Giuliani, Mukasey Add Firepower To Iran Sanction Defense
A wealthy Turkish businessman with alleged connections to government officials in Iran and in his home country has added former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and former Attorney General Michael Mukasey to his legal team as he fights charges of money laundering and breaking sanctions.
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February 15, 2017
Conflicted Kirkland Team Hangs On In Turkish Trader Case
A Kirkland & Ellis team representing a Turkish businessman accused of money laundering and breaking U.S. sanctions on Iran can stay in the case despite a maze of conflicts surrounding the firm's work for banks named in the government's case, a New York federal judge ruled Wednesday.
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January 06, 2017
A Map Of Kirkland's Conflict Maze In Turkish Trader Case
The conflict knots around appellate all-star Paul Clement and the Kirkland & Ellis LLP team representing a Turkish trader accused of defrauding megabanks also on the firm's client roster have produced a few unusual proposed solutions. Here are some key points about the Kirkland conflict conundrum.
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January 05, 2017
Turkish Trader Wants To Retain Kirkland Despite Conflicts
Accused international bank fraudster Reza Zarrab said Thursday he wants to keep a Kirkland & Ellis LLP team to support his defense despite conflicts the megafirm has with eight banks — even astonishingly agreeing to allow HSBC, a Kirkland client in a similar case, to examine his defense filings before they are made public.
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December 14, 2016
Kirkland Ellis' Conflict Issues Deepen In Turkish Trader Case
The conflict quagmire surrounding Kirkland & Ellis LLP and its work for a Turkish gold trader charged with bank fraud and trade sanction violations deepened Wednesday as a federal judge questioned a “slice and dice” plan to protect the defendant and Kirkland & Ellis banking clients.
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November 30, 2016
More Conflicts Arise On Kirkland Team for Turkish Trader
A hearing Wednesday in a New York federal court intended to address two possible conflicts with a Kirkland & Ellis LLP team representing a Turkish gold trader accused of violating Iran trade sanctions revealed several additional issues with the firm's banking clients.
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November 14, 2016
Turkish Trader Denies New Indictment Charging His Brother
Turkish gold trader Reza Zarrab pled not guilty Monday to a fresh indictment that names his brother as a defendant in an alleged scheme to assist clients including Bank Mellat and an Iranian airline to avoid U.S. sanctions, and his counsel called the new allegations an underhanded attempt to influence the outcome of the case.
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October 17, 2016
Iran Sanctions Case Against Turkish Trader To Move Forward
A New York federal judge on Monday refused to dismiss charges that a Turkish businessman violated U.S. sanctions against Iran, saying that the government had sufficiently established he could be charged with violating the law without setting foot in the U.S.