Kaye Wiggins @kayewiggins.ft.com · 17/04/2026“You wanna hear the biggest lie people here are going to tell you?” a top criminal defence lawyer asks at a party filled with people who represent alleged fraudsters for a living. “It’s that they’re busy.” White collar defence lawyers have far less work to do under Trump as.ft.com/r/e575dd97-f...as.ft.comThe white-collar defence lawyers with nothing to doThe Trump administration’s approach to justice has made life quieter for those who defend alleged financial criminals 000
Kaye Wiggins @kayewiggins.ft.com · 29/09/2025As Trump pressures the Department of Justice to target his opponents, my colleagues @chriscook.news, Paul Caruana Galizia and I dug deep into a DoJ unit - the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York - which had been known for its independence. Full story: on.ft.com/42VG5IKon.ft.comRule of law in the Trump era: the demoralised prosecutors of SDNY[FREE TO READ] The Southern District of New York once took pride in its independence. But pressure from the administration is changing the way its lawyers operate 022
Kaye Wiggins @kayewiggins.ft.com · 11/08/2025New @financialtimes.com story: Lawyers for Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron hired investigators to research the US podcaster Candace Owens as they prepared to sue her, over her podcast in which she says Brigitte was born male on.ft.com/4mb8Hp9on.ft.comMacrons hired investigators to research US influencer Candace Owens[FREE TO READ] Podcaster who claimed French first lady was born male had links to rightwing figures in Europe and the US 030
Kaye Wiggins @kayewiggins.ft.com · 23/07/2025“President Macron has not participated in, nor is he the product of, any government mind control programmes." Here's a story about a fascinating lawsuit the French president and first lady have filed against influencer Candace Owens on.ft.com/3TQ9krI on @financialtimes.comon.ft.comMacrons file US lawsuit over claims France’s first lady was born male[FREE TO READ] Case against rightwing influencer Candace Owens is a rare defamation suit from a serving world leader 030
Kaye Wiggins @kayewiggins.ft.com · 06/07/2025Hong Kong is back, I kept being told when I moved to the city two and a half years ago. Back to what? Here’s my last dispatch from a place I’m so glad to have lived in: on.ft.com/4nxXfVCon.ft.comHow doing business in Hong Kong is changing[FREE TO READ] The money is flowing again, but the political environment is taking a toll 043
Kaye Wiggins @kayewiggins.ft.com · 23/05/2025When Freshfields decided to publicly stand up for a law firm Trump was targeting, it knew most of its peers wouldn't do the same. So, why do it? This is the story of a near 300-year-old British firm whose push into America is causing major changes both financially and culturally on.ft.com/4kqcr4Son.ft.comFreshfields’ risky bet backing law firms targeted by Donald Trump[FREE TO READ] Freshfields has big US ambitions but was the only top 20 outfit to publicly support firms targeted by the White House 031
Kaye Wiggins @kayewiggins.ft.com · 23/05/2025Former UK prime minister and foreign secretary David Cameron is in talks about another new gig, as a consultant to the law firm and lobbyist DLA Piper @financialtimes.com scoop, with @pickardje.bsky.social on.ft.com/4k9Cz4lon.ft.comDavid Cameron in talks to join law firm DLA Piper as consultant[FREE TO READ] Role would be one of several jobs for the former prime minister and foreign secretary since leaving office 010
Kaye Wiggins @kayewiggins.ft.com · 03/05/2025There are growing signs of a backlash against the law firms that struck deals with Donald Trump - and a judge has just permanently blocked one of his attempts to target law firms Story with @sindap.bsky.social on.ft.com/4k1Lnsfon.ft.comLaw firms face backlash over deals with Trump as judge blocks Perkins Coie order[FREE TO READ] US judge says clients may have ‘reservations’ about law firms that reached deals with the government 061
Kaye Wiggins @kayewiggins.ft.com · 26/04/2025Here's a tale that raises a big question: Can any lawyer represent Donald Trump's adversaries without themselves becoming a target? on.ft.com/44HLaGlon.ft.comA lawyer in Donald Trump’s inner circle is now in the president’s crosshairs[FREE TO READ] Bill Burck avoided the administration’s wrath until he agreed to represent Harvard University in a funding battle 020
Kaye Wiggins @kayewiggins.ft.com · 22/04/2025Some news: I've moved from Hong Kong to New York, and today is my first day as US Legal Correspondent in the FT's NY office. Going to be a busy and fascinating beat... 271
Reposted by Kaye WigginsRobert Smith @bondhack.ft.com · 14/03/2025“Our client vehemently denies using the word ‘c*nt’ in front of his colleagues’ children at work,” Sadler’s lawyers said. In the event children were ever present, they added, he denied “having knowingly used profanities.” 053
Kaye Wiggins @kayewiggins.ft.com · 14/03/2025This is a story about the rise and fall of a man from a working-class town. It’s about power in a grey area of global finance. It’s about football, swearing, a Blackpool bar called Shenanigans and a tangerine-coloured private boat. Enjoy. w/ @bondhack.ft.com @ortenca.bsky.social on.ft.com/3DTv1m6on.ft.comInside the downfall of trading titan and Blackpool FC owner Simon Sadler[FREE TO READ] He was a heavyweight in Hong Kong finance and a hometown hero. Now he faces the possibility of jail 64213
Kaye Wiggins @kayewiggins.ft.com · 04/01/2025New: British hedge fund founder Simon Sadler is looking to sell Blackpool FC, as he fights a criminal insider dealing charge in Hong Kong where he has pleaded not guilty on.ft.com/3BK5hb7on.ft.comSegantii founder Simon Sadler looks to sell Blackpool FC[FREE TO READ] Hedge fund’s founder and owner of the English club has had preliminary talks with at least one possible buyer 011
Reposted by Kaye WigginsOrtenca @ortenca.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Jefferies prided itself on standing by Adani when the company and its founder were accused of fraud by short seller Hindenburg Research. www.ft.com/content/795d...ft.comUS charges against Gautam Adani put loyal Jefferies on the spotNew York-based bank was vocal champion of Indian group whose billionaire head is accused of bribery scheme 122
Reposted by Kaye WigginsRobert Smith @bondhack.ft.com · 15/11/2024Worth noting that the lead author of this very good article has just joined Bluesky: @ortenca.bsky.social 1176
Kaye Wiggins @kayewiggins.ft.com · 15/11/2024A closer look at the hedge funds who quietly reap the benefits when activist short sellers allege malfeasance on.ft.com/40K6gSFft.comThe undercover hedge funds financing activist short sellersWhen Wall Street’s self-styled financial detectives allege malfeasance, these silent partners stand to reap the benefits 030
Kaye Wiggins @kayewiggins.ft.com · 15/11/2024We took a detailed look at the start-up, Micro Connect, this year. It has a wealth of unfiltered data on China - its founder has said that when China ended Covid restrictions in 2022, he could see signs the virus was spreading faster than official statistics suggested on.ft.com/4frOckIon.ft.comThe financier turning China’s noodle joints and karaoke bars into a data gold mine[FREE TO READ] Micro Connect is packaging revenues from small businesses into tradeable instruments but critics say the risks are high 010
Kaye Wiggins @kayewiggins.ft.com · 15/11/2024Interesting move here by Jane Street, the New York trading powerhouse. It quietly bankrolled a Hong Kong start-up that has turned the revenues of China's noodle shops and karaoke bars into tradable financial securities on.ft.com/48QSKhUft.comJane Street invested in start-up turning China’s noodle shop sales into securitiesMicro Connect has amassed wealth of real-time data on China’s economy by financing small businesses in exchange for revenues 142