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    • Friday, 1 July, 2022
      Robert Tchenguiz loses court fight with CMC over spread betting debt

      UK property investor ordered to pay £1.31mn after trades went awry during the pandemic

      Robert Tchenguiz
    • Monday, 18 October, 2021
      UK economy
      CMC tells court Robert Tchenguiz made losing spread bets ‘with his eyes open’

      Property investor is being sued over £1.1m debt related to soured FirstGroup positions

      Head and shoulders of Robert Tchenguiz
    • Friday, 4 December, 2020
      Robert Tchenguiz faces trial over £1m spread betting debt

      CMC claims property investor built up debt on bets related to rail and bus operator FirstGroup

    • Monday, 18 November, 2019
      FirstGroup PLC
      FirstGroup shareholders urge sale of all US assets

      Coast Capital and Robert Tchenguiz demand changes at bus and train operator

      A re-designed Greyhound bus turns a corner outside the Port Authoriy Bus Terminal in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, April 7, 2009. Greyhound recently unveiled a fleet of the new buses, 2009 Provost X3-45 motorcoaches, with an updated exterior design and an interior with increased leg room, free Wi-Fi access, power outlets and seat belts. Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg News
    • Tuesday, 5 November, 2019
      Investor activism
      Robert Tchenguiz returns to shareholder activism

      Property investor launches campaign to restructure listed real estate lender Urban Exposure

      Buildings rise from the skyline of Guangzhou, China, on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2007. Guangzhou Hong-Yu Group, developer of the Star River residential projects in Guangzhou and Beijing, may raise at least $1 billion in an initial public offering in Hong Kong next year, three people familiar with the plan said. Photographer: Paul Hilton/Bloomberg News
    • Wednesday, 17 October, 2018
      Robert Tchenguiz promises to rebound after dropping legal battle

      Flamboyant British property mogul plans to rebuild property empire

      Mandatory Credit: Photo by Mark Thomas/REX/Shutterstock (9666451g) Robert Tchenguiz is suing various trustees of bad advice around the Kaupthing bank Robert Tchenguiz, The London businessman, thought to be worth around £800m, accused various trustees of the Tchenguiz Discretionary Trust (TDT) of failing to alter the trust's structure around the time that its bank, Icelandic giant Kaupthing, hit the rocks in 2008. Investec, the banking and asset management company, has won an eight-year case against entrepreneur Robert Tchenguiz who suggested that it should be held liable for some of the borrowing which he took on in the run-up to the financial crisis. A Supreme Court ruling rejected Mr Tchenguiz's claim that an Investec subsidiary, Investec Trust Guernsey (ITG), had not administered his investment trust properly and could be held accountable for some of the loans which it took on to finance investments. Robert Tchenguiz Trial, High Court, London, UK - 9 May 2018
    • Monday, 15 October, 2018
      Law
      Robert Tchenguiz drops Grant Thornton lawsuit

      Property entrepreneur had said accountancy firm conspired with Serious Fraud Office

      Mandatory Credit: Photo by Mark Thomas/REX/Shutterstock (9666451g) Robert Tchenguiz is suing various trustees of bad advice around the Kaupthing bank Robert Tchenguiz, The London businessman, thought to be worth around £800m, accused various trustees of the Tchenguiz Discretionary Trust (TDT) of failing to alter the trust's structure around the time that its bank, Icelandic giant Kaupthing, hit the rocks in 2008. Investec, the banking and asset management company, has won an eight-year case against entrepreneur Robert Tchenguiz who suggested that it should be held liable for some of the borrowing which he took on in the run-up to the financial crisis. A Supreme Court ruling rejected Mr Tchenguiz's claim that an Investec subsidiary, Investec Trust Guernsey (ITG), had not administered his investment trust properly and could be held accountable for some of the loans which it took on to finance investments. Robert Tchenguiz Trial, High Court, London, UK - 9 May 2018
    • Tuesday, 31 October, 2017
      UK economy
      Vincent Tchenguiz settles £2.2bn lawsuit against Kaupthing
      Vincent Tchenguiz As He Sues For $457 Million Following SFO Probe...Vincent Tchenguiz, chairman of Consensus Business Group Ltd., poses for a photograph following a Bloomberg Television interview at his offices in London, U.K., on Monday, June 24, 2013. Tchenguiz has launched an unprecedented legal assault on the Serious Fraud Office, one of the top agencies for prosecuting white-collar crime in the U.K., after their investigation of Tchenguiz's dealings with an Icelandic bank fell apart last year. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
    • Friday, 24 February, 2017
      City InsiderPatrick Jenkins
      Freshfields misses out on Kraft Heinz-Unilever scene

      Former star lawyers take leading roles on either side of $143bn deal

      26/06/09. FRESHFIELDS BRUCKHAUS DERINGER. THE FRESHFIELDS BUILDING IN LONDON'S FLEET STREET. CREDIT: DANIEL LYNCH. 07941 594 556.
    • Thursday, 26 March, 2015
      Special Report
      A new breed of commercial intelligence company

      The secret services have spawned a new breed of commercial intelligence company

      Rows of colored high end data cables are seen feeding into computer servers inside a comms room at a office in London Dec. 23, 2014
    • Tuesday, 10 February, 2015
      Property sector
      Robert Tchenguiz to invoke European human rights law to protect assets

      Property entrepreneur refused permission to use files disclosed during UK fraud investigation

      Robert Tchenguiz is seen at the The Masterpiece Marie Curie Party in London on Monday, June 30, 2014. (Photo by Jon Furniss/Invision/AP)
    • Thursday, 31 July, 2014
      FT AlphavilleIzabella Kaminska
      The (early) Lunch Wrap
    • Tuesday, 8 April, 2014
      Property sector
      Fighting Tchenguiz case could cost SFO £18.5m
      Vincent Tchenguiz
    • Thursday, 20 February, 2014
      UK economy
      Grant Thornton pair fail to block release of Tchenguiz documents
      Vincent Tchenguiz
    • Sunday, 28 July, 2013
      Property sector
      Grant Thornton accused of wrongdoing in Tchenguiz case
    • Wednesday, 10 July, 2013
      Aerospace & Defence
      Grant Thornton prepares legal action against SFO over Tchenguiz reports
      Vincent Tchenguiz
    • Wednesday, 10 April, 2013
      UK economy
      Vincent Tchenguiz in new legal wrangle
    • Wednesday, 27 March, 2013
      Property sector
      SFO criticised over Tchenguiz delays
    • Sunday, 17 March, 2013
      Aerospace & Defence
      Ex-SFO chief apologises for exit payments
    • Thursday, 7 March, 2013
      UK economy
      Ex-SFO director criticised at hearing
    • Thursday, 7 March, 2013
      UK economy
      MPs lambast ex-head of SFO over staff payments
    • Tuesday, 5 March, 2013
      UK economy
      SFO disputes Tchenguiz damages claim
      Vincent Tchenguiz
    • Thursday, 28 February, 2013
      Property sector
      SFO asks for more time in Tchenguiz case
    • Wednesday, 27 February, 2013
      Property sector
      SFO hires Slaughters for Tchenguiz case
    • Monday, 3 December, 2012
      World
      Tchenguiz brothers seek up to £180m from SFO
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