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    • Thursday, 25 May, 2023
      Apollo co-founder Leon Black wins dismissal of sexual assault lawsuit

      Billionaire financier says ex-mistress who filed suit was ‘able to manipulate the legal system and media’

    • Thursday, 30 March, 2023
      Lawyers for Leon Black accuser seek to quit sexual assault case

      Wigdor had represented Guzel Ganieva in rape lawsuit filed against former Apollo chief

    • Friday, 16 December, 2022
      Leon Black seeks sanction against attorneys representing rape claims

      Billionaire financier’s motion says Wigdor law firm has made ‘unsubstantiated’ accusations

    • Monday, 28 November, 2022
      Leon Black accused of raping woman at Jeffrey Epstein’s New York home

      Lawyer for Apollo founder says the allegations are ‘baseless’

    • Thursday, 20 October, 2022
      Ex-NY prosecutor entangled in dispute over Leon Black lawsuit

      Former lawyer for Manhattan district attorney’s office joins firm representing Apollo founder

    • Thursday, 30 June, 2022
      Apollo Global Management LLC
      Leon Black loses lawsuit accusing former Apollo rival of conspiracy

      Billionaire alleged Josh Harris plotted to unseat him as chief of private equity firm

    • Wednesday, 27 April, 2022
      Leon Black gave £2mn to Russian model for British visa

      Billionaire financier brokered introduction to lawyer to help ex-mistress obtain legal status in UK

    • Saturday, 5 March, 2022
      Apollo Global Management LLC
      Leon Black’s Epstein ties risked ‘catastrophic impact’ at Apollo, ex-deputy claims

      Josh Harris fires back at private equity billionaire in escalating legal dispute

    • Friday, 11 February, 2022
      Leon Black’s lawyers pushed for probe into extortion claim

      New York prosecutors investigate allegation that Russian model was blackmailing former Apollo chief

    • Thursday, 10 February, 2022
      News in-depthApollo Global Management LLC
      Apollo under scrutiny over lingering ties to Leon Black

      Former boss remains top shareholder in investment group as he feuds with co-founder

    • Thursday, 27 January, 2022
      Due Diligence
      Leon Black’s Shakespearean drama Premium content

      Plus, a historic London haunt becomes the centre of a bankruptcy battle and Wall Street banks send a message to Beijing

    • Tuesday, 25 January, 2022
      Leon Black says former Apollo protégé conspiring to ‘destroy’ him

      Court papers claim Joshua Harris orchestrated a plot targeting the private equity kingpin after he was passed over for CEO job

    • Friday, 21 January, 2022
      Due Diligence
      Clash of the (former) private equity titans Premium content

      Plus, a four-year-old legal case comes back to haunt McKinsey and Wall Street shells out for 2021’s dealmaking bonanza

    • Thursday, 20 January, 2022
      Apollo Global Management LLC
      Leon Black accuses former Apollo lieutenant of attempted ‘coup’

      Court filing claims Josh Harris schemed to oust private equity billionaire

    • Tuesday, 18 January, 2022
      Due Diligence
      The New York PR maven entangled in Leon Black’s legal battle Premium content

      Plus, Unilever places the bid no one asked for and British pensioners unwittingly fund a controversial spyware group

    • Monday, 17 January, 2022
      Billionaire Leon Black targets New York elite in fight against rape claim

      Former Apollo leader’s attorneys seek phone records of leading PR figure and subpoena accuser’s law firm

    • Wednesday, 1 December, 2021
      Jeffrey Epstein was among those Leon Black told of ‘extortion’ threats

      Sworn statement by Apollo co-founder filed in case brought by woman claiming she was raped

    • Friday, 19 November, 2021
      Due Diligence
      The private equity tycoon next door Premium content

      Plus, private equity takes on Unilever’s tea business

    • Thursday, 18 November, 2021
      UK property
      Apollo billionaire Leon Black buys £21m luxury home in London

      Eaton Square deal comes as private equity tycoon’s star dims in New York after scrutiny of Epstein links

    • Monday, 19 July, 2021
      Leon Black rejects claims he raped and harassed Russian model

      Former Apollo chief executive alleges he is ‘victim of criminal extortion scheme’

    • Wednesday, 2 June, 2021
      FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen
      Leon Black accused of rape, Djibouti’s success story

      Former Apollo CEO Leon Black has been hit with a lawsuit claiming that he raped a woman

    • Tuesday, 1 June, 2021
      Lawsuit claims ex-Apollo CEO Leon Black sexually assaulted Russian model

      Powerful financier dismisses claims as ‘riddled with lies’ and ‘wholesale fiction’

    • Tuesday, 13 April, 2021
      Black attended Apollo meeting days after resignation

      Billionaire left investment group to quell investor dissent over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein

    • Tuesday, 23 March, 2021
      Due Diligence
      Black Monday: Apollo’s founder is out Premium content

      Leon Black’s unexpected early departure is just the start of sweeping changes at the private equity group

    • Monday, 22 March, 2021
      LexApollo Global Management LLC
      Apollo: Black cloud’s silver lining Premium content

      Co-founder’s departure gives successors a new opportunity to invest in the group

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