Rogue UBS trader calls in Leeson's lawyers

Adoboli, who worked in UBS' investment bank on its Delta One desk, has been charged with fraud by abuse of position and false accounting, following his arrest in the early hours of Thursday morning. He has hired lawyers at Kingsley Napley LLP in London to represent him, a spokeswoman for the law firm said today in a phone interview with Bloomberg. The firm has previously advised former derivatives trader Nick Leeson, who caused the collapse of Barings Plc with $1.4bn in losses in 1995. UBS said yesterday it had sustained an unauthorised loss totalling approximately $2bn. The bank s...