Brazil’s Supreme Court has freed star investment banker André Esteves from house arrest pending a decision on whether or not to try him in connection to a sprawling corruption scandal, paving the way for his return to the world of high finance.

Following a ruling on April 25, the founder and former chief executive of BTG Pactual, which Esteves built into Latin America's dominant investment bank, will be free to return to the industry that made him a billionaire.