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UBS drafts in Freshfields to investigate handling of rape claim

Former female graduate trainee has already reported her claims of sexual assault to the Metropolitan Police

UBS drafts in Freshfields to investigate handling of rape claim
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UBS has asked the magic circle law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer to help investigate the Swiss bank's handling of a rape allegation.

The move comes after a woman, who is in her early 20s, wrote to the head of the company's investment bank, Andrea Orcel, outlining what she said were a series of failures in how UBS dealt with her allegations of sexual misconduct. She has since left the company.

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