The former partner at <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/1002L%20LN%20Equity","_id":"0000016f-1a10-d5b8-a37f-3b9e36710000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP-bsp-bb-link> who was arrested as part of a German probe into controversial Cum-Ex deals can been released from pre-trial detention if he posts bail of 4 million euros ($4.5 million).
A court ruled that the lawyer could be released if he also surrenders his passport, a spokesman for Frankfurt’s General Prosecutor’s Office said without identifying him or the law firm. This will most likely be on Thursday, he added.
People familiar with the probe have previously identified the lawyer as
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