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    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      Due Diligence
      The downfall of Leon Black Premium content

      Plus, the fall of a powerful US bankruptcy judge and detangling the drama at OpenAI

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    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      The downfall of Wall Street billionaire Leon Black

      How one woman’s rape allegations were twisted into a fight over the reputations of two powerful men

    • Wednesday, 23 August, 2023
      Apollo Global Management LLC
      Apollo sued over $570mn tax payout to top executives

      Pension fund says windfall for private equity titans is unjustified

      Montage with Josh Harris, Leon Black and Marc Rowan
    • Monday, 14 August, 2023
      Leon Black sues law firm behind abuse accusers’ cases

      Apollo co-founder files complaint against Wigdor for ‘malicious prosecution’ of civil claim

      Leon Black
    • Tuesday, 25 July, 2023
      Law
      Leon Black hit by new suit in confrontation with #MeToo law firm

      Wigdor files complaint on behalf of woman who alleges billionaire sexually abused her in 2002

      Leon Black
    • Friday, 21 July, 2023
      Leon Black agreed $62.5mn deal over potential Epstein-related claims

      Apollo Global Management founder reached agreement with US Virgin Islands regarding his past ties to late sex offender

      Leon Black
    • 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’

      Leon Black
    • 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

      Leon Black, former chief of Apollo Global Management
    • 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

      Leon Black
    • 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’

      Leon Black
    • 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

      Leon Black at a conference in 2018
    • 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

      Leon Black, Apollo Global Management’s former chief executive
    • 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

      Leon Black speaks at a summit
    • 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

      Josh Harris
    • 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

      Josh Harris and Leon Black
    • 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

      Leon Black
    • 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

      Leon Black during an interview
    • 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

      Leon Black
    • 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

      Leon Black speaks during conference in 2018
    • 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

      The property at 93 Eaton Square in London’s Belgravia
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