UK court rejects SocGen’s plea to move £118m row with Clifford Chance to France Legal The English Court of Appeal has rejected French bank SocGen plea to move its negligent claim against magic circle law firm Clifford Chance a French court
Societe Generale offloads UK and Swiss private banking units in latest sales Banking French bank Société Générale has struck a deal to sell its UK and Swiss wealth management businesses to Geneva-based Union Bancaire Privée for €900m (£771m) as part of efforts to offload less profitable divisions.