Gibson Dunn & Crutcher has advised UBS on its (£945m) settlement with US and UK authorities over allegations that the Swiss bank tried to manipulate Libor rates.

UBS announced today (19 December) that it was settling with the US Department of Justice (DoJ) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the Financial Services Authority (FSA) in the UK, and the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA), over the regulators’ investigations into manipulation of the Libor interbank lending rates.