Greece’s Court Battle Over Warrants Is Getting Even More Complex

A legal dispute between Greece and a group of international investors over securities the country issued in the midst of its sovereign debt crisis has taken another surprising turn, after a London judge suggested the government’s lawyers could represent both sides in the case.

With lawyers for the investors and the trustee abstaining from proceedings given none of the parties are willing to foot the bill, Judge Robin Knowles told a remote hearing on Friday that the court still wanted to hear both sides of the argument.

One possibility, he said, would be for Greece’s solicitors, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & ...