Libor, Forex Prosecutor Joins Hughes Hubbard

Jan. 19, 2015, 5:00 AM UTC

Elizabeth Prewitt, a lead prosecutor in the U.S. criminal investigations into the rigging of currency and interest-rate benchmarks, has left government to join law firm Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP.

Prewitt, an assistant chief with the Justice Department’s antitrust division, will handle cartel defense work as a partner in the firm’s New York office, according to a statement today.

“After 16 years, I feel like I’ve had a fantastic range of opportunities with the Department of Justice, and I was ready to start a new chapter,” Prewitt said in an interview. “I was attracted to Hughes Hubbard because of its ...

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