SFO requests law firm's documents into ENRC investigation

Dechert, the law firm that was investigating corporate governance issues at Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC), has been sent a demand for documents from the Serious Fraud Office (SFO).

Dechert, the law firm that was investigating corporate governance issues at Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC), has been sent a demand for documents from the Serious Fraud Office (SFO).

The SFO sent a Section 2a notice to the legal firm after it was fired by ENRC just weeks before it was due to unveil its findings of an investigation into the mining company's business practices in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), sources told the Financial Times.

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