Volkswagen Hires Kirkland & Ellis in Pollution Controls Scandal
- Kirkland led BP's criminal defense in Deepwater Horizon spill
- VW scandal has wiped out 24 billion euros in market value
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Volkswagen AG has hired the U.S. law firm Kirkland & Ellis LLP to help it deal with the widening scandal over the carmaker’s faked pollution controls, according to a company spokeswoman.
Kirkland led BP Plc’s defense in the criminal investigation of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil disaster that claimed 11 lives and caused the worst offshore spill in U.S. history, according to the firm’s website. Kirkland spokeswoman Olivia Clarke declined to comment on the Volkswagen hiring.