The withdrawal of Vasco De Oliveira Attorneys from the Guptas’ legal battle against the Industrial Development Corporation comes amid other changes that have fuelled speculation that the Guptas may be battling to financially sustain their litigation ...
Lawyers acting for the Guptas in a drawn-out fight against the Industrial Development Corporation have withdrawn as attorneys of record in the matter.
The little-known Johannesburg firm filed a notice of withdrawal on February 21, 2022 but attorney Vasco De Oliveira declined to answer questions relating to the reasons for his firm’s withdrawal, saying only: “ Those records, though not permitted for use outside of this case, could seriously affect whatever legal strategies the Gupta enterprise may have underway in South Africa.Viewed in isolation the withdrawal of De Oliveira is perhaps not all that significant but it does come amid other changes.that Rudi Krause and his son, Stiaan Krause, had left law firm BDK, one of the country’s top criminal law specialist firms that’s been handling the bulk of the Gupta family’s legal matters.
while multiple parcels of legal action against the business rescuers of various companies they own have also been carrying on over the course of four years.