After hiring a Columbia University law professor to probe the precipitous stock drop that came when short seller Muddy Waters released a scathing report on its accounting practices, Burford Capital has asked a London court for judicial approval to obtain details from the London Stock Exchange about who was behind suspicious trading.

Burford first lodged allegations of market manipulation and indicated it had engaged Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, Morrison & Foerster and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer on Aug. 12, less than a week after short seller Muddy Waters said in a report that Burford was “a perfect storm for an accounting fiasco.”

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