HSBC to share files with lawyers for Huawei's Meng Wanzhou

Bank previously beat back demand for documents in UK court

Huawei Technologies Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou, right, has been fighting extradition from Canada to the U.S. in court in Vancouver. © AP

NARAYANAN SOMASUNDARAM, Nikkei Asia chief banking and financial correspondent

April 12, 2021 15:47 JST

HONG KONG -- HSBC Holdings has agreed to share documents with lawyers for Huawei Technologies executive Meng Wanzhou as she fights deportation from Canada to the U.S.

Meng's lawyers in February unsuccessfully petitioned a court in the U.K., where HSBC is based, to force the bank to release documents for Meng's defense. They then turned to Hong Kong courts for help last month.