Fabiana Abdel-Malek, a former compliance officer at UBS, appears today at Southwark Crown Court charged with five counts of insider trading.

Walid Chocair, a day trader, is also on trial accused of placing trades in stocks based upon insider information supplied by Ms Abdel-Malek.

Sean Larkin QC has been instructed by John Milner, of IBB Solicitors, to act for Ms Abdel-Malek.

Tom Broomfield is junior counsel for the Financial Conduct Authority.

This matter has been covered widely in the Financial press, please see: The Financial Times and Bloomberg.