The bank whose collapse marked the beginning of the 2008 financial crisis is only mostly dead. There are still some people attending to its last remains ahead of its final court cases.
He came into the office in London’s Canary Wharf, unsure of whether the doors would even be unlocked, to at least get his Rolodex. “In the back of your mind, you are also aware that there’s sometimes scope for people to be retained and help” with the cleanup, Rattigan says. “But if I was going to be retained, I had to get back in there and get my face shown.”