Carlos Ghosn is taking Renault to court in an attempt to claim a €250,000 pension payment, in the first of several legal cases the fugitive former car boss hopes to use to recoup money forfeited since his arrest in 2018.
In a suit filed to France’s labour court before he fled Japan, lawyers for Mr Ghosn argued that he is entitled to the payment despite quitting as company chairman last January while in Japanese custody.
Another case expected to be lodged this month by Mr Ghosn’s lawyers at a French commercial court will argue he should also receive a pension worth €770,000 a year, as well as shares worth €15.5m that would have paid out if he had stayed at the business.