SAO PAULO (Reuters) - German inspection firm TÜV SÜD said on Wednesday that it had hired two external law firms to investigate its role in auditing a tailings dam run by Vale SA before it collapsed last month, killing an estimated 300 people.
TÜV SÜD said in an emailed statement that it had retained Pohlmann & Company and Hengeler Mueller for the independent probe, adding that it also planned to ask an “independent specialist” to assess technical questions about the disaster.
Reporting by Christian Plumb; Editing by Sandra Maler
