Weil Gotshal & Manges has billed more than £15m for its work on the administration of MF Global over the past year, as the total legal fees generated by the broker’s high-profile collapse pass the £18m mark.

The second six-month progress report, recently filed by administrator KPMG, shows that lead legal adviser Weil billed a total of £5.8m for the period from 1 May to 30 October this year.