United Kingdom, United States
Talent wars: Secretariat on hiring spree for London investigation department

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
No pay from Al-Ula, Ankura's asset tracing reboot, Litigation Capital Management verdict

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: every Wednesday, we report on events big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community.

RiyadhThe Royal Commission for Al-Ula doesn't pay

Sydney/DubaiDispute funder Litigation Capital Management to discover its fate in Dubai money laundering trail

LondonAnkura restarts asset tracing practice

United Kingdom
The changing face of private intelligence, part 1: Final chapter closes on oligarchs' battles

Years of sanctions against Russian oligarchs Petr Aven, Oleg Deripaska, Mikhail Fridman and others, all of whom were avid users of British private detectives, along with the death of several prominent Kazakh clients, is forcing London's private intelligence community to rethink its business model.

UAE
Gulf Navigation considers acquisition of Brooge Energy, as fraud accusations swirl

Global accounting and investigations firm Alvarez & Marsal could suffer consequences from its work for the UAE firm Brooge Energy, part owned by Abu Dhabi's royal family and now accused of defrauding investors.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
French-style litigation support, Ankura hiring in Asia, Competition in Dubai

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: every Wednesday, we report on events big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community.

ParisPrisme Intelligence opens litigation support practice

Hong KongAnkura adds muscle to financial investigations team

DubaiBoutique teams struggling to compete in investigations market

UAE
Talent Wars: Deloitte weighs up legal options against PwC after raid on Middle East investigations practice

Insiders say Deloitte's legal team is under pressure to respond to PricewaterhouseCoopers' sudden hiring of virtually its entire 70-person Dubai-based advisory practice late last year.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Private security in Budapest, Interpath, cop wanted for France TV, Control Risks generous in Dubai

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: each week, we report on events both big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community.

Budapest/LondonG4S heir Criterion secures FCDO

LondonAnkura's former head of investigations eyes Interpath

ParisPolice officer wanted for France Télévisions

DubaiControl Risks compensates for rental boom

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
S-RM, Secretariat, BDMN, European Investment Bank

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: each week, we report on events both big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community.

New YorkS-RM takes on Richard Fogarty

Hong KongEx-FTI group expands at Secretariat

LondonEx-Met boss drops his police contracts

Luxembourg cityEuropean Investment Bank doubles client investigation budget

United Kingdom
Investigation firm Audere on high alert as it tries to fend off attacks from its nemesis

While still having to contend with a major staff turnover, the private investigation and security firm Audere is now having to defend itself from attacks in the media and on X from its foes embroiled in the Steward Healthcare short-selling scandal.

United States
Talent wars: Secretariat Advisors's ex-FTI Consulting staff face discovery requests

The financial investigators who jumped from FTI Consulting to join rival firm Secretariat Advisors are fighting to not disclose information about their current work to the courts.

Spotlight | United States
Talent wars: Secretariat pushes pedal on recruitment of financial investigators

The US consultancy has gone on a hiring spree in a bid to establish a large financial investigations department and to boost its presence in Europe.

United Kingdom
Ankura's asset tracking and investigation division loses its director

The head of the investigations and asset tracing department at Ankura Consulting in London, has abruptly left the firm and is now looking for business partners.

Spotlight | United Kingdom
Planned Middle East group COMENA sparks Tory discord

The creation of a new group affiliated with the Conservatives, the Conservative Friends of Middle East and North Africa, aims to be a competitor to the historic Conservative Middle East Council, which is under scrutiny by Arab embassies because of its potential ties to Iran.

Iraq
Iraqi Kurdistan's Khor Mor gas field extension attracts interest

After a period of inaction due to the Covid-19 pandemic restrictions, the expansion of the Khor Mor gas field is back on again, attracting the interest of oil traders who will have to navigate their way through local and regional rivalries.

United Kingdom
Benyon brings precious contacts to ISC

Influential Conservative MP Richard Benyon rejoined the newly reformed Intelligence & Security Committee on November 17, after a wait of [...]

UAE, United Kingdom
Brightstone Middle East paves way for British defence industry

With the support of a member of one of the UAE's ruling families, Brightstone Middle East is looking to carve a niche for itself in negotiations between the UAE and British defence companies.

United States
Staff exodus from Kroll

Two years after it was acquired by the US security group Altegrity, Kroll is losing several key corporate intelligence executives.