Singapore
Talent wars: FTI and Secretariat poach intelligence bigwigs for Singapore practices

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Highgate, Secretariat Advisors, Stanton Wallace, SOG Defense

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

LondonRestructuring at Highgate

Europe/Southeast AsiaSecretariat Advisors scales back in Europe, boosts Asia branch

Neuilly-sur-SeineStanton Wallace reinvents itself

LondonFrench security operator in Southeast Asia sets up in UK capital

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Amarante's UAE Parisian security contract, Portman's promotions, Dubai's tower of corporate spooks

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

ParisAmarante wins Abu Dhabi security contract in Paris

New YorkPromotions galore at former Diligence entity Portman

DubaiCorporate spooks converging at DIFC's Index Tower

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New 'defectors' to Secretariat, British embassy in Kuwait, Guiana Space Centre

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

SingaporeTwo more ex-FTIs join Secretariat's investigation team

KuwaitAl Mulla conglomerate secures British embassy

FranceCorporate intelligence veteran in Kourou space centre safety team

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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.

Australia, United Kingdom
CT Group suffers brain drain after media and legal exposure

In three separate lawsuits, doubts have been cast as to the authenticity of bank statements, database excerpts and real estate estimates that CT Group provided to its lawyers. Now, weeks later, the company's senior executives are leaving in droves.

Spotlight | Russia, United Kingdom
Same contractor provided CT Group with allegedly forged records in three London High Court disputes

Treated as a star source by senior executives, a former Eastern European spy now living in Russia provided the investigations firm with bank statements, database excerpts and real estate valuations. All have been labelled forgeries in High Court litigation.

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.

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Utley and Chandler join forces, Ogiro Risk, FTI Consulting

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

AustinJosh Chandler and Kyeson Utley join forces as private investigators

LondonOgiro Risk, the new asset tracking consultancy

Hong KongGreg Hallahan leaves FTI Consulting

Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore
Private sleuths hover between Tokyo and Singapore for APAC regional base

Investigators in the Indo-Pacific region are bulking up their Singapore teams, while maintaining a presence in Hong Kong. These moves are sometimes to the detriment of other regional offices, especially in Japan.