France, United Kingdom
Nick Day launches new Chamonix-based consulting firm

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
A likely Chinese PMC in London, James Stothard moves into investigation, Hervé Zany poaches DGSI staff, DGBI falls back on Geneva, Diligence veteran goes solo

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

London/ShanghaiA possible Chinese PMC in London

LondonJames Stothard moves from asset recovery to investigation

ParisHervé Zany poaches hire from interior ministry

ChamonixNick Day moves back to Geneva

LondonDiligence veteran goes solo in business forensics

France, Russia, UAE
Moscow investigations firm Gambit Global Intelligence expands Emirati footprint

The small company, which specialises in complex transnational investigations and has good connections from Geneva to Dubai, is taking advantage of the exodus of its Western competitors on the Russian market.

United States
Bird Dog Investigator app benefits from its Diligence connection

Bird Dog Investigator, an application which aims to assist private investigators in carrying out their field work, is bringing together an increasing number of companies set up by veterans of Nick Day's private investigations firm Diligence.

Europe, United Kingdom
Diligence facing another suit in Norway

Trefor Williams, a partner of the London-based corporate intelligence firm [...]

United States
Portman, former Diligence USA, goes solo

In the wake of the legal dispute between Diligence's managers [...]

United Kingdom
Gerrard wins battle against Diligence

In a significant ruling on 27 November in the ongoing legal wrangle between lawyer Neil Gerrard, the Serious Fraud Office [...]

United Kingdom, United States
Diligence turns page after Navarro's departure

An outcome was reached recently in the legal wrangle between Diligence founder Nick Day and the firm's long-standing financial investor, [...]

Switzerland
Athena Intelligence goes live in Geneva

The discreet Geneva-based corporate intelligence firm Athena Intelligence has hired [...]

Switzerland, United States
Diligence spat goes to court

Argentinian financier Juan Navarro, the main shareholder in Diligence, filed a lawsuit recently against the corporate intelligence firm's founder Nick [...]

United Kingdom, United States
Diligence dispute going to court

The months-long battle between the US and British investigation firm [...]

United Kingdom
Diligence and GPW face off in Pugachev case

In their global legal battle, the Russian government and disgraced oligarch Sergey Pugachev have engaged corporate intelligence firms to help them in court. One part of the dispute recently played out in London.

United States
Diligence Raises $15 Million

The U.S. investigative firm Diligence has made major boardroom changes and brought an equity fund, Exxel Partners, into its business.

United States
Mike Baker

Mike Baker was in Baghdad in recent weeks in connection [...]