Charles Blackmore sets his succession plan at Audere in motion

Audere ups its game with new Asia-focused consultants 

Oliver Blackmore earlier this year completed taking over Audere International, a corporate intelligence firm founded by his father Charles Blackmore. He is now stepping up recruitment of consultants internationally, particularly in Asia, to strengthen his company's presence there.

• WASHINGTON - ICSID establishes framework for litigation funding.
  

• LONDON - Audere's new boss Oliver Blackmore gets into private security.

• WASHINGTON - RosettiStar hires Joe Andrews.
  

• LONDON - Farrant looks to Africa.

• LONDON - Wallbrook beefs up China team.

• PARIS - Montlahuc's moves to leave ESL & Network pave way for firm's integration into ADIT.

• BRUSSELS - EUBAM competition gets underway.
  

Raedas muscles up in forensics accounting 

Business intelligence group Raedas has recruited forensics veteran David Lawler to strengthen its position in the growing market for these invesitigations.

ERG predicts growth in financial operations in the business intelligence market 

In its 22 June market update, US merchant bank ERG Partners, which specialises in security and business intelligence, notes that financial operations have been increasing in the sector since the start of the year.

Steinmetz-Soros case held up by the absence of litigation funding 

As defence lawyers press for BSGR founder Beny Steinmetz and his right-hand man Dag Cramer to testify before the court in their case against George Soros, BSGR's new joint administrator Alvarez & Marsal is trying to find funding to enable the group to continue its legal action.

Consultants heard in trial of suspected Qatari funding of Nusra Front 

A slew of consultants have given testimony in the UK trial to determine Qatar's alleged support of the former Syrian movement Jabhat Al Nusra, shedding light as much on the role played by Doha Bank and Qatari brothers Moutaz and Ramez Al Khayyat as their own involvement in the Syrian conflict.

Charles Blackmore 

Charles Blackmore, the former chief executive of the private security [...]