GPW/Schillings, Exiger Diligence, Nardello, Banque de France, Opus Pear Tree

• LONDON - JS Held lets Waters go

• LONDON - Spottiswoode swaps FTI for Alaco

• DUBAI - Wallbrook beefs up its office

• BRUSSELS - EEAS relaunches EUCAP contract

NMC fraud case proves to be major boon for financial investigators 

A report from Muddy Waters uncovering financial fraud triggered the demise of the medical giant, which has since mobilised an army of financial and forensic investigators.

• LUXEMBOURG - EIB boosts corporate intelligence budget.
  

• LONDON - FCDO veteran Kilby joins Herminius.

• LONDON - Former Alaco staffer becomes MD at Nardello's London office.
  

• BRUSSELS - European Commission brings in specialist conflict minerals investigators.
  

• LONDON - Enyo sends in lawyers to ICSID

• NEW YORK - Feldman to take over from Nardello in London.

• LONDON - Death knell sounds for Optima Defence & Security Group.

• AIX-EN-PROVENCE/ROME - Ilios International looks towards Italy.

• US - Sparacino without Veretus.

• PARIS - DRSD boss leaves for Sanofi.

Japanese investigation market shakeup 

US and British intelligence groups are on the lookout for local private investigators in a once tightly closed Japanese market that has been positioning itself as a vector of growth.

• NEW YORK - Nardello seeks new London bureau chief
  

• LONDON - Adrian Stones quits Alaco
  

• NEW YORK - JS Held recruits from Kroll

• LONDON - The GPW deal in numbers

• WASHINGTON - Ex-US Air Force investigator sets up on his own
  

Schillings, the last safe haven for Russia-focused investigators 

Investigations firm Schillings, which specialises in reputation repair for oligarchs, appears to be going against the grain. While most of Londongrad's private investigators are fretting over losing business, the firm, which employs both lawyers and investigators, is betting on the future by expanding and recruiting more staff.

Nardello's Dubai office without a head, again 

With Iman Dawoud leaving this month to join Kroll, Dan [...]

New security chief at Banque de France 

Thierry Couture is taking over from Jean-Yves Dilasser, who is [...]