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Spottiswoode goes to FTI, Exiger hires ex-BACB, Sanction Scanner in US and Chiron head writes book

Spotlight | United Kingdom
London investigators search for strategies to keep finances afloat

Alaco, JS Held, G3 and Blackpeak are among a flurry of London corporate intelligence firms that have taken steps to balance the books. While some strategies are more risky than others, most have brought significant staff changes.

United States
In legal fight between FTI and fired executive, both sides keen to conceal confidential information

FTI is suing Jonathan Orszag, who headed an in-house economic advisory unit until he was forced out for allegedly violating his contract. Orszag denies this but has not been able to get the case dismissed thus far.

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Waters exits JS Held, Spottiswoode off to Alaco, Wallbrook grows, EEAS relaunches EUCAP

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

London JS Held lets Waters go

London Spottiswoode swaps FTI for Alaco

Dubai Wallbrook beefs up its office

Brussels EEAS relaunches EUCAP contract

United States
FTI and Orrick roll out sanctions and export control platforms in Europe and Asia

Branches of the Sanctions and Export Control Society are poised to spring up in European and Asian capitals under an initiative led by the law firm Orrick and the consulting and private investigation outfit FTI Consulting, which plan to team with local firms in this booming business.

France
French security company Chiron builds on Ukraine operations to expand further abroad

Founded three years ago by a former French special forces sub-officer, Chiron, which employs about 20 former commandos and ex-police officers, is targeting the international market and growing closer to both foreign and French partners.

Saudi Arabia, United States
MBS's hound hired by FTI Consulting

The PR and investigation firm FTI Consulting has recently hired Madji Al Madani, a key figure in Mohammed bin Salman's anti-corruption purge.

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StoneTurn, Nardello, Dragonfly, Deloitte & Touche

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: each week, we report on events both big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community. This week we go to New York, London and Arlington.

New York StoneTurn brings in a local veteran to get itself off the ground in Singapore.

New York Nardello recruits Kennedy in London.

London Dragonfly aims to spread its wings.

Arlington Deloitte & Touche operates DARPA's cyber recognition programme.

United Kingdom, United States
Facebook's intelligence in Europe now operated by an anonymous fund

Security and corporate intelligence provider Falanx, one of the very few in the sector to be publicly traded (on London's Alternative Investment Market), has seen business turn around thanks to a game-changer contract with the American social media giant.

British Arab Commercial Bank boosts its anti-money laundering credentials by recruiting from HSBC

The British Arab Commercial Bank, the British wholesale banking arm of state-owned Libyan Foreign Bank, has recruited both its CEO and its anti-money laundering chief from the banking giant HSBC.