The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Day renames Diligence, Parly goes solo, GoodCorp helps French anti-corruption, StoneTurn's UK cuts, Cooper aids FGS and Sanctuary, JS Held closures

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Diligence, CRA, Quintel

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

LondonDiligence counts on capital raise

New YorkWave of departures at CRA

LondonQuintel finances in a lull

Armenia, United Kingdom
Sanctuary Counsel chosen to put Yerevan in contact with British defence companies

The Armenian government, which is looking for lobbyists and communications consultants in the West, has hired the services of a veteran British defence industry adviser.

France
French anti-corruption agency wants to regain control of compliance programmes

Following guidelines aimed at limiting the use of foreign consultancies, the AFA is working to take back control of programmes pertaining to judicial public interest agreements, the French answer to the US and UK's "deferred prosecution agreements".

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.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Amarante and the AFD, Hakluyt's spring growth, Brasidas poaches from Schillings, JS Held ends Hong Kong venture, DragonFly tests the air for Delta, CRA vs. activists

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

ParisAmarante looks for risks facing the AFD

London/WashingtonHakluyt's springtime recruits and fresh funds

ZurichBrasidas taps into Schillings talent pool

Hong KongJS Held closes local office

CambridgeActivists target Charles River Associates

France, Middle East
Gulf nations show little interest in France's special forces seminar

SOFINS, the trade fair designed to put French defence industry players in touch with their special forces and intelligence clients, is traditionally the go-to place to impress foreign delegations. However, this year's event failed to garner as much attention from the Gulf as its organisers would have liked.

United Kingdom, United States
JS Held streamlining with guidance from shareholder Kelso

Company executives promise further acquisitions are on the cards in London and the US, but some believe JS Held's current round of cuts may be the prelude to a sale by shareholder Kelso.

United States
Portman, former Diligence USA, goes solo

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

United Kingdom
Lord Garnier changes reputation firm

Conservative peer and QC Lord Edward Garnier joined the reputation [...]

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, [...]