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

United States, Yemen
FTI joins forces with Hayel Saeed Anam Group to lobby Washington on Yemen food security

The Hayel Saeed Anam Group conglomerate, which specialises in the food sector and has strong roots in Sanaa, has recruited FTI Government Affairs to gain influence in Washington, while aid from the United Nations WFP is still suspended in parts of Yemen.

Central Asia, United States
Corporate intelligence firms extend their compliance practices into Central Asia

With fresh sanctions due to be imposed on Russia, investigations companies are increasingly extending their compliance practices into Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, using Istanbul or London as rear bases.

United Kingdom
Raedas extends its global client base through hire of star CIS lawyer

The new head of client relations at London investigations firm Raedas will be expected to make use of her connections in regions ranging from Russia to Brazil in order to attract lawyers looking for backup on legal cases.

United Kingdom
Orange vs MTN hacking case keeps cyber investigators busy

A high number of forensic investigators and financial experts were called on by parties involved in the case at London's High Court pitting an African subsidiary of French operator Orange against the South African operator MTN's subsidiary.

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
Vcheck changes leadership, Schmidt goes from Schillings to CT Group, Hakluyt recruits, FTI and Orrick on sanctions in Germany

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

New YorkVcheck shakes things up at the top

LondonAnna Schmidt moves from Schillings to CT Group

LondonRich pickings for Hakluyt in the US

LondonNiblett also advises Hakluyt

Berlin/WashingtonSanctions platform steered by FTI and Orrick

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
Spottiswoode goes to FTI, Exiger hires ex-BACB, Sanction Scanner in US and Chiron head writes book

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, Paris and Istanbul.

LondonJocelyn Spottiswoode poached by FTI.

New York/LondonExiger Diligence hires AML expert Saba Ahmad.

Washington/IstanbulTurkish Sanction Scanner to screen potential sanctioned persons from US.

ParisHead of security firm Chiron publishes autobiography on former life as paratrooper.

United States
FTI has front row seat of battle by ex-US intelligence official wrongly accused of spying

After being accused of being a foreign power's mole by the Department of Commerce's security office when he was in charge of monitoring the export of sensitive technolgies, Stephen Wilcox, FTI's new director of export regulations and sanctions in DC, has filed a civil suit for damages.