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

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.

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.

• NEW YORK - Vcheck shakes things up at the top

• LONDON - Anna Schmidt moves from Schillings to CT Group

• LONDON - Rich pickings for Hakluyt in the US

• LONDON - Niblett also advises Hakluyt

• BERLIN/WASHINGTON - Sanctions platform steered by FTI and Orrick

• LONDON - Jocelyn Spottiswoode poached by FTI.

• NEW YORK/LONDON - Exiger Diligence hires AML expert Saba Ahmad.

• WASHINGTON/ISTANBUL - Turkish Sanction Scanner to screen potential sanctioned persons from US.

• PARIS - Head of security firm Chiron publishes autobiography on former life as paratrooper.

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.