Japan, United States
JS Held's Tokyo investigations division ordered to cut costs

Japan, United Kingdom, United States
The corporate intelligence heavyweights who are leaving JS Held

The firm's global investigations division continues to be restructured, with departures recently from its offices in London, New York and Tokyo.

United Kingdom
Former GPW teams remind JS Held of their valuable clientele

Investigators at British corporate intelligence firm JS Held UK, formerly with GPW, are worried about further redundancies despite their prestigious client base.

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Alaco, StoneTurn, Gravamen, FTI

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

LondonAlaco's James Birkett and Austen Josephs join Dentons

Vienna/FrankfurtKristof Wabl moves up whistleblowing ladder

LondonWill Jenkins goes solo after JS Held

WashingtonFTI's China investigation department lags behind

United Kingdom
Amid budget cuts, JS Held reshapes investigation department

Layoffs have led to tensions at the London office of JS Held, which recently acquired the corporate intelligence firm GPW.

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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

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 Kingdom, United States
JS Held prepares for further acquisitions in 2023

After an already busy 2022, American corporate intelligence firm JS Held plans to snap up more companies next year as part of its consolidation ambitions.

Japan, United States
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.

United States
JS Held picks up BRG investigators

Berkeley Research is pulling out of the US investigations business after withdrawing from the international market. Some of its employees are joining its new owner, consulting firm JS Held, while others are breaking free.

United Kingdom
GPW

GPW, the London private investigation firm headed by Patrick Grayson [...]