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

Spotlight | United States
Talent wars: Secretariat pushes pedal on recruitment of financial investigators

The US consultancy has gone on a hiring spree in a bid to establish a large financial investigations department and to boost its presence in Europe.

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Paris Arbitration Week, Portland, K2, Idesus

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

ParisInternational firms' interest in arbitration cases keeps growing

LondonKim Darroch stops in at Portland

LondonIdesus files for removal from UK register

WashingtonK2 pushes brakes on financial investigations

Hong Kong
Western corporate intelligence persists in believing in Hong Kong market

Despite the new national security law voted on 19 March, some financial investigation firms are hoping to continue working in the former British enclave, even after multiple setbacks.

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Reputational risk management at JPMorgan, Ground Truth exodus, from JS Held to Delta Consulting, Hollis moves to Aperio

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

New YorkJPMorgan hires ESG investigator to boost reputation protection

LondonGround Truth Intelligence parts ways with top execs

Miami/WashingtonArnold Castillo joins Delta Consulting from JS Held

LondonCharles Hollis joins Aperio

Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore
Private sleuths hover between Tokyo and Singapore for APAC regional base

Investigators in the Indo-Pacific region are bulking up their Singapore teams, while maintaining a presence in Hong Kong. These moves are sometimes to the detriment of other regional offices, especially in Japan.

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Highgate, G3, Garbo, ReSolve TPA, Minerva, ThoughtLeaders4 Disputes

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

LondonHighgate expands dispute resolution practice

TokyoBen Fouracre joins G3

ColchesterFinancial intelligence specialist Francisco Mainez opens firm

WashingtonAfter Gryphon, Pablo Gil de Montes goes solo

LondonMinerva sues MoD

MumbaiTop investigators flock to Dispute Resolution Forum

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Sastre, Kroll, HKA, JS Held, Guidepost

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

LondonEastern Europe-focused Sastre Consulting beefs up investigation practice

New YorkTom Bock goes with different Kroll

LondonNick Panes lands new role at HKA

LondonSofia Batchelor joins JS Held

New YorkGuidepost also works on Guo Wengui's case

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.

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.

France, United Kingdom, United States
GPW struck off, ex-CIA goes private, Aperio, ADIT exit, and Nardello newbie

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

United Kingdom
Nick Panes leaves Charles River, prepares next moves

After announcing his departure from Charles River Associates, veteran investigator Nicholas Panes recently became an adviser to a new regulatory consulting firm but is preparing other moves in the longer term.

United States
K2 shaken by Tom Bock's departure

In a consolidating investigations marketplace, JS Held has recently poached a senior executive from the heart of K2's operations in its fief of New York.

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.