Ukraine, United Kingdom
Creditors take case against Port of Odessa stevedoring groups to Ukraine Supreme Court

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
Highgate, Secretariat Advisors, Stanton Wallace, SOG Defense

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

LondonRestructuring at Highgate

Europe/Southeast AsiaSecretariat Advisors scales back in Europe, boosts Asia branch

Neuilly-sur-SeineStanton Wallace reinvents itself

LondonFrench security operator in Southeast Asia sets up in UK capital

United Kingdom
UK-based oligarch litigation lawyers expand investigative capabilities

Law firms Hillmont Partners and Astraea Group are riding high after the long legal battle pitting businessmen Anatol and Gabriel Stati and their partners against the government of Kazakhstan, with Astraea setting up its own in-house investigation department.

Philippines, Russia, United States
Brain drain: Russian energy and banking veterans slip into Asian fintech

With finance from US fund Argentem Creek Partners and the Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund, a former top executive and statesman of Russia's strategic sectors has quietly left Moscow to develop a bank in the Philippines.

Ukraine
Homegrown Ukrainian corporate intelligence aims for big league

Ukrainian investigators such as Cosa are trying to move beyond the status of subcontractors and broaden their field of action. In a still open market, local companies are competing with the giants of the sector.

Ukraine, United States
Legal battle for Odessa port assets about to become a matter of state

US fund Argentem Creek Partners is conducting an intense lobbying campaign in Kyiv to take control of Odessa port grain stevedore GNT Group, with both sides in the dispute brandishing the politically fashionable argument of fighting corruption.

The Intelligence Gazette
Ukrainian BEB, France in NATO, US Army in Europe, AUKUS

Appointments, reforms and key issues: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community, from Washington to Tampere, and Landstuhl to Canberra.

UkraineAnti-corruption audit of economic security bureau

France/NATOParis builds up communication channels with the alliance

United States/Germany/FinlandFinland and US Army forge connection

United States/AustraliaAUKUS forces State Department to adapt

Spotlight | Kazakhstan, United Kingdom, United States
Score-settling thrives in international court battles with Astana over asset hunts

The lawsuit filed against Astana by Jysan Holding, which was managed until recently by members of the previous administration, underlines the country's 'endemic corruption'. This surprising line of defence is also used by businessmen who have been at loggerheads with that government for years.

Ukraine, United Kingdom
Highgate revives its Ukrainian networks for Wagner prosecution case

London intelligence firm Highgate is counting on its strong Ukrainian links to back lawyers from McCue Jury and Partners, who are representing a group of Kyiv citizens taking Russian paramilitary group Wagner before the High Court in London for allegations of terrorism.