The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
French-style litigation support, Ankura hiring in Asia, Competition in Dubai

UAE
Talent wars: first wave of ex-Deloitte investigators takes up PwC roles after mass resignations

PricewaterhouseCoopers surprised the Middle East consulting sector last year by poaching more than 60 forensics consultants from "Big Four" rival Deloitte, including at least four partners. This month, the more junior hires, who enjoyed shorter notice periods, began taking up their posts.

Singapore
Talent wars: FTI and Secretariat poach intelligence bigwigs for Singapore practices

Corporate intelligence providers FTI Consulting and Secretariat Advisors are on the hunt for detectives with operational experience in Southeast Asia, a search that has led both to approach a pool of ex-Control Risks Group talents.

Saudi Arabia, UAE
Talent wars: PwC rocks Middle East investigations sector with super-charged hiring spree

PricewaterhouseCoopers is said to have targeted as many as 90 forensics consultants in Saudi Arabia and the UAE as part of a drive to rapidly expand its advisory offering in the region. Among those who have already agreed to move are senior investigators from Ankura and Deloitte.

United Kingdom, United States
Talent wars: Secretariat on hiring spree for London investigation department

In a bid to expand its team in the UK, US consulting group Secretariat Advisors has been recruiting from Ankura Consulting, G3 and JS Held. Yet some potential recruits have been turned down.

United Kingdom, United States
Talent wars: FTI Consulting combines direct legal action and behind-the-scenes arrangements

FTI Consulting is haemorrhaging staff to hungry rival Secretariat and is taking legal action against it. In many similar cases, FTI has managed to reach agreement with other firms.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Prisme Intelligence in Paris, Field Intelligence in London, Sibylline's hiring changing line-up, BAE minus Powell

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

ParisFormer officer Mai-Linh Camus heads into consultancy

LondonAnwar Darkazally wants corporate intelligence to go green

LondonSibylline keeps hiring

LondonBAE and Lord Powell part ways

Spotlight | United States
Kroll, JS Held, Ankura, Big Four: corporate intelligence giants battle for market supremacy

Faced with a booming and rapidly consolidating investigations market, corporate intelligence companies are trying to steer a course through uncharted waters.

France
FTI's French investigations team falls apart

FTI Consulting is the latest in a string of big US and British firms to fail in the French marketplace. With the departure of its head of investigations, Stéphanie Lhomme, the Parisian consulting firm has been turned upside down.