All articles - France

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Wallbrook, ESL & Network, EUBAM

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

LondonWallbrook beefs up China team.

ParisMontlahuc's moves to leave ESL & Network pave way for firm's integration into ADIT.

BrusselsEUBAM competition gets underway.

Construction conglomerates fight for pole position to build intel services' new HQs

France's internal and external intelligence agencies have begun drawing up plans for their future headquarters, to be located at either end of Paris. Both are now in the process of selecting constructors for these two major public contracts.

Baku exasperated by 'influence operations' in Nagorno-Karabakh

Armenia's normalisation of its relations with Turkey, paving the way for reconciliation with Azerbaijan, have kicked off with gusto. But the Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev has grave concerns about what he believes to be attempted influence campaigns in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Risk&Co, Inter-Mediate, Thales

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

ParisLe Floch's arrival helps Risk & Co further accentuate its shift towards cyber.

LondonThales adviser Lord Nick Houghton questions AUKUS in the House of Lords.

LondonGilles de Kerchove begins his reconversion at Inter-Mediate.

Technip loses its case against its former agent in Abu Dhabi

At the end of December, Abu Dhabi's top appeal court rejected an appeal from Technip against an earlier judgement in its legal battle with its former local agent, the Suwaidi Engineering Group. The French group has been ordered to pay $54m, not including interest, and Suwaidi's rights as an agent have been upheld.

Spotlight
Thales's offshore payments system exposed by court case brought by former agent in India

In an article in Britain's Daily Telegraph on 11 January, Thales's former agent in India has upped the pressure on the French defence electronics group, from which he is claiming €11m before the French courts.

Amarante to monitor influence operations in the Sahel for French defence ministry

The ministry of armed forces has hired the French security group Amarante to conduct a study of the networks and relays of influence in G5 Sahel countries. The French government is increasingly concerned about foreign interference campaigns in the region, where it has plans for its own strategy of influence.

ChapsVision takes up strong position in interceptions thanks to Elektron takeover

ChapsVision, which is determined to take up a dominant position among French cyber intelligence industry, has taken control of French interceptions specialist Elektron from the waning Nexa Technologies group.

Non-proliferation intel keeps brakes on French-Indian nuclear cooperation

France's growing nuclear production and nuclear-powered submarine prospects with the Indian government are being held in check by current regulations, with the French customs intelligence unit caught between France's ambitions and international non-proliferation treaties.

Erys, Hakluyt, Veracity, Amarante, KPMG

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: each week, we report on events both big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community. This week we go to Paris, London and New York.

Avisa Partners watches over Kazakhstan's interests in France

Parisian consultancy Avisa Partners followed the Kazakh protests with concern until Kassym-Jomart Tokayev announced on 10 January that order had been restored. The news was a relief to the firm that works for the new Kazakh consulate in Strasbourg.

French cyber partners Roussely and Taleb continue to grow their empire

French cyber veterans Bernard Roussely and Alexandre Taleb are quietly building themselves a small empire in France, Lebanon and Switzerland via the firms Euler Technology Solutions and Beware Cyberlabs.

US interception specialist Almenta still has strong grip on Asian market

While Almenta Group, the American company specialising in offensive cyber-intelligence, is in danger of losing its foothold in France, it is still very active in Asia, particularly in Singapore and Hong Kong.

Italian cyber specialists pile into French market

Italian companies Area and RCS Lab are looking to expand in France and are hoping to benefit from the new SITENJ national interception platform.

LODI loses battle for damages over Riyadh and Cairo ODAS defence contracts

The business diplomacy firm LODI Consulting has walked away empty-handed after a lengthy legal wrangle with the ODAS, France's military exports office.