France, Ukraine
ADIT wins French tender to train Ukrainian soldiers

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Kharon briefs Westminster, ADIT nervous, FBI investigates investment firm

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

LondonCompliance firm Kharon appears before UK Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee

FranceADIT bosses worried about L'Express investigation

WashingtonVenture capital firm backed by former UK defence secretary faces fraud allegations

France, Germany, Poland
ADIT courting Berlin-based due diligence firm as acquisition drive continues

France's leading risk and intelligence advisory has begun talks with an investigations firm based in Warsaw and Berlin over a prospective buy-out. ADIT's aim is to plug an intelligence gap in Central Europe.

France
ADIT calls on ChapsVision cyber tools as ties strengthen

The French corporate intelligence leader is keen to work more closely with the cyber intelligence services provider. Their talks, so far around technical points, come just months before ADIT is to see a change of shareholders.

UAE, United States
Ex-Pentagon officer doxxed over Ukraine arms trade returns to Abu Dhabi

After being exposed on the internet as having supplied weapons to Ukraine, former Pentagon official Shanon Schmidli-Melville has secured a new role as head of UAE military equipment and training provider, Al Shamal Solutions Consultancy.

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ADIT/Amarante regional rivalry, Herminius, CR Investigations, Lextrack, De Vinculis

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

LyonAmarante snatches regional council contract from ADIT

LondonHerminius picks new adviser

New York/Boston/WashingtonCR Investigations takes on US staff

London/ViennaNew asset hunter tuned into Central Asia?

LondonNicholas Houghton closes a chapter

France, UAE
DCI struggles to bag French arms contracts in Abu Dhabi

With the forthcoming opening of its office in Dubai, ADIT intends to relaunch its new subsidiary Défense Conseil International in the region. The firm has been excluded in the UAE from several maintenance and training contracts for French military equipment acquired by Abu Dhabi.

France, Ukraine
Bidders compete for Ukrainian military training contract following turbulent tender process

Launched, cancelled, then revived, the French ministry of armed forces' tender for the training of Ukrainian soldiers closed more than six-months late. Some candidates feel the bid has been tailor-made for Défense Conseil International, now part of ADIT.

France
French government gives green light for ADIT takeover of armed forces' operator DCI

ADIT has officially taken control of Défense Conseil International. France's Commission for Shareholdings and Transfers has just validated the sale of some of the French State's shares to the country's leading corporate intelligence group, thereby transforming it into a major player.

France, Ukraine
Legal action over cancelled state tender for Ukrainian military training

The French government has been named as the "losing party" by a French administrative court in a disputed call for tenders for the training of Ukrainian soldiers by France. However, the call for tender in question had actually already been cancelled by the French Ministry of the Armed Forces prior to the court's ruling.

France
French defence services company's takeover manoeuvring takes political turn

ADIT's planned takeover of DCI has sparked a flurry of manoeuvring in the French parliament, as competitors look forward to the parastatal operator becoming just another company.