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London investigators search for strategies to keep finances afloat

UAE, United States
JS Held studying potential takeovers of several firms

Amid a lull in the US private investigation sector, JS Held is looking to acquire competitors at a low cost.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Former Atos exec in the Balkans, Delubac, Burson Middle East, Barbican Advisory

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

LondonFormer Atos vice-president connects British tech, Elon Musk and Serbia

ParisDelubac, the ‘complex contracts' bank, launches own magazine

RiyadhSurprise exit at Burson Middle East, Riyadh's favourite comms group

SingaporeFormer Blackpeak director joins Barbican Advisory

United Kingdom
Corporate intelligence pioneer Amy Lashinksy leaves Alaco

Amy Lashinksy, one of the founders of the corporate intelligence practice as it is known today, is taking semi-retirement.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
DGA Group is hiring, spies in Davos, DHS provider's lobbyist

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

London/WashingtonDGA Group brings in new sleuths

SwitzerlandThree big names in intelligence seen in Davos

WashingtonIntelligence community provider picks out new lobbyist

Kazakhstan, United Kingdom
Private spies and cryptominers unite, part 3: online influence expert Highgate racks up Kazakh cases

After bringing in London-based corporate intelligence firm Raedas to investigate his ex-associates, a former partner in a cryptocurrency mining company is running a website to air his version of their dispute. Consulting firm Highgate set up the site.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
GMTL, Consors Intelligence, US-Armenian probe, Hakluyt staff losses, finance corruption crackdown in China

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

LondonGordon Rainey joins GMTL

ParisConsors Intelligence picks Marc Martinez as new GM

Washington/YerevanEx-Armenian finance minister's family under DoJ probe hires help

London Hakluyt's cyber specialists exodus

BeijingHas the crackdown on corruption in the finance sector run its course?

United Kingdom
Control Risks throws hat in sports ring with Matchroom

Private security and corporate intelligence firm Control Risks Group is riding the wave of sports investigations by supporting a UK-based promoter active in the Gulf.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Security bosses host spy chief, Benson returns to StoneTurn, Nardello moves into San Francisco

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

ParisDomestic intelligence chief due at CAC 40 security directors' club

New YorkPaul Benson returns to StoneTurn with his Minneapolis office

New YorkNardello builds west coast presence

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
G3, CRI, Arcanum, Aperio

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

LondonDavid Scholey leaves G3 but stays at Cranemere

LondonAmelie de Borchgrave moves from KPMG to CRI

WashingtonArcanum takes on a new special forces officer

LondonAperio loses its ex-Soviet Union expert

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Gunvor Group, Alaco, Exiger, Control Risks

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

LondonFormer Schillings investigator joins Gunvor

WashingtonExiger beefs up government contracts department

London/ZurichAlaco's Swiss branch shrinks

WashingtonAlyssa Misner leaves Control Risks

United Kingdom
Alaco and Dentons Global Advisors discreetly struggle for talent

A hiring spree at Dentons Global Advisors highlights the growing differences between the strategies adopted by the firm and its rival London-based consultancy Alaco.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Alaco, StoneTurn, Gravamen, FTI

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

LondonAlaco's James Birkett and Austen Josephs join Dentons

Vienna/FrankfurtKristof Wabl moves up whistleblowing ladder

LondonWill Jenkins goes solo after JS Held

WashingtonFTI's China investigation department lags behind

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.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Waters exits JS Held, Spottiswoode off to Alaco, Wallbrook grows, EEAS relaunches EUCAP

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

London JS Held lets Waters go

London Spottiswoode swaps FTI for Alaco

Dubai Wallbrook beefs up its office

Brussels EEAS relaunches EUCAP contract

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Spottiswoode goes to FTI, Exiger hires ex-BACB, Sanction Scanner in US and Chiron head writes book

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 New York, London, Paris and Istanbul.

LondonJocelyn Spottiswoode poached by FTI.

New York/LondonExiger Diligence hires AML expert Saba Ahmad.

Washington/IstanbulTurkish Sanction Scanner to screen potential sanctioned persons from US.

ParisHead of security firm Chiron publishes autobiography on former life as paratrooper.

United Kingdom
Amy Lashinsky and Ambrose Carey sell Alaco to US Risk Management group Sigma7

Backed by Chicago private equity fund Growth Catalyst Partners, risk management veteran Andrew Hersh's new Sigma7 group is taking over the historic London-based corporate intelligence firm, founded 20 years ago.

United Kingdom
Gordon Rainey joins Alaco

Former GPW investigator Gordon Rainey has joined Alaco, the corporate [...]