The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Hanuman Partners, Erys, Control Risks, Salveo, Putala Strategies

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Topaz Group, Legion of Honour in Hanoi, Troost vs Srivastava

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

ParisAmarante International's Arnaud Dessenne joins Heracles

HanoiFrench honour for Openasia boss

New YorkPrivate investigators facing exposure in Russian oil traders' battle

Malaysia, Spain
Heirs of Sulu v Malaysia: influence and intel campaigns intensify ahead of critical court verdicts

Two cornerstone judgments are due in the $15bn legal fight between Malaysia and the heirs of the Sultanate of Sulu, who claim historical ownership of the country's northeastern oil state of Sabah. As the dispute comes to a head, a host of advisory firms have been put to work.

Syria
Corporate intelligence specialists rush to Damascus

Although still precarious, the improving security situation is allowing geopolitical risk and investigation consultants to regain a foothold in Syria. Their return follows in the wake of international donors and groups interested in Syrian reconstruction, keen to monitor the situation and understand what is going on behind the scenes of the new regime in Damascus.

France
ESL Rivington and Antidox reinvent themselves as Next Step Influence

Strategic intelligence group ADIT's influence division, comprised of ESL Rivington and Antidox, is changing its name to Next Step Influence in a sign of the evolution of the subsidiary.

France
Prospect of Erys Group sale takes shape

Stéphane Gérardin, the owner of French security firm Erys Group, is beginning to sound out the market to discuss the future of his company.

France
ADIT snaps up Salveo

Three years after its takeover by the private equity fund Butler Capital, the French former publicly-owned corporate intelligence firm ADIT has made its first acquisition.