UAE
Investigators fly in, and out again, for Dubai Arbitration Week

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
DGSI director and LVMH, JS Held senior staff exit, K2 in the Middle East

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

ParisDGSI director invited to LVMH linked security event

LondonJS Held loses top asset recovery specialists

DubaiK2 parts ways with senior Middle East investigator

United Kingdom
The changing face of private intelligence, part 2: The clampdown on state clients

In light of the British government's heightened vigilance, private intelligence providers are withdrawing from the hazardous world of litigation support to former Soviet states. But the media fallout from these legal battles is still being felt today.

United Kingdom
The changing face of private intelligence, part 1: Final chapter closes on oligarchs' battles

Years of sanctions against Russian oligarchs Petr Aven, Oleg Deripaska, Mikhail Fridman and others, all of whom were avid users of British private detectives, along with the death of several prominent Kazakh clients, is forcing London's private intelligence community to rethink its business model.

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.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
TD International, Mandaura, Control Risks, Bernard Emié

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

WashingtonFormer CIA officers join forces at TDI

ParisOSINTracker offered via Mandaura

DubaiTycoon Ivor Ichikowitz's ex-business partner at Control Risks

ParisEx-foreign intelligence head Bernard Émié lunches at the Elysée

UAE
Environment investor Sheikh Ahmed bin Dalmook al-Maktoum seeks buyer for first stream of offset credits

After investing in forestry preservation schemes in East Africa, Sheikh Dalmook al-Maktoum's fund Blue Carbon is sending out sales material for the first of its offset projects to come online.

Spotlight | Iraq, Turkey
Iraq hires corporate investigators to pursue Turkish assets, despite high-level rapprochement between states

Iraq has engaged researchers to trace Turkish state-owned assets, attempting to enforce a huge Paris-seated arbitration award in its favour, even as it progresses diplomatic engagement with its northern neighbour.