CORPORATE INTELLIGENCE

• NEW YORK - K2 quietly demotes co-CEO

• ABU DHABI - Consultant Charles Peterson returns to nuclear

• WASHINGTON - Ex-staffer takes Guidehouse to court

Washington lobbyists plead Kazakh protesters' cause in US 

Trials in connection with last year's protests are in full swing in Kazakhstan. Supporters of some key figures, including Arman Dzhumageldiyev, known to be close to the country's intelligence service, the KNB, have hired Washington lobbyists to drum up support for their cause.

London keeps on private security provider in Moscow 

Faced with the difficulty of running background checks and the sensitive nature of conducting private security activities in Moscow on behalf of foreign interests, many state clients are having to keep on the same providers without being able to change their terms.

Oligarchs' fixers look for fixers of their own to help them escape sanctions 

The consultants operating behind the scenes for their already sanctioned former Russian oligarch clients are themselves being increasingly targeted by Western sanctions. They are looking for investigators to help them avoid or at least reduce the impact of those measures.

Ron Wahid falls back on Kazakh networks as UK tax office starts hunt 

The founder of RJI Capital and Arcanum Global Intelligence has been gradually withdrawing from the London affairs of his advisory and intelligence firms, but not so of his companies with assets in Kazakhstan. Those entities have been calling on their lobbyist networks in Washington.

Discreet succession crisis at risk management firm Sigma7 

From London to New York, the risk management and corporate intelligence firm is currently undergoing big changes at the top.

• LONDON - Audere picks special forces captain

• GENEVA - The Red Cross's Lyon connection

• LONDON - Dentons' rich pickings at Alaco

Geneva-based Eyes on Target takes off 

Denis Mesek's firm specialises in investigations, field operations and counter-surveillance. It has been bolstered by an increasing demand for spying device detection in Central Europe, as well as a rise in Balkan litigation.

BAE intelligence chief joins Brennan and Partners 

After ten years holding down the British defence giant's most secretive role, Andrew Cooper has moved into corporate diplomacy alongside Daniel Brennan, prominent barrister and former member of the UK parliament's Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy.

Askar Amangeldiyev backs his uncle, fallen oligarch Mukhtar Ablyazov, behind the scenes 

Sentenced to 20 years in prison in absentia in Kazakhstan, Mukhtar Ablyazov will soon have news of his legal position in France. Meanwhile, his backers in Brussels are still lobbying on his behalf. Intelligence Online details the role played by his nephew in setting up his support network.

Yemen's increasingly confident pro-Emirati STC launches influence campaign in Washington 

Saudi Arabia has been lobbying in Washington to promote its vision for Yemen for a while. Now, the Southern Transitional Council, which has a growing footprint on the ground and a stronger presence in Yemen's legitimate governing entities, is also looking to ensure its voice is heard during the US-sponsored peace negotiations.

Riyadh ramps up lobbying in Washington 

Saudi Arabia's lobbyists were unusually busy in early May pushing the Saudi narrative in Yemen and Sudan to members of congress and the media.

Pro-Trump advocacy firm New Founding forced to trim its sails 

The conservative influence group has accomplished little of note since opening two years ago. New Founding's bleak circumstances also taint Claremont, the influential Trump-friendly organisation that hatched it.

• SINGAPORE/NEW YORK - Stoneturn loses China-focused investigator

• LONDON - New firm linked to sports integrity pro Paul Beeby

• BRUSSELS - EU delegation to Pretoria boosts security

• LONDON - Dentons picks Adrian Stones