Corporate Intelligence

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Highgate, G3, Garbo, ReSolve TPA, Minerva, ThoughtLeaders4 Disputes

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

LondonHighgate expands dispute resolution practice

TokyoBen Fouracre joins G3

ColchesterFinancial intelligence specialist Francisco Mainez opens firm

WashingtonAfter Gryphon, Pablo Gil de Montes goes solo

LondonMinerva sues MoD

MumbaiTop investigators flock to Dispute Resolution Forum

Central Asia, United States
Caspian Policy Center quietly backs Central Asian governments, in particular Azerbaijan

A self-described independent think tank, the CPC serves as an unofficial lobbying organisation for the region's rulers. The group's staff and board members include former senior US officials involved in national security and foreign policy.

Central Asia, Germany
Consultant Konstantin Panovko thriving in Berlin despite loss of Russian oligarch clients

The Berlin-based communications and government relations consultant close to Russian magnate Alisher Usmanov is distancing himself from businessmen hit by sanctions and bolstering his advisory role with Central Asian governments.

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Chorus prospects in US; Moussalli joins CRG; ESL boss moves to Publicis; Eberly resurfaces at Arcanum; Ex-CIA officer Peristere launches firm

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

LondonEx-DoJ investigator helps Chorus make play for US market

FrankfurtMoussalli joins Control Risks

ParisPublicis recruits ESL & Network's Middle East boss

New YorkAfter Jusan, Charles Eberly resurfaces at Arcanum

WashingtonRichard Peristere joins private sector

Japan, United Kingdom, United States
The corporate intelligence heavyweights who are leaving JS Held

The firm's global investigations division continues to be restructured, with departures recently from its offices in London, New York and Tokyo.

Spotlight | China, Taiwan, United States
From opposite sides, Tapei and Beijing both lobbying for African American support

A battle pitching Tapei's lobbyists Empire Consulting against Beijing's U.S. Exchange Foundation for Black support is raging in Washington. Empire has close ties to the Congressional Black Caucus, a chief target of both sides.

China, Israel, Japan
Japan turns to Israel's 9500 Group to counter Chinese Fukushima disinformation

A team of experts is working with the Japanese government to foil a Chinese disinformation campaign about the release of treated waste water from the Fukushima nuclear power station.

India, United States
Corporate intelligence firm Nisos assists investigation into 'widespread theft'

Nisos has tracked down the identity of staff members of Homeworkify, a site that is being sued by education firm Chegg, Inc..

Spotlight | India, United Kingdom, United States
Worldwide battle over Indian-run hacking for hire converges in North Carolina

The many facets of ENRC's legal battle with its former lawyer Neil Gerrard have all ended up before a court in North Carolina, USA. The Kazakh firm is helping businessman Farhad Azima seek proof that Gerrard ordered Indian firm CyberRoot to wage a cyberattack.

China, France, Singapore, Thailand
Ex-Airbus sales execs move onto new Asian pastures

In the Asia-Pacific region, as elsewhere in the world, the aerospace giant has overhauled its sales operations in the wake of anti-corruption investigations. Its former salespeople have branched out into domains that are sometimes far-removed from the aeronautical sector.

China, Hong Kong, United Kingdom, United States
Western corporate intelligence firms in China forced into stealth mode with local partners

Foreign corporate investigators have had to adapt to China's information-gathering system to continue operating and reduce their risk exposure in the wake of the new anti-espionage law.