Corporate Intelligence

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
SITE in Berlin, Ashurst, Grant Thornton in Chicago, Field Intelligence, Audere Securus, from Schillings to Valkyrie

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

BerlinGerman interior ministry picks SITE to combat Islamic fundamentalism

LondonDmitry Sachkov quits TRAG

ChicagoGrant Thornton expands forensic investigations in Midwest

LondonField Intelligence expands consultancy team

LondonAudere Securus ropes in industry legend James Blount

LondonSchillings stalwart joins Valkyrie

Russia
Binance quietly helped sanctioned Russian crypto exchange

Garantex has been linked to Hamas and darknet actors.

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
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

Bulgaria, United States
Advisory and compliance firm Straife weaves network with Texan traders and Caspian oil firms

The consultancy is reinforcing ties with Houston-based traders Linden Energy and Focal Point Energy, both of whom are keen to move into the European energy market.

France, United States
Forward Global, ex-Avisa Partners, looks for fresh cash

Matthieu Creux, chair of the advisory now going by the name of Forward Global, would like to secure a new credit line to fund the company's development. Due diligence seems to be on the cards, after a taxing 2022-2023 period.

Cyprus, Russia, United Kingdom, United States
Abramovich Jr's networks, part 1: from Swansea football to Russian aeronautics

One of sanctioned oligarch Roman Abramovich's seven children, Arkady, is maintaining a sprawling business empire, weaving a web of offshore companies that Intelligence Online has traced.

France, Gulf of Guinea
Amarante teams with Cassini Conseil to advise French defence ministry

Amarante International is teaming with Cassini Conseil for an observational study “on the analysis of audiences of interest to France in the Gulf of Guinea area”, for the French DGRIS.

France, United Kingdom, United States
Israeli special forces vet Doron Kempel extends private security services to Europe

The US-based businessman, a former IDF commando, has already set up shop in the United Kingdom and is now exploring the French market.

Switzerland, United Kingdom
Charles Carr pursues Europe expansion with support of low-profile family office

The network of small companies set up by former star K2 investigator Charles Carr keeps reeling in contracts. Already present in London, Milan, Zug and Paris, its growth is being backed by the family office of wealthy American Amre Youness, a former business associate of mining group ENRC.

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
Apertus goes Spanish, Zenobia, Vesper, LB International Solutions, Blackpeak

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

Madrid/Paris/LondonApertus welcomes Spanish member

LondonFirst anniversary for Feghali and Stone's Zenobia Intelligence

LondonVesper Group puts down British roots

WashingtonLydia Borland bolsters squad of Ankara lobbyists

LondonBlackpeak gets new UK office director

United Kingdom
Elizabeth II's former private secretary adds consulting notch to belt

Christopher Geidt, the former private secretary to Queen Elizabeth II, registered his new consultancy, Hurista Advisory, in Edinburgh on 6 November.

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
5 Stones, FTI, Red Five at 2020Partners

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

Miami/Washington5 Stones scores more ex-FBI officers for W1 Global

LondonPaul Austin leaves FTI Consulting

WashingtonNick Gicinto joins intelligence heavyweights at 2020Partners

Oman, United Kingdom
Labour MPs build on Muscat networks

A delegation of Labour Party MPs called on British lawyer Paul Sheridan's firm and its many connections with the Omani business world to open doors in Muscat.