CORPORATE INTELLIGENCE

• NEW YORK - K2 quietly demotes co-CEO

• ABU DHABI - Consultant Charles Peterson returns to nuclear

• WASHINGTON - Ex-staffer takes Guidehouse to court

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.

• 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
  

US veteran Matthew Parker supports specialised battalion of Ukrainian legion 

The US private security provider and investigator, enlisted in Ukraine in a personal capacity, was one of the voices that pushed for the creation of a 4th battalion within the International Legion. The new unit will specialise in selecting and training instructors and troops for the rest of the foreign fighters corps.

Franck Petitgas crowns London career with appointment as Sunak's adviser 

The French banker's new role as economic and business adviser to the UK prime minister Rishi Sunak caps a career in the City of London, where he has a solid network in financial, diplomatic and intelligence circles through the Legion d'Honneur.

• SYDNEY/NEW YORK - The investigator chasing a ghost investor

• PARIS - Public bank boosts export intelligence scope

• NEW YORK - Mintz still investigating Kossoff's downfall

• NEW YORK - Ex-Nardello CISO goes to Merck

• LONDON - Former FTI Barker moves to intelligence with Strix Varia

• KYIV/LARGO -  New Ukraine mission for US Army vet Parker

• KYIV/COPENHAGEN - Danish lobbyist Rud Pedersen sets up shop in Ukraine

Bluelight Global Solutions investigators called in on decade-long Croatia vs MOL battle 

The London private investigation and security firm, which assists security agencies across the Commonwealth, has been working on a dispute between Hungarian energy giant MOL and the Croatian government that has raged for more than 10 years.