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France, Kuwait
Paris and Kuwait City prepare launch of new business club

The French and Kuwaiti foreign ministers are bidding to boost bilateral relations with a new Franco-Kuwaiti business club. It's set to include the private equity firm Ardian and French organisations looking to become involved in Kuwait's economic future.

France, UAE
Technip's bill from its former agent in Abu Dhabi continues to soar

French oil services group Technip Energies is getting into an increasingly tight financial corner with its former agent in the UAE. The latter has been pursuing legal action against it since 2007, claiming that Technip broke off its contract illegally.

Kazakhstan, United Kingdom
Moldova's Statis change lawyers in case against Kazakh government

In a fresh twist in their long legal wrangle with the Kazakh government, Moldovan oligarchs Anatol and Gabriel Stati have changed their usual lawyers, opting for an investigation veteran.

France, Ukraine
Ukraine's business community steps up pressure on France to align on Nord Stream 2 sanctions

Investment opportunities in Ukraine and sanctions against the Nord Stream 2 pipeline were on the agenda of a recent Paris gathering of Ukrainian and French politicians, business leaders and consultants.

France, UAE
France's Yogosha moves in as UAE readies to launch bug bounty platform

The French start-up, whose international aspirations have primarily taken it to the United Arab Emirates, will be launching a new investment round with help from Ryder & Davis.

France, UAE
Technip loses its case against its former agent in Abu Dhabi

At the end of December, Abu Dhabi's top appeal court rejected an appeal from Technip against an earlier judgement in its legal battle with its former local agent, the Suwaidi Engineering Group. The French group has been ordered to pay $54m, not including interest, and Suwaidi's rights as an agent have been upheld.

France, United Kingdom, United States
Erys, Hakluyt, Veracity, Amarante, KPMG

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: each week, we report on events both big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community. This week we go to Paris, London and New York.

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
Raedas, FTI, Montrose, Casale, 5 Stones

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: each week, we report on events both big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community. This week we go to London, Paris, New York and Miami.

LondonRaedas passes the Covid test.

ParisFTI brings in Karl Payeur to turn round its investigations business.

LondonMontrose germinates in Germany thanks to super-diplomat Michael Schaefer.

New YorkCasale moves from FBI anti-corruption unit into pharmaceuticals.

Miami-ParisFormer DEA Paris bureau chief joins 5 Stones.

Spotlight | France, Kazakhstan, United States
Chase for fallen Ablyazov clan's assets takes Kazakhstan to Courchevel

In a new twist in the Kazakh authorities' hunt for the Ablyazov clan's assets, the legal team at BTA Bank have uncovered a previously unknown offshore property belonging to the family: a chalet in the French ski resort of Courchevel found via the family's accountant in Dubai.

France
Arrest of French cybersecurity agency volunteer calls cyber ransom negotiation into question

As in the "real world", the payment of ransoms in cyberspace is of concern to governments and insurance companies, as the recent arrest of a French 'ethical' hacker has highlighted.

France
FTI's French investigations team falls apart

FTI Consulting is the latest in a string of big US and British firms to fail in the French marketplace. With the departure of its head of investigations, Stéphanie Lhomme, the Parisian consulting firm has been turned upside down.

France, Israel
Firm headed by ex-Mossad boss seeks certification from France's cybersecurity agency

Although breaking into the French market is no easy task, XM Cyber, the company lead by former Mossad chief Tamir Pardo, is applying for the French information systems security agency ANSSI's all-important accreditation.

France, Netherlands, Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan gas spat comes back to haunt BNP in New York

The legal dispute between Turkmengas and its former supplier Chemix, which has dragged on since 2012, has taken a fresh turn in New York where the role of the BNP is now under scrutiny.

France, United States
BNP forced to double down on anti-corruption efforts

With the French Anti-Corruption Agency breathing down its neck, the French bank will call on a service provider to help improve the transparency of its processes worldwide.

Switzerland
Gunvor's general counsel Leclercq spearheads response to anti-corruption probe

The compliance team at Gunvor has swung into action after the Swiss prosecution service opened an anti-corruption investigation into the company last month.

France, Indonesia
Dassault, Airbus tiptoe through anti-corruption minefield on Indonesian deals

A number of ambitious military deals with Jakarta are on the agenda. But they are being hampered by anti-corruption investigations.

Central Asia, United States
Dispute trains spotlight on Pentagon's secret oil products supplier Doug Edelman

Stephen Buscher, the former representative of Lazard in Moscow, has launched legal action against his former partner Doug Edelman, who amassed a fortune supplying kerosene to NATO in Afghanistan in the late 2000s.

France
Saagie's big data platform catches French intelligence community's eye

The DGSI see the French company Saagie as a potential alternative to the US data mining outfit Palantir. But the company also interest Chinese investment