Diligence

Spotlight | Russia
One year of war all but wipes out Russian private investigation market

The conflict in Ukraine has had an unprecedented impact on the world of corporate intelligence in and on Russia. Despite the huge decline in contracts, a few niche firms are still eking out an existence.

United States
Dechert and del Rosso's counterattack against Azima and hackers for hire exposes ENRC's involvement

Investigator Nick del Rosso, accused of conspiring with a Dechert lawyer to conduct a hacking attack for a Gulf emirate, is launching a legal counteroffensive with the law firm. Against this backdrop, hackers for hire allegedly involved in the affair are having their own stand-off.

Spotlight | China, Europe, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, United States
Nuclear exports: Washington prepares legal and political arsenal as Westinghouse and KEPCO stand by for court action

Washington is preparing a legislative package to help it head off competition from Russia's Rosatom and Chinese groups for new nuclear power plant contracts in Europe and the Middle East. At the same time, US national champion Westinghouse is looking to sideline Korea's KEPCO group.

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
Vcheck changes leadership, Schmidt goes from Schillings to CT Group, Hakluyt recruits, FTI and Orrick on sanctions in Germany

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

New YorkVcheck shakes things up at the top

LondonAnna Schmidt moves from Schillings to CT Group

LondonRich pickings for Hakluyt in the US

LondonNiblett also advises Hakluyt

Berlin/WashingtonSanctions platform steered by FTI and Orrick

France, Ukraine
Parisian PR veterans back Kyiv through #StandWithUkraine

#StandWithUkraine, a French association headed by two PR professionals with close connections to Kyiv, is heavily involved in the communications and legal side of the war in Ukraine. It has been carrying out a series of public relations operations in Europe.

France, United Kingdom, United States
Ergo, Vantage, G3, Silverbridge, Audere, Amarante, GEOS, Baubigeat Zeller

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 Washington, London and Paris.

Russia, United States
Moscow's asset recovery against ex-bankers moves forward in New York

A New York court ordered discovery has taken the Russian Central Bank a step further along in its efforts to recover stolen assets and obtain damages from ex-owners of Russian private banks, most of them currently living abroad.

Spotlight | France, Qatar, Russia, United Kingdom, United States
Quest, McLaren and 5 Stones lead the race in 'sport business' investigations boom

After having originally targeted doping and then corruption and sexual and moral abuse, the number of private investigations being carried out in the world of sport has exploded, partly due to the political importance sport has taken on in some countries.

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
CRA, Amarante in Erbil, Brahmachari returns to CRG, Nadia Schadlow joins Sigma7 and Ergo

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 Erbil, London, Paris, Brussels and Washington.

LondonCRA seeks replacement for Panes.

Brussels/ParisAmarante strengthens position in Iraq with Falcon.

LondonBrahmachari returns to Control Risks.

WashingtonNadia Schadlow connects newcomer Sigma7 with Ergo.

United Kingdom, United States
JS Held prepares for further acquisitions in 2023

After an already busy 2022, American corporate intelligence firm JS Held plans to snap up more companies next year as part of its consolidation ambitions.

United Kingdom
SecureValue rebuilt from former G3 team

Two investigators previously with G3 and Kinnevik, the Swedish fund that owned the corporate intelligence firm, have launched their own firm, SecureValue, working with Ken MacDonald, the veteran lawyer of human rights cases and other lengthy investigations.

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
Goron to supplant MPP at LVMH, GEOS in El Salvador, Jones joins Alvarez, EU sets up sanctions helpdesk, banking lobby fights financial crimes in EU

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, Brussels, Basel and Washington.

Paris Goron poised to take over from MPP as LVMH provider

Basel/Brussels Anti-money laundering banking lobby registers in EU

France GEOS heads to El Salvador for the EU

Washington Alvarez & Marsal ropes in investigations star Kenneth Jones

Brussels EU forks out €4m to help small businesses do due diligence

Iraq, United States
US forces' fuel supplier Jamal al-Alam dropped for supposed links with Tehran

US forces in Iraq, which are stationed at Erbil International Airport, have ended their contract with their fuel supply company, Jamal al-Alam, because of its supposed links with Iran. The firm is to be replaced by US company Repeat Consultants International, whose boss is said to be close to the Barzani clan.

Spotlight | United States
FTX collapse sparks jitters in due diligence world

Cryptocurrency platform FTX's bankruptcy filing in November has delivered a blow to the corporate intelligence world, whose pre-investment due diligence for clients of Sam Bankman-Fried's company has been found wanting.

India, Israel, United Kingdom, United States
As hacking accusations against it mount up, CyberRoot strikes back in Indian courts

Indian cyber intelligence company CyberRoot is beating its own path in the face of the ongoing investigator and hacker-for-hire wars between ENRC-funded camps and those led by lawyer Neil Gerrard, Dechert and the Ras Al Khaimah emirate.

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
Quinlan turns to Newsweek, Treliant at Exigen, Beth with Oriol, Boulègue at Audere, Kerley joins Evelyn Partners

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, Washington and Paris.

Washington Journalist-hungry Quinlan hires Newsweek reporter

Washington Treliant poaches exec from Exiger to increase corporate intelligence capacities

Paris Battesti loses Dessenne but still with Beth

London/Paris Post-Soviet expert Boulègue joins Audere and CEPA

London Kerley joins Evelyn Partners

France, United Kingdom, United States
Burton moves to Nardello, Sene sanction confirmed, Crystal Blockchain sets up in London, Kikkar debuts in asset recovery, Avisa expands in DC

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 New York, London, Paris and Washington.