Societe Generale

Association of European Businesses escapes foreign agent status in Moscow and Brussels 

The lobbying organisation, which has been caught in the crossfire since Russia invaded Ukraine, has been investigated by both the European Commission and the Russian justice ministry. Both have decided, however, not to take action against it.

Deloitte and Lebanese ex-partner Al Fadl escape LCB shareholders' wrath for now 

A legal battle between Deloitte and former shareholders in Lebanese Canadian Bank, relaunched in February, involves an array of characters including a member of the Qatari royal family and Beirut financial consulting figure Joseph Al Fadl.

TotalEnergies keeps an eye on Hachid tribal confederation 

TotalEnergies, which is involved in Yemen's Balhaf gas complex, is trying to find a way to get out of the Yemen LNG consortium that runs it. The French state, which could find itself directly involved in the consortium's financing, is closely following the new balance of power in the Hashid tribal confederation, as well as seeking new solutions.

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TotalEnergies and ADNOC push for French-UAE investors high committee  Free

During Mohammed bin Zayed's visit to Paris in July, the two countries will launch a business and investors club aimed at revitalising their bilateral economic ties and finding tools best suited to their respective markets.

UK court ruling requires SGBL and Audi bank to hand over dollars 

A British court has ruled in favour of a Lebanese-British citizen with bank accounts in Lebanon, meaning that SGBL and Bank Audi will have to give their client $4m, despite the country's financial crisis.

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.

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.

Blacklisted by the US, zero day distributor COSEINC works on for China's Pwnzen 

The US Department of Commerce has put zero day distributor COSEINC on its blacklist alongside leading Israeli companies NSO and Candiru and Russia's Positive Technologies. The firm's founder, Thomas Lim has another revenue source, however.

Franco-British Council holds strong despite AUKUS curveball 

Funded by the arms industry, activist investors and the British and French governments, the Franco-British Council encourages defence cooperation from both sides of the Channel - and the contracts it generates - together with the British parliament's All-Party Parliamentary Group for France.

SGBL loses legal battle with sanctioned magnate Fadi Nasser's son 

When the son of US-sanctioned Lebanese magnate Fadi Nasser obtained a court order to withdraw his money from Société Générale de Banque au Liban, the bank tried to get the money back through the French courts.

Norwegian oil fund hooked on CSR probes 

To ensure it is meeting its environmental, social and governance criteria (ESG), the Council on Ethics of the Government Pension Fund Global is preparing to launch several private investigations.

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.

Palantir educates Societe Generale on compliance big data 

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CIFAL, in receivership but still holding on 

Although it is still open for business, in a turn of events that has taken the Franco-Russian business community by surprise, CIFAL, the business diplomacy firm that specialises in the former USSR countries, went into voluntary receivership on 30 September.