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Bulgaria, United States
Bulgarian construction firms primed to benefit from new nuclear reactors built with US help

Sofia has announced a deal with Westinghouse and Hyundai to build two nuclear reactors with US technology.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Blacklight Intelligence, VTB hones in on Telman Ismailov, ex-Fulcrum lawyer goes solo, wave of departures at Blackpeak

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

LondonPiers Lunnon-Wood splits time between Satori and Blacklight

Moscow/PodgoricaPolitical scandal puts Telman Ismailov back in VTB's line of sight

SuffolkEx-Fulcrum lawyer Warren Foot opens his own firm

Washington/SingaporeWave of departures at Blackpeak

Russia, United Kingdom, United States
London investor with Russian roots, Gemcorp quietly builds lobbying campaign in DC and London

To continue to be able to operate freely in Eastern Europe and Africa, Gemcorp, an investment firm whose ties to Russia run deep, is working on its robust networks of influence within the US and UK establishments.

Switzerland
Geneva investigators brace for backlash from new Alp Services revelations

In response to a second round of leaks revealing Alp Services's campaigns for the UAE, investigation practitioners in Geneva have rallied together to mitigate the fall-out.

Russia, Singapore, UAE
Investigator Gambit Universal teams up with digital intelligence specialist MatchSystems

The Dubai-based multi-jurisdictional investigation firm Gambit is now working with the Singaporian cryptocurrency tracing specialist MatchSystems. The two entities, which have already worked together on past projects, plan to pool staff, technical resources and even clients.

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.

Bulgaria, Serbia, United States
Bulgarian oligarch enlists US lobbyists' help in battling Sofia authorities

Bulgarian former banker Tsvetan Vassilev, exiled in Belgrade, is actively lobbying in Washington against his powerful opponents in Sofia. US consulting firms and an Austria-based consultant are helping him.

Croatia, France, Norway
Zagreb refines shopping list for new naval materiel

In an effort to modernise its armed forces and relaunch its naval shipbuilding, Croatia is prospecting foreign defence suppliers, especially French and Norwegian.

Russia, Ukraine, United States
While supporting US Command in Europe on Ukraine, CACI securities still traded on Moscow stock market

On the Moscow stock market, Russian shareholders can still buy and sell securities in Pentagon supplier CACI, which provides geospatial intelligence to US special forces monitoring Ukraine, thereby helping Kyiv's war effort.

France, Indonesia, Qatar
Qatar's French Mirage head for Jakarta

Initially considered for training missions in France, then promised to Bulgaria, 12 French Air Force Mirage will instead wing their way to Indonesia, whose government is trying to wean itself off Russian materiel.

Spotlight | France, Russia
Moscow poised to recover funds in French court asset tracking case

An upcoming French court decision could see the properties belonging to the New York wife of a former Moscow official, accused of fraud in Russia, seized by the French state. With Moscow still under sanctions, such an outcome could change the way Russia goes about claiming assets.