Corporate Intelligence

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JS Held works for oil firm, investigators open doors in Ukraine, LVMH safety doubts

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

SingaporeOil firm calls on JS Held sleuths

London/Kyiv/LvivUkrainian investigators fund visit by British MPs

ParisSquarcini lawsuit and job ad raise questions over LVMH security

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Roux de Bézieux tours France, Goût gets 'Back to Russia', Danone in Moscow, Bangkok

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

ParisRoux de Bézieux promotes economic security

Moscow/Paris/RomeHow to get ‘Back to Russia'

MoscowA new head for Accor in Russia

Paris/BangkokArnaud Leaveau's Alta Strategies bridges gap between Europe and Indo-Pacific

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GMTL, Consors Intelligence, US-Armenian probe, Hakluyt staff losses, finance corruption crackdown in China

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

LondonGordon Rainey joins GMTL

ParisConsors Intelligence picks Marc Martinez as new GM

Washington/YerevanEx-Armenian finance minister's family under DoJ probe hires help

London Hakluyt's cyber specialists exodus

BeijingHas the crackdown on corruption in the finance sector run its course?

Kazakhstan, United Kingdom
Private spies and cryptominers unite, part 2: the information war is on

In the wake of bitter legal battles waged between Kazakh mining magnates, businessmen who were once partners in a cryptomining firm are now waging their own information war against each other through dedicated websites. One has caught the attention of the British government.

Kazakhstan, United Kingdom
Private spies and cryptominers unite, part 1: Raedas vs FTX's former partners

In the wake of bitter legal battles between Kazakh mining magnates, a cryptocurrency mining firm's former partner called on the corporate intelligence firm Raedas to provide testimony to back his claim.

Kazakhstan, United Kingdom
Veteran investigator Charlie Carr pivots towards strategic PR work

After several good years working for Central Asia's business elites, Charles Carr's research firm C and F Partners was forced into a rethink in 2024, shedding senior staff and pivoting towards communications work.

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Ron Wahid in Ukraine, Paul Habeshaw at Herminius, Protectas in Geneva, Delamotte leaves SSF

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

Kyiv/LondonRon Wahid goes after ex-Kazakh associate

TokyoEx-Hakluyt executive Paul Habeshaw grows Herminius's Japanese office

Geneva/LondonSecurity firm Protectas equips FCDO

ParisBruno Delamotte exits SSF

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Bearstone in France, French economic intelligence union Synfie, private diplomacy for Astana

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

Paris/WarsawAngéline Steinbach's return anchors Bearstone in France

ParisPush to incorporate economic intelligence into legislation

WashingtonRare earths part of Astana's lobbying angle?

Israel, Kazakhstan, United States
‘Lawfare': Euro-Asian Jewish Congress close to Astana's legal proceedings in the US

The Kazakh government is using a pressure group close to one of its own oligarchs to continue waging its more than a decade-long legal battles in the US.

Kazakhstan, United Kingdom, United States
Behind the scenes of Kazakh asset managers feud playing out in US and UK courts

Fraud, stolen confidential data, libel... Accusations have been flying back and forth between the former and current directors of a set of companies with assets in Kazakhstan. Things are particularly heated between Yerbol Orynbayev, who served as deputy prime minister under former president Nursultan Nazarbayev, and Ron Wahid, owner of several consultancies that worked for Astana for years.