ADIT

France, Ukraine
Sokol Ukraine reboots as Lafayette Risk Intelligence

The security consultancy, a merger of two companies owned by Thomas Moreau, wants to broaden its offering and build on its strong connections in Kyiv.

France
ADIT's takeover of Défense Conseil International leads to Sofema ownership change

Corporate intelligence group ADIT is preparing to take control of Défense Conseil International, which will affect one of the latter's shareholders. Arms supply company Sofema is to be sold to its sales director, himself the founder of a corporate intelligence company.

France, Qatar, Ukraine
ADIT maps big year ahead, from DCI takeover to Ukraine rebuild

ADIT CEO Philippe Caduc has grand plans for the coming year: lock in its acquisition of Défense Conseil International, double the group's turnover and be part of the reconstruction of Ukraine.

France, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Ukraine
Amarante's revenues top record €60m

French corporate intelligence and private security company Amarante International is counting on contracts in Saudi Arabia and Iraq to consolidate its position as an emerging market leader in Europe.

France
French anti-corruption agency wants to regain control of compliance programmes

Following guidelines aimed at limiting the use of foreign consultancies, the AFA is working to take back control of programmes pertaining to judicial public interest agreements, the French answer to the US and UK's "deferred prosecution agreements".

France, United States
Forward Global, ex-Avisa Partners, looks for fresh cash

Matthieu Creux, chair of the advisory now going by the name of Forward Global, would like to secure a new credit line to fund the company's development. Due diligence seems to be on the cards, after a taxing 2022-2023 period.

France
Counter-drone flyweight Drone XTR takes on sector giants

The Havre-based counter-drone specialist looks set to win a €7m contract with the French air traffic control agency to equip airports with counter-drone capacities, but questions remain about where the technology comes from and how efficient it will be.

France
France's Défense Conseil International poised for change in wake of acquisition by ADIT

DCI is set to boost its line of training and consulting services for foreign armies with more cyber, anti-drone and geospatial intelligence training.

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
Chorus prospects in US; Moussalli joins CRG; ESL boss moves to Publicis; Eberly resurfaces at Arcanum; Ex-CIA officer Peristere launches firm

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

LondonEx-DoJ investigator helps Chorus make play for US market

FrankfurtMoussalli joins Control Risks

ParisPublicis recruits ESL & Network's Middle East boss

New YorkAfter Jusan, Charles Eberly resurfaces at Arcanum

WashingtonRichard Peristere joins private sector

France, Ukraine
Legal action over cancelled state tender for Ukrainian military training

The French government has been named as the "losing party" by a French administrative court in a disputed call for tenders for the training of Ukrainian soldiers by France. However, the call for tender in question had actually already been cancelled by the French Ministry of the Armed Forces prior to the court's ruling.

France
Risk & Co takeover: Amarante and SSF compete for security and cyber courted in asset by asset sale

Bids submitted to a French court show that Risk & Co, which is in receivership, will be sold off piece by piece. But future agreements between buyers in cyber, engineering and security, should not be ruled out.

France
Regional corporate intelligence plans back in French Senate

A bill providing for corporate intelligence committees to be set up in every administrative region in France is currently being examined by the Senate. This, despite the fact that the programmes already in place for this purpose remain little used.

United Kingdom
Former GPW teams remind JS Held of their valuable clientele

Investigators at British corporate intelligence firm JS Held UK, formerly with GPW, are worried about further redundancies despite their prestigious client base.

France
French defence services company's takeover manoeuvring takes political turn

ADIT's planned takeover of DCI has sparked a flurry of manoeuvring in the French parliament, as competitors look forward to the parastatal operator becoming just another company.

France
French Development Agency entrusts its security to Amarante and GEOS

Amarante and GEOS, which are competing fiercely with each other on different international markets, have been chosen to provide international security services for two French development agencies.