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French-style litigation support, Ankura hiring in Asia, Competition in Dubai

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

ParisPrisme Intelligence opens litigation support practice

Hong KongAnkura adds muscle to financial investigations team

DubaiBoutique teams struggling to compete in investigations market

Spotlight | Turkey, United Kingdom
Turkish electronic warfare group Tualcom tightens links with UK's MOD

Tualcom has grown its relationship with the UK's Ministry of Defence even as other NATO states turn their back on Turkey's defence industry. Its products are also being used widely in Ukraine.

Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom
Former British Qatari army consultant strengthens bargaining power with Saudi government

With former UK defence minister Ben Wallace now on his payroll, British consultant Harold Thomsett, head of PR firm CTRD, has boosted his position in Riyadh.

United States
US geospatial intelligence agency shakes up service providers for economic surveillance

The recent award of the LUNO A contracts by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, expected for months, has highlighted the role of a number of discreet players. At the same time, the agency is getting rid of three long-standing service providers.

France, Qatar
Doha's dream arms deal with Paris

The sale of armoured vehicles to Doha by Franco-German manufacturer KNDS - a lingering issue in Franco-Qatari relations - is still struggling to take shape. Qatar could however agree to a deal in exchange for the acquisition of a KNDS subcontractor.

Australia, United Kingdom, United States
CT Group grows its list in US of defence clients

The strategic communications and private investigations firm has signed new lobbying contracts in Washington, DC for companies aiming to position themselves in the US, British and Australian markets.