United Kingdom, United States
New PR push ahead of court battle between Neil Gerrard, ENRC and their investigators

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
G3, Chris Morgan Jones, Corexalys, Red Five Security, Keith Hunter, Arte

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

LondonG3 nets record year

New York/LondonBest-selling investigator Chris Morgan Jones returns to Nardello

ParisPierre-Mayeul Badaire steps in to steer Corexalys

Washington/KyivRed Five Security, the security consultant behind a Ukrainian university course

LondonKeith Hunter adjusts Animus Associates ownership

ParisArte calls on ex-intelligence officials for new TV series

Spotlight | UAE, United Kingdom, United States
Hack for hire: ENRC aims to open up Dechert and Nick del Rosso's Pandora's box

Kazakh mining group ENRC is already pursuing a legal and investigative campaign of unprecedented scale and complexity. Now, it is overseeing the start of fresh legal action against its nemesis, Neil Gerrard, his old law firm Dechert, and, by the same token, Britain's Serious Fraud Office (SFO).

United Kingdom
MPs slam UK lawyers and investigators who serve oligarchs

Speaking in a House of Commons debate on what they qualify as "lawfare" waged by oligarchs in London, a group of British MPs have raised their concerns about anti-SLAPP procedures and the legal firms and a small set of private investigators involved in them.

France, UAE, United Kingdom, United States
17 Arm, Felton, ADIT, ENRC

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

Europe, Kazakhstan
ENRC heir Ibragimov Jr partners with Airbus for Kazakh space project

A Franco-Kazakh aerospace joint venture, in which Airbus Defence and Space is a shareholder, has teamed up with Shukhrat Ibragimov, heir to one of Kazakhstan's most powerful oligarchs and former ENRC boss, the late Alijan Ibragimov.

Spotlight | Africa, Russia
The legal strategist for oligarchs Dmitry Vozianov has eyes on Africa

Despite ENRC's legal woes caused by past activities in the DRC, which led the Kazakh mining company into a long-running legal battle with its former lawyer, secretive consultant Dmitry Vozianov has been swayed by Moscow's interest in Africa to sign up for the Russia-Africa summit.

Spotlight | Qatar, UAE, United Kingdom
Influence campaigns in the Gulf: Diligence faces Ghanem Nuseibeh

Hearings in London and Geneva are poised to shed light on the PR wars between Abu Dhabi and Doha as Diligence and UAE consultant Ghanem Nuseibeh battle it out in the courts.

United Kingdom
Investigator Cameron Findlay stirs Dechert and Gerrard's wrath in ENRC trial

ENRC's court case against its former lawyers and the Serious Fraud Office got underway last week, putting the spotlight back on an array of consultants who have worked for the parties over the course of their 10-year battle.

United Kingdom
Investigator Lindsey Diggins changes firms but stays in the "Londongrad" business

Diggins, who was head of research and analysis at Keith Hunter's Animus Associates now works for Blue Square Global, a smaller investigation company, which is also active in Russian affairs.

United Kingdom
Stokoe fails to damage RAK investigators before upcoming Gerrard/ENRC case

Stokoe's latest legal actions put the law firm at the front line against private investigators who worked for lawyer Neil Gerrard. Gerrard will have to face in court his nemesis, Kazakh conglomerate ENRC, in the coming weeks.

United Kingdom
More investigators embroiled in Neil Gerrard's legal disputes

A case management conference was held in London on 21 April into a complaint filed by jailed Jordanian lawyer against Neil Gerrard, a former partner in the law firm Dechert. The affair, which is closely linked to litigation launched by Farhad Azima against the RAK and others by ENRC against Gerrard, involves some of the top names in British private investigation.

Spotlight | India, Switzerland, United Kingdom
Athena investigates Indian cyber privateers for Azima in his hacking case against RAK

Jonas Rey's new firm supplied fresh evidence in court earlier this month to back aviation tycoon Farhad Azima's claim that he was a victim of a hacking and leaking campaign.

United Kingdom
Gerrard wins battle against Diligence

In a significant ruling on 27 November in the ongoing legal wrangle between lawyer Neil Gerrard, the Serious Fraud Office [...]

United Kingdom
Stokoe fails to pierce Grayson's armour

On December 1, the High Court in London ordered Stokoe Partnership, the law firm representing Ras Al Khaimah-jailed Jordanian lawyer [...]

United Kingdom, United States
Azima targets Gerrard through Del Rosso

A few days after filing a complaint in North Carolina against investigator Nick Del Rosso of Vital Management Services (IOL [...]

Spotlight | Russia, United Kingdom
Dmitry Vozianov, Oligarchs' trouble-shooting czar

"Be careful if you write about him", Intelligence Online was warned when it started looking into Dmitry Vozianov a few weeks ago. There are not many people in the corporate intelligence world who inspire as much awe as this consultant [.

United Kingdom
Quaestio turns tables on Ras Al Khaimah's investigators

An investigation by the corporate intelligence firm Quaestio forms the basis of the particulars of a claim by the law firm Stokoe against well-known investigators Patrick Grayson and Stuart Page.

UAE, United Kingdom
RAK power struggles: Patrick Grayson and Stuart Page focus of new case being brought by Al Sadeq's lawyers

Two of London's best-known private investigators are caught up in a case linked to Ras Al Khaimah and lawyer Neil Gerrard.

Spotlight | UAE, United Kingdom, United States
Buchanan, emir's eminence grise, at heart of RAK wars

The vendetta being waged by the Emir of Ras al-Khaimah, Saud bin Saqr Al Qassimi, against his brothers and their allies has sparked a series of legal proceedings from London to New York.

United Kingdom
Fresh twist in ENRC corruption saga as company targets hacked journalist and consultant Mark Hollingsworth

A civil suit filed to the High Court in London against journalist and consultant Mark Hollingsworth on behalf of the [...]