Spotlight | Russia
One year of war all but wipes out Russian private investigation market

Ukraine
Homegrown Ukrainian corporate intelligence aims for big league

Ukrainian investigators such as Cosa are trying to move beyond the status of subcontractors and broaden their field of action. In a still open market, local companies are competing with the giants of the sector.

United States
Vantage Intelligence has front row seat in legal dispute between John Paulson and Fahad Ghaffar

Puerto Rican businessman Fahad Ghaffar has been accused of stealing $200m from John Paulson, who also claims the former used corporate investigations firm Vantage Intelligence to improve his own public image.

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
G3, Nardello, KCS

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

LondonValeria Bondareva joins G3

Los AngelesJames Aquilina joins Nardello, and leaves Wallbrook

LondonPost-KCS, Leon Goldman goes solo

Hungary, United Kingdom
Central European investigation firms break out of their traditional area

Millennium Emerging Europe is expanding its beat, capitalising on the increasing number of contracts it has won in the Russian-speaking and Eastern European region. Several other firms that have stayed connected to the Ukrainian conflict are doing the same.

United Kingdom, United States
Lukoil claims damages from ex-distributors in London and New York

The District Court of New York just accepted a request for discovery, allowing a subsidiary of oil giant Lukoil to move forward with its case to recover assets from ex-distributors.

Ukraine, United Kingdom
Intelligence firm Raedas donates to NGO helping rebuild Ukraine

Andrew Wordsworth, a favourite of Russian high-net-worth individuals in need of litigation support services, has funded his daughter Ada Wordsworth's KHARPP organisation, which is involved in the reconstruction of buildings in Ukraine.

France, Russia, UAE
Moscow investigations firm Gambit Global Intelligence expands Emirati footprint

The small company, which specialises in complex transnational investigations and has good connections from Geneva to Dubai, is taking advantage of the exodus of its Western competitors on the Russian market.

United Kingdom
Raedas extends its global client base through hire of star CIS lawyer

The new head of client relations at London investigations firm Raedas will be expected to make use of her connections in regions ranging from Russia to Brazil in order to attract lawyers looking for backup on legal cases.

Russia, United States
Moscow's asset recovery against ex-bankers moves forward in New York

A New York court ordered discovery has taken the Russian Central Bank a step further along in its efforts to recover stolen assets and obtain damages from ex-owners of Russian private banks, most of them currently living abroad.

Europe, France, Russia
French lawyer Grand d'Esnon leads Alisher Usmanov's fight against EU sanctions

To head his legal battle against European Union sanctions at the European Court of Justice, Russian-Uzbek business magnate Alisher Usmanov has hired a lawyer who used to advise the late French president Jacques Chirac.

Russia, United Kingdom
Russian Alfa Group's investment arm A1 still going strong as litigation funder in London

The entity that helps Russia's Deposit Insurance Agency fight its legal battles, A1, is still helping it hunt for assets. The UK sanctions on its leaders, including founder Mikhail Fridman, do not seem to have hindered its work in London.