Chambers Review
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Business Intelligence & Investigations - UK-wide
What the Team is Known For
Control Risks is a specialist risk consultancy providing a wide range of advisory services relating to analysis, intelligence and risk management. The firm's business intelligence practice is a long-standing and central component of its services. The firm's global in-country expertise and regional presence give its clients access to information, knowledge of accepted local practices and legal restrictions, and relevant macro-political and security considerations.
Strengths
Control Risks has a holistic approach with nice involvement of legal expertise, enabling it to evaluate whether the information collected could support a trial.
Control Risks has a worldwide reach, experienced personnel and an understanding of global issues. It has a good range of people of various backgrounds, skills and experience.
Control Risks instinctively has a good sense of where their work might fit into the client's wider commercial ambitions.
Notable practitioners
Aakash Brahmachari leads Control Risks' EMEA dispute support group. With over fifteen years' of experience, he specialises in fraud, asset recovery and cross-border litigation.
Aakash managed to find things we were not aware of and helped steer the strategy. The report he put together was good quality, clear and well written.
Aakash is fantastic. He builds strong relationships and clearly understands the clients' goals and priorities.
Aakash's communication skills are excellent. He is very good at understanding what exactly would be of use to the legal team and legal strategy.