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Provided by Piers de Wilde
Piers de Wilde, a Partner at StoneTurn, has more than 18 years of experience in business intelligence, investigations and litigation support. Specifically, he focuses on pre-transactional due diligence, litigation support, specialist investigations and strategic intelligence.
Working with deal teams, general counsel, law firms and strategic communications advisers, he has led asset traces and litigation support matters, major fraud and corruption investigations, including U.K. Bribery Act and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) matters, cross-border due diligence and compliance projects, and supported cyber and forensic technology investigations.
His core focus area is on matters in EMEA, although recent case work has included projects in India, North and South America, and Southeast Asia. He regularly works with UK and US counsel on international cross-border matters, from asset tracing to compliance investigations including FCPA and UKBA matters, M&A situations, and computer forensics matters.
Piers has significant experience in working with private equity and other financial services clients on pre-transactional due diligence globally and assisting with investor relations strategies and strategic communications in complex disputes. He has worked with clients across industries including consumer goods, energy, extractives, financial services and private equity, government, healthcare, pharmaceuticals and telecoms.
Before joining StoneTurn, Piers was a Director at Berkeley Research Group and prior to this he was with FTI Consulting, where he was a Managing Director and co-lead of the EMEA Business Intelligence practice. He began his career at Aegis Defence Services, a security and private risk management company.
• Fraud & Asset Tracing 2025: UK Trends and Developments, co-author with Sarah Keeling, Alexander Greenall and Dmitry Sachkov, Chamers and Partners (May 2025)
• StoneTurner Spotlight: Piers de Wilde, 20th Anniversary Spotlight (June 2024)
• Investigations Global Trends 2023 and Beyond, video (July 2023)
• International investigations, video (March 2023)
• Shifting Gears, Exploring Due Diligence in Private Equity. Real Deals (June 2022)
• Dispelling the Myths of ESG and Why It Matters to Private Equity. StoneTurn Client Alert (March 2022)
King’s College London
M.A. War Studies
Emmanuel College, Cambridge University
M.A. (Cantab), History
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Piers de Wilde has strong capabilities advising corporates and law firms on asset tracing, fraud and corruption investigations.
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Piers provides superlative levels of client service. He is fiercely intelligent and he deals with complex matters with high dexterity and a lightness of touch.
Piers de Wilde is approachable, knowledgeable and extremely competent.
Piers de Wilde is outstanding. He has in depth knowledge and genuine client focus.
Piers is extremely practical and he goes the extra mile for his clients.
Piers is very good at giving advice and sorting issues out in multiple jurisdictions. He also has a great contact list to rely on.
Piers provides superlative levels of client service. He is fiercely intelligent and he deals with complex matters with high dexterity and a lightness of touch.
Piers de Wilde is approachable, knowledgeable and extremely competent.
Piers de Wilde is outstanding. He has in depth knowledge and genuine client focus.
Piers is extremely practical and he goes the extra mile for his clients.