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Amber Advisers is an independent consultancy with emerging market expertise. We deliver accurate and actionable information, intelligence, analysis and evidence to inform and support our clients’ strategic decision-making in commercial, investment, dispute and crisis situations.
Amber Advisers combines rigorous open source research with discreet human source intelligence to deliver a tailored response to our clients’ objectives. Our investigations support business-critical decision-making and help resolve complex situations.
– Reputational Due Diligence
– New Market Entry and Sector Analysis
– Investment Intelligence
– Political Risk and Stakeholder relationship monitoring
– ESG, Modern Slavery supply chain investigations
– Anti-Bribery & Corruption and other Compliance Solutions
– Litigation Support and Dispute Resolution
– Asset Tracing and Recovery
– Fraud and Financial Investigations
Amber Advisers works alongside our clients on significant potential opportunities, strategic relationships and resolving difficult problems.
Expertise
Extensive, long-standing networks, experience and country knowledge in the jurisdictions in which we operate and sectors we support. We are adept at developing and accessing networks of informed experts alongside the specialist interrogation of open source databases in order to detect patterns, identify anomalies, contextualise findings and discover potential sources. Extensive experience, expert knowledge and long-standing networks in the jurisdictions and sectors in which we operate.
Clients
Loyal, global client base including leading law firms, banks, development finance institutions, major hedge funds and private equity, international corporations and multilateral organisations. Most of our client relationships are long-standing and made by referral.
Governance
Strict adherence to local and international regulations and legal compliance standards in the conduct of our work. Stringent internal operational guidelines govern who we work for, what we do and how we work.
Transparency
Investigative findings delivered honestly and transparently. Rigorous analytical approaches are applied to evaluate, interrogate and weigh information, identify anomalies and contextual findings.
Operations
A leadership team which is directly involved in the planning and execution of all operational work and client briefings. We manage all our source relationships ourselves and all sources are internally vetted.
Delivery
Flexible, bespoke service to meet individual requirements, from real-time deal flow intelligence, ongoing monitoring of fluid situations on the ground, to extensive regulatory-focused multi-jurisdictional investigations. We are frequently asked provide advice on the basis of our findings, often in the form of in-person briefings to boards, legal teams or investment committees.
Supported billions of dollars of investment through intelligence led, enhanced due diligence and anti-corruption investigations into target assets and counter-parties.
Investigations into supply chain and third-party contractors alongside assessments of all ESG aspects such as stakeholder relations, compensation programs, environmental concerns and legacy issues around concession awards.
Supported asset recovery litigation through identification of witnesses and investigation of opaque corporate structures; one exercise involved discovery of more than 100 vehicles in Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, India, Switzerland, the UK and the Caribbean.
Supported a high-profile sovereign dispute by strategising and implementing an asset seizure, in support of a global litigation exercise.
Strengthened litigation efforts by corroborating allegations of corruption, money-laundering and fraud by counter-parties in several separate cases covering property, fintech and international entertainment industries.
Mitigated operational risks through continual, real-time assessments of political and regulatory developments in numerous emerging markets.
Advised boards and shareholders seeking to continually assess and improve stakeholder relationships including conducting investigations into potential environmental and governmental shortcomings.
Provided transparency around soft commodity supply and labour concerns for funds and traders in West Africa.
Informed responses to regulatory scrutiny through retrospective due diligence reviews across West and Central Africa.
Delivered deal-flow intelligence for funds tracking potential transactions including legally compliant analysis of market, political and regulatory developments alongside generation of scenarios on potential outcomes and timings.
Facilitated a $500 million investment in the financial sector in 40 jurisdictions across Africa, Asia and Europe through due diligence, stakeholder mapping and advice on mitigation.
WHERE WE WORK
Hugh Petre
With over twenty five years in the business intelligence industry, Hugh Petre has led hundreds of multi-jurisdictional operations across investments, transactions, disputes, asset recovery and litigation. Hugh leads complex intelligence gathering and corporate investigations for companies across a spectrum of industries as well as for governmental clients and multinational institutions. He is trusted by global hedge funds and asset managers to provide insight around investment intelligence, ESG concerns, regulatory compliance and litigation strategy.
Edwige Sorgho
Edwige Sorgho, a specialist in French-speaking Africa, built her career in journalism including seven years working as a broadcast producer for the BBC world-service. Edwige entered the private sector in 2009 and today manages complex multilingual cases in regions where accurate and timely human intelligence is essential. Originally from Burkina Faso, Edwige has spent the past decades building networks across the continent and is often called upon as a specialist commentator by international institutions.
Sophie Brown
Sophie Brown has worked in business intelligence for over 20 years. Sophie is responsible for managing risk, overseeing investigations and client delivery. Her background is in political risk and intelligence analysis and she has run many dozens of investigations and capacity building projects globally for both private and public sector clients. Sophie is often called in to plan and execute difficult multi-jurisdictional investigations or investment opportunities with more complex ESG requirements.
