industry litigation support competitive intelligence risk consulting founded 2010 headquarters tel aviv israel number of employees 75 100 website www.blackcube.com black cube in hebrew is a private intelligence agency which operates out of london paris and tel aviv 1 and is the trading name of bc strategy ltd. 2 the company was founded in 2010 3 by former israeli intelligence officers 4 dan zorella in hebrew and avi yanus in hebrew and draws its manpower from elite and secretive israeli intelligence units . 5 the company s personnel are known to maintain close ties to the israeli government and intelligence agencies . black cube s primary field of operation is litigation support where the company provides intelligence evidence and strategic advisory services in multi jurisdictional lawsuits . 6 contents 1 notable projects 2 rumours and controversies 3 international advisory board 4 references notable projects edit beginning in 2011 black cube provided intelligence services to vincent tchenguiz in a number of cases including tchenguiz s fight against the uk serious fraud office 7 following his arrest as part of the sfo investigation into the collapse of the icelandic bank kaupthing . 8 black cube analysed the network of relationships surrounding the collapse of the bank 9 and helped build a successful challenge to the sfo arrests and search warrants causing the judge to declare the sfo s actions unlawful in 2013 . following this investigation the sfo was ordered by the court to pay over 3m to tchenguiz in 2014 and to issue a formal apology . 10 the case file constructed by black cube is currently being used by tchenguiz as the basis for a claim of 2.2 bn against the accounting firm grant thornton . 11 in 2014 black cube were hired by israeli businessman nochi dankner to examine a court decision assigning control of idb holding corp. ltd. to motti ben moshe . 12 black cube investigated the sources of capital of ben moshe revealing an ongoing investigation by german regulatory authorities into ben moshe s company extraenergy 13 and locating a witness who held evidence of money laundering and tax evasion by ben moshe . 14 in 2015 black cube assisted taiwanese businessman nobu su owner of the shipping company tmt in his efforts to gain permission to appeal a 2014 judgement in favour of lakatamia shipping 15 in which su was found personally liable for the amount of almost 47m . 16 black cube delivered intelligence to su s legal team showing that 20 % of the judgement amount was due to a company called slagen shipping which had ceased operations at the time of the establishment of the claim thereby rendering it unable to act as a claimant both reducing the quantum of the judgement significantly and causing the appeal to be granted . 17 in 2016 black cube was involved in exposing bribery and corruption in a set of italian arbitrations between amtrust and an italian named antonio somma totalling 2bn . somma admitted to the company s undercover agents that he could control the arbitration panels 18 and that he had an agreement to pay the chair of the arbitration panel 10 % of any money they awarded him . 19 following black cube s findings the arbitrator was dismissed and in july 2016 the two sides reached a settlement on the total of 60 million euros instead of the initial 2 billion euro claim . 20 in 2016 black cube was hired by rami levy who is considered a champion of low prices in israel 21 to verify his suspicions that he was being targeted by a rival chain in a negative media campaign . black cube provided levy with evidence that the pr agent who worked for levy s competitor the victory supermarket chain exposed the negative campaign that they carried out aimed at damaging levy s public reputation . levy later used those materials in a lawsuit against his competitor 22 . rumours and controversies edit in 2013 black cube filed a lawsuit in the uk against vincent tchenguiz for unpaid invoices and breach of contract . concurrently tchenguiz filed a lawsuit in israel against black cube alleging fraudulent invoices an allegation denied by black cube . 23 both lawsuits were dropped in a settlement agreement the details of which are undisclosed . 24 during the course of working with nochi dankner in the 2014 court case the witness provided by black cube was publicly accused by ben moshe s legal team of fabricating evidence and providing false testimony . 25 a court admissible polygraph test found the witness to be telling the truth . 26 in april 2016 two of the company employees were arrested in bucharest on suspicions of spying phishing and cyber harassing the chief prosecutor of the romanian national anticorruption directorate laura codru a k vesi and people close to her . the company denies any wrongdoing saying that they were working under contract from the highest political powers in bucharest and that all of black cube s employees follow local law to the letter and the allegations against them are unfounded and untrue . 27 international advisory board edit meir dagan former head of mossad honorary president of the board . 28 professor asher tishler president of the college of management academic studies 29 brigadier general mati leshem 30 recipient of the 1997 israel defence prize 31 doron arbelli former director of the israeli tax authority 32 paul reyniers 33 former partner at price waterhouse and author of garp generally accepted risk principles 34 itiel maayan member of microsoft s customer advisory board 35 golan malka 36 former vice president marketing and business development of nice systems 37 references edit contact us black cube . www.blackcube.com . retrieved 2016 09 16 . efrat peretz investigating thee investigators globes 3 february 2014 shuki sadeh don t cry for me haaretz 8 august 2014 liz bolshaw a new breed of commercial intelligence company the financial times 26 march 2015 shuki sadeh don t cry for me haaretz 8 august 2014 efrat peretz investigating thee investigators globes 3 february 2014 efrat peretz investigating thee investigators globes 3 february 2014 business desk robert and vincent tchenguiz arrested in iceland probe bbc 10 march 2011 liz bolshaw a new breed of commercial intelligence company the financial times 26 march 2015 the serious fraud office and vincent tchenguiz announce settlement of civil claims . serious fraud office . 2014 07 25 . retrieved 2016 09 22 . liz bolshaw a new breed of commercial intelligence company the financial times 26 march 2015 efrat peretz investigating thee investigators globes 3 february 2014 efrat peretz dankner german regulator probing ben moshe globes 30 january 2014 efrat peretz dankner accuses ben moshe of money laundering globes 13 march 2014 unknown author nobu su fights back against lakatamia acn newswire 9 january 2015 unknown author gone to the dogs tradewinds 7 november 2014 japan corporate news headway for nobu su nasdaq 14 april 2015 corriere della sera il lodo da 2 miliardi in tribunale corruzione o calunnia per l arbitro 14 april 2016 b1 black cube dezv luie cel mai mare caz de corup ie judiciar din italia 16 april 2016 assinews 2016 07 22 . pace da 60 milioni tra amtrust e il broker somma assinews.it in italian . retrieved 2016 08 15 . who is rami levy and why investors love him . jewish business news . retrieved 2016 10 10 . rami levy allegedly targeted by rival chain in negative media campaign business . haaretz.com . retrieved 2016 10 10 . bowers simon 2013 04 22 . vincent tchenguiz settles black cube legal dispute . the guardian . issn 0261 3077 . retrieved 2016 09 16 . simon bowers vincent tchenguiz settles black cube legal dispute the guardian 22 april 2013 shelly appelberg new idb co owner accuses nochi dankner of submitting false evidence to court haaretz 19 september 2014 efrat peretz dankner accuses ben moshe of money laundering globes 13 march 2014 report claims romania investigating 4 israelis for spying algemeiner 6th april 2016 advisory board 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