Heligan Group has launched Heligan Strategic Advisory, a dedicated risk intelligence and investigations unit aimed at helping organizations navigate increasingly complex global business risks. With this move, the firm is expanding its capabilities to address growing demand for faster, deeper, and more specialized intelligence services.
To begin with, the new unit will offer a wide range of services, including strategic intelligence, due diligence, sanctions analysis, cross-border investigations, and digital intelligence. In addition, it will support companies and investors in areas such as dispute resolution, fraud investigations, and market entry risk particularly in sensitive sectors like defense and security.
Moreover, Heligan Strategic Advisory brings together an experienced leadership team. Adam Irwin, Managing Partner of the new unit, joins forces with Heligan Chairman Keith Bristow. Notably, both previously worked at the National Crime Agency, bringing deep expertise in law enforcement and intelligence operations. Alongside them, Jamie Barter, a former head of clients at a digital investigations firm, strengthens the team, which also includes analysts, investigators, and operational technologists.
The unit will primarily serve ultra-high-net-worth individuals, multinational corporations, family offices, law firms, and sports organizations. Its services span enhanced due diligence, beneficial ownership analysis, fraud inquiries, asset tracing, digital forensics, and cyber threat assessments. As a result, clients gain access to comprehensive intelligence that goes beyond traditional financial and legal reviews.
Importantly, the launch reflects a broader shift in market demand. Today, organizations face increasing scrutiny around sanctions compliance, ownership transparency, geopolitical risk, and cybersecurity threats. Consequently, businesses now require intelligence that not only identifies risks but also delivers actionable insights in real time.
Adam Irwin highlighted this need, stating:
“We are delighted to be launching Heligan Group’s new strategic advisory arm. The business environment has fundamentally shifted, and organisations can no longer afford to operate without robust intelligence and rapid investigation capability.
“A client came to us recently about a prospective investor offering a substantial minority stake. On the surface, it looked clean: a reputable jurisdiction, credible advisers, a plausible source of wealth. Two layers into the structure, we found nominee directors. Four layers in, we found entities linked to sanctioned individuals. The investment didn’t happen. That is the work: the quiet call at an awkward hour, the answer that changes a board decision, the evidence that keeps a client out of the enforcement headlines.
“The same discipline sits behind our national security and defence practice. Whether a client is stress-testing an acquisition target, assessing a technology’s real-world trajectory, or positioning for a programme award, the question is the same: what do we know that the spreadsheet can’t tell us, and who do we need to speak to in order to know it?
“Clients tell us the same thing repeatedly. By the time the large firms deliver, the deal has either closed or collapsed. By the time the small firms reach the technical questions, they’re out of their depth. HSA is built for the window in between – fast enough to matter, deep enough to trust.”
Furthermore, Heligan is investing in advanced technologies, including artificial intelligence and machine learning tools, to enhance analytical capabilities. However, the firm emphasizes that these tools are designed to support not replace human expertise.
Ultimately, the launch of Heligan Strategic Advisory signals a growing need for specialized intelligence services that can uncover hidden risks across ownership structures, digital ecosystems, and cross-border operations.
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