Oakley Capital buys controlling stake in corporate intelligence firm G3
Business whose advisers include former MI6 chief and ex-CIA deputy director valued at more than £250mn
Business whose advisers include former MI6 chief and ex-CIA deputy director valued at more than £250mn

Clients asking banks to review number of staff that have to be informed about live transactions

Buyout of With Intelligence marks latest effort to serve clients in booming private capital market

Interest in AI and defence tech start-ups has boosted investor activity after a prolonged slowdown

New corporate structures could get around long-standing restrictions against non-lawyer ownership of firms

The deal values the data-labelling company at $29bn

AI companies seek more control over investors trying to access their blockbuster funding rounds