Field Note: The Bridge Between Borders
A German-American attorney asked a simple question before his client signed an international deal. What followed was a quiet investigation across jurisdictions, uncovering the kind of risk that hides between the lines of due diligence.
Field Note: The Sky Between Meetings
A public company CEO lived in motion. What began as a study of his travel security became something larger, a framework for privacy, continuity, and control in the sky, between meetings, and far from routine visibility.
Field Note: After the Headline
The morning after a CEO was killed in New York, a Florida board called asking what they were missing. What began as reassurance became a months-long audit of how leadership, family, and security intertwine when fear meets governance.
Field Note: The Spies Have Entered the Chat
A routine security plan for an international trip turns when one email doesn’t belong. What began as travel preparation becomes a counterintelligence exercise, and a lesson in how tradecraft can hide in plain sight.
Field Note: Echoes of Malmö
A Florida biotech executive travels to Stockholm for a closed arbitration. What begins as a precaution becomes a quiet reminder of an old Bureau case, and how protection often means being invisible until it matters most.
Field Note: Building a Boat to Sail Away
A husband and wife built a business with a partner they trusted. When something began to feel off, they sought clarity before the damage was done. What they found was not betrayal, but a slow departure already underway.
Field Note: Following the Yachts
When sanctions hit Russian oligarchs, a task force in New York was told to track their yachts. What followed was less glamour than patience, and a lesson in how truth always leaves a trail, no matter how far it sails.
Field Note: Our Man in the Paddock
Sometimes the work doesn’t happen in quiet rooms. It happens in the noise, a Formula One race in Miami; the heat, the crowd, the timing. A chance meeting becomes something more, and the lesson stays long after the engines fade.
Field Note: Moscow to Minot
A Russian procurement case led to an address that didn’t belong, a family feed store in North Dakota. What followed was long hours in a small office, diner food, and the reminder that whether it’s Moscow or Main Street, the money always tells the story.
Field Note: The Waterline
From the Army to the Bureau, and back home to Florida, each step taught something different about risk, precision, and trust.
In this Field Note, our founder shares how years of fieldwork, intelligence, and investigation came together to shape Kingfisher’s way of working: clarity through focus.