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Dan Nardello is the founder and executive chairman of Nardello & Co., the fast-growing investigations firm headquartered in New York and with offices in London, Paris, Dubai, Washington DC, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Hong Kong and Singapore.

Best known for unmasking the operators of popular gossip website Tattle Life in 2025, the firm acts in high-profile, high-stakes matters, including reputation defence, due diligence, anti-corruption and fraud investigations, litigation and arbitration support, and asset tracing and recovery.

As executive chairman, Nardello works with significant clients, mentors senior recruits and liaises with the firm’s board on overall strategy. He says having the right people around him is paramount for success. ‘There are 10 lawyers in the firm,’ he tells Spear’s, ‘and at least eight are former US federal prosecutors. Our digital forensics and cybersecurity teams have technical backgrounds; it’s a diverse group of smart and interesting people.’ 

Adviser Profile

Dan Nardello, executive chairman, founded Nardello & Co. in 2003. A former federal prosecutor in the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, Dan is an industry leader, advising on the firm’s highest-profile and complex investigative matters. His work for private clients has included work at the request of President Emmanuel Macron and Madame Brigitte Macron of France to support their defamation claim against controversial podcaster Candace Owens. His expertise spans reputation defence, activist defence, complex litigation and special investigations. Described as ‘simply the best’ in Chambers and Partners, he is a champion of ethical investigations enabling legally admissible fact finding.