— TIER III · SPECIALIZED COUNSEL

Advance work informed by service as a Secret Service attaché in Moscow.

Country and regional threat briefing, advance route planning, coordination with local protective resources, and on-call advisory throughout sensitive travel — domestic and international.

Advance route materials, threat briefings, and secure-communications gear on the reviewer's desk.

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What this is

Structured pre-travel advisory for executives, family-office principals, and accompanying family. Engagements include country and regional threat briefing, route and venue assessment where appropriate, coordination with local protective resources or embassy services, contingency planning for medical, political, or kinetic disruption, and on-call advisory throughout the travel period.

Particularly relevant for travel into operating environments where the threat picture does not yield to Western assumptions — and where local arrangements may not be transparent to the principal or their staff in advance.

An executive team reviewing the pre-travel briefing before an international itinerary.

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Who this serves

Corporate executives traveling into emerging markets, conflict-adjacent jurisdictions, or regions of personal exposure. Family-office principals managing travel for principals and accompanying family. General counsel coordinating travel security for litigated, transactional, or geopolitically sensitive matters. Foundations and institutional principals traveling to high-profile events or sensitive operating environments.

Engagements are scaled to the matter — from a single pre-travel briefing to a multi-week advisory through a sustained period of elevated exposure.

What is delivered

Deliverables:

Pre-travel briefing document with country, region, route, and venue assessment

On-call:

Secure on-call advisory throughout the travel period

Coordination:

Liaison with local protective resources, embassy services, medical evacuation providers

Timeline:

Standard briefings 7 – 14 days lead time; urgent matters accommodated

Cadence:

Per trip; annual retainer available for principals with sustained travel

Languages:

Briefings drawing on direct Russian-speaking diplomatic posting; other regions by partner network

Mr. Deetz at his desk with the advisory playbook and case notes.

The qualification

Mr. Deetz served as the U.S. Secret Service Resident Agent in Charge at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow — coordinating bilateral security matters with Russian counterparts, advising the U.S. Ambassador, and conducting advance security assessments across the Russian Federation, including the work that led the President of the United States to decline attendance at the APEC summit in Vladivostok.

Adjacent counsel before, during, and after sensitive travel.

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Individual Physical Security Assessments
A confidential review of a principal's personal security posture.
— ii.
Executive Protection Program Audits
An independent answer to whether the program is actually working.
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Crisis Management & Response Planning
Playbooks for the moments leadership has not yet had to live through.

For matters where the cost of error is not measured in dollars.

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