When making important business decisions, it is critical to undertake a proper due diligence investigation. Due diligence is a deep background check of a business or person prior to signing a contract, appointing a vendor or when our client evaluates a target company or its assets for an acquisition. Due diligence investigations help mitigate risk and deliver peace of mind. They can potentially save clients from substantial monetary losses, reputational damage or lawsuits. Investigative due diligence is necessary for determining the practicality of an investment, merger, acquisition, joint partnership or other business relationship. Our consultants provide different methodologies for verifications and fact-finding adapted to our client’s requirement for depth.
How To Conduct Due Diligence Investigation?
Vendor Screening
This service provided is open-source and desktop searches to determine the existence of potential red flags. Our consultants conduct the following checks:
- Beneficial ownership search through search of corporate records
- Open source enquiries including digital and physical media enquiries
- Global Sanctions checks
Reputational Due Diligence
This service is a combination of open-source and desktop searches with source enquiries to determine the existence of potential red flags as well as the reputation and track record of the company and its principals. Our consultants conduct the following checks:
- Beneficial ownership search through search of corporate records
- Open source enquiries including digital and physical media enquiries
- Global Sanctions checks
- Field visits
- Reputation check with client and suppliers
- Source enquiries
- Executive Summary with a contextual perspective and a risk-analysis
Enhanced Due Diligence
This service is a combination of Reputational Due DiIigence and interview with the company principals. When our client’s methodologies allow the organization of such an interview, this methodology proves very efficient. Our interviewing methodologies and compliance questionnaires allow us to discuss a broad range of issues, identify potential risks as well as allow us to dig deeper into all aspects of the traditional due diligence methodologies. Our consultants conduct the following checks:
- Beneficial ownership search through search of corporate records
- Open source enquiries including digital and physical media enquiries
- Global Sanctions checks
- Field visits
- Reputation check with client and suppliers
- Source enquiries
- Interview with the targeted company’s principals
- Review of all findings and further research
- Executive Summary with a contextual perspective and a risk-analysis