Due Diligence

We deliver critical insight at every stage of the deal lifecycle, uncovering hidden risks, validating assumptions, and enabling better-informed decisions around negotiation, structuring, and execution. Our work goes beyond standard checks to identify undisclosed conflicts, integrity concerns, hidden relationships, and other material issues that may affect the viability or terms of a transaction.

Standard assignments include

• Investments and acquisitions — Vetting targets and principals for material risks before commitment.
• Joint ventures — Assessing counterparties, ownership, track record, and integrity.
• Funding source diligence — Establishing the origin and legitimacy of capital and identifying related compliance or reputational concerns.
• Integrity and reputation checks — Examining principals and entities for material red flags.
• Track record verification — Testing claims, performance history, and prior conduct of principals or firms.
• Litigation and regulatory due diligence — Identifying undisclosed or underreported legal, regulatory, and enforcement risks.
• Credit due diligence — Assessing borrowers and counterparties before lending for financial, ownership, integrity, and reputational risks.
• Sanctions and PEP exposure — Identifying connections to restricted or politically exposed parties.

We help clients evaluate the integrity, ownership, reputation, and operating history of third parties before entering or expanding a relationship. Our work is designed to identify hidden affiliations, conflicts, compliance concerns, and other material risks that may affect the suitability or reliability of a proposed partner, vendor, supplier, agent, or intermediary.

Standard assignments include

• Strategic partner due diligence — Evaluating ownership, integrity, reputation, and other material risks before engagement.
• Vendor and supplier due diligence — Assessing ownership, financial, operational, compliance, and reputational risks before or during engagement.
• Supply chain due diligence — Mapping and assessing supply chains beyond immediate counterparties to identify opaque ownership, sanctions exposure, labour and human rights concerns, geopolitical dependencies, and operational or reputational vulnerabilities.
• Agent and intermediary due diligence — Examining individuals and entities acting on a client’s behalf, particularly in higher-risk jurisdictions or roles.
• Philanthropic organization due diligence — Assessing charities, foundations, and other recipient organizations for legitimacy, governance, reputation, and other material risks.

We help clients understand how they, their assets, and their sources of wealth or funding may be viewed by prospective counterparties, regulators, investors, or other stakeholders. Our work identifies potential areas of scrutiny, inconsistency, or reputational exposure so issues can be addressed before they affect a transaction, relationship, or wider decision.

Standard assignments include

• Source of wealth and source of funds review — Reviewing and documenting the provenance of wealth and capital to support third-party diligence, identify potential areas of scrutiny, and prepare for related inquiries.
• Self-due diligence — Reviewing a client’s external profile to identify issues, inconsistencies, or vulnerabilities that may attract scrutiny.
• Transaction readiness reviews — Anticipating diligence questions and potential concerns before a financing, investment, sale, or other consequential transaction.

We provide discreet, in-depth vetting tailored to individuals whose roles, visibility, or access can create reputational, governance, or integrity risk. Our work goes beyond standard background screening to examine conduct, affiliations, online history, credentials, and other indicators relevant to the proposed relationship.

Standard assignments include

• Executive and board appointments — Reviewing backgrounds, conduct, affiliations, and reputational concerns before appointment.
• Employment hires — Conducting enhanced background and integrity checks for senior, sensitive, or high-trust roles.
• Security and trusted personnel — Conducting enhanced vetting of individuals with sensitive access, protective responsibilities, or positions of trust.
• Spokespersons — Assessing backgrounds, public conduct, affiliations, and potential reputational exposure.
• Influencers and brand ambassadors — Identifying reputational, behavioral, and affiliation risks before engagement.
• Philanthropic relationships — Vetting donors, recipients, trustees, and other individuals connected to philanthropic engagements.