Due Diligence & Investigations
Discreet intelligence on the risks behind people, partners, and deals.
We provide investigative due diligence and tiered background checks on individuals, companies, and transactions. When concerns arise, whether fraud, data leakage, conflicts of interest, or internal misconduct, we conduct discreet investigations that protect your interests and help you act with confidence.
Services include:
Pre-transaction due diligence
Investigative due diligence on companies, counterparties, and deals: ownership, reputation, litigation, and undisclosed risk, so you know who you are actually sitting across from.
Executive and board candidate background checks
Tiered background checks on executives and board candidates that go beyond a database screen: identity, reputation, conflicts, and the issues that do not appear on a résumé.
Vendor and third-party investigations
Discreet investigations of vendors, partners, and other third parties to surface hidden ownership, conflicts, misconduct, or security concerns before they sit inside your operation.
Internal investigations
Confidential investigations of fraud, data leakage, conflicts of interest, or misconduct, scoped to protect the organization and the integrity of whatever comes next.
Insider threat program design
We design an insider-threat program fitted to how the organization actually works, including access, behavior, and governance, so that a trusted insider is less likely to become a single point of failure.
Asset tracking and recovery support
Support in locating and tracing assets when they have been moved, hidden, or misappropriated, coordinated with counsel so the work is usable in negotiation or proceedings.
Before you begin
Frequently
asked questions
Our work covers staff, advisors, and vendors, as well as investment targets, funds, operating partners, and board candidates. Clients use it to assess potential partnerships, make informed investment decisions, and protect against insider threats from people who already have access. When a concern arises inside a family office or company, we also conduct discreet internal investigations.
Our background checks are tiered by depth. Level 1 looks back five years within one country and covers identity and affiliations, adverse news and social media, lawsuits, criminal history, sanctions and watch lists, and politically exposed person status. Level 2 looks back ten years and adds employment and education verification, legal and financial records, and a full digital footprint analysis that includes the dark web. Level 3 adds discreet inquiries through human sources and detailed reputation reviews.
Yes, and it is one of the most overlooked controls we see. In The State of Family Office Estate Security, our survey published with Nines, 74 percent of respondents said they never refresh background checks after the initial hire. Access and circumstances change over time, so we can rescreen existing staff, advisors, and vendors at the level their current role warrants. We work closely with local and national employment laws and work with your employment counsel to ensure fidelity and compliance.
Discretion is central to how we work, since a poorly handled inquiry can create the very reputational damage it was meant to prevent. Our most thorough investigations rely on discreet inquiries through human sources rather than visible outreach. The approach draws on our team's previous government service and global commercial experience.
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