Before the term sheet, the acquisition, the partnership, the lawsuit — we find out who, and what, is actually on the other side of the table.
Six situations where getting the answer right matters more than getting it fast — though we usually manage both.
When the opportunity is attractive, and you need to know what sits underneath the founder, structure, or story before you move.
Founder diligence, offshore structure review, beneficial ownership analysis, tax and compliance red flags, hidden liabilities, pre-deal background work.
When you are about to let someone into the business — take money, buy or build with them — and need to know who or what you are really dealing with.
Investor vetting, business partner checks, seller due diligence, source‑of‑funds support, pre‑banking preparation.
When traditional signals are weak, structures are opaque, and you need clearer visibility on people, funds, exposure, and risk.
Source‑of‑funds work, sanctions screening, project attribution, founder identification, wallet‑linked background, fraud tracing and asset recovery.
When the legal case is only part of the picture, and the people, assets, history, or pressure points matter just as much.
Counterparty checks, ownership and asset tracing, enforcement support, founder and shareholder profiling, sanctions exposure, corporate history reconstruction.
When the wrong introduction, speaker, client, or stakeholder can create a reputational problem that should have been avoidable.
Meeting preparation, client background checks, stakeholder profiling, speaker vetting, reputational screening.
When discretion matters, trust is personal, and the cost of getting it wrong is high.
Seller due diligence, property‑side background checks, discreet reputational review, counterparty analysis.
The work spans pre-deal visibility, disputes, enforcement, and regulated-entity onboarding. Most engagements combine two or three of the below.
Target, founder, and counterparty diligence ahead of acquisitions and investments. Offshore structures, hidden liabilities, and deal-breaker risk surfaced before closing.
Reputational, ownership, and regulatory review of a company and its principals before a listing or strategic exit. Addresses what investment banks and regulators will ask before they ask it.
Locating assets across jurisdictions on behalf of creditors and claimants. Corporate chain reconstruction, nominee structures, real estate and shareholding positions, enforcement planning.
Reconstructing transactions, beneficial ownership, and source of funds in suspected fraud and tax-exposure matters. Work is structured for counsel, boards, and, where relevant, regulators.
On-chain tracing across centralised exchanges and non-custodial wallets, combined with off-chain corporate attribution. Evidence prepared to a standard that supports interim measures and court orders.
Enhanced due diligence for banks, exchanges, and regulated counterparties. Sanctions, PEP, and adverse-media screening combined with beneficial-ownership reconstruction.
Factual investigation in support of litigation and arbitration — ownership history, counterparty profiling, asset mapping, and exhibits structured for counsel's case strategy.
Discreet reviews before property acquisitions, partnerships, and relationship-based decisions. Seller diligence, reputational screening, and counterparty analysis.
Background verification for C-suite, board, and senior hires. CV validation, regulatory history, litigation exposure, reputational signals, and undisclosed conflicts surfaced before an offer is extended.
Reputational screening of clients, partners, speakers, and introducers. Media footprint, adverse coverage, paid-placement analysis, and context a communications team will need before the story breaks.
PEP and political-connection analysis for onboarding, partnerships, and public engagements. Past-office history, family and associate exposure, sanctions adjacency, and jurisdictional risk mapped in full.
Documented source of wealth and source of funds packages for private banks, law firms, and regulated counterparties. Built to survive repeat compliance reviews, not one-off onboardings.
All cases anonymised and published with client approval. Sensitive work — including crypto tracing and fraud investigations — is shared privately on request.
A law firm acting for a creditor needed to locate and document assets held by a major Swiss banking group in Russia — across a 30‑year corporate history, four jurisdictions, and a 2023 merger that folded in a second Swiss bank.
One debtor had exited Russia and pre-emptively filed for bankruptcy; the other hid assets through nominees and family. The investigation surfaced the real operating business and delivered a recovery strategy estimated at ₽35–70M conservatively.
The court granted the measure ex parte and ordered seizure, transfer, and wallet-address disclosure across exchanges and non-custodial wallet providers.
A cross-border review of a Southeast Asian tech founder's tax filings, offshore assets, and corporate compliance, commissioned before an investment decision.
Enhanced due diligence on a newly registered HK trading company before a proposed business cooperation.
A foreign business needed to identify who controlled a major Kazakh bookmaker before entering a commercial relationship.
A business considering cooperation with a Singapore trading company commissioned a sanctions and ownership review.
5 directors in 6 years, 3 years of missing accounts, a director mirroring his Polish construction business inside the GmbH.
New entity, foreign management, attorney-in-fact arrangement. Licence confirmed; unpaid minimum capital and compliance conditions documented.
34 channels, 5M+ subscribers. Business audit, restructuring, buyer mapping, and a custom transfer framework.
High-profile seller across 7 jurisdictions. Building violations, government contract issues, unpaid prize claims. Client withdrew and recovered the deposit.
Direct case experience across the following. Engagements typically span three or more at once.
Engagements are treated as privileged by default. Nothing is published, referenced, or disclosed — publicly or to other clients — without written approval. Case studies on this site are anonymised and published with explicit client consent.
We rely on corporate registries, court and enforcement records, regulatory filings, and cross-border public records — not repackaged databases. Where a source is weak, we say so. Where something cannot be verified, we mark it.
Reports are structured for the decision in front of you — a deal to sign, a case to file, a bank to approach. Not a database dump. Every finding is tied to a source, and every source is tied to a conclusion.
Core positions are typically identifiable within the first week of work. Deep cross-border tracing and enforcement mapping run longer, but we front‑load the findings that change your decision.
Initial conversations are confidential and without obligation. If you were referred, mention the introducer — it helps us place the context.