Decisions only count when the intelligence behind them does.
Strategic intelligence and advisory for decision-makers who cannot afford to be wrong.
Capital is deployed, partnerships signed and markets entered on the basis of information that is rarely complete, and often curated by the other side. In emerging markets and cross-border transactions, the quality of intelligence behind a decision is the difference between value creation and costly mistakes.
Sanctions violations and regulatory penalties, fraud and unrecoverable losses, failed transactions and write-downs, reputational contagion from compromised counterparties, and the strategic cost of entering the wrong market with the wrong information.
We frame the decision being supported and identify the gaps that matter: ultimate beneficial ownership, integrity history, regulatory exposure, network of influence, capacity to deliver on commitments. Generic background checks are not the deliverable; the brief is what the decision-maker still needs to know before signing.
Multi-source intelligence collection through OSINT, HUMINT, public records, regulatory filings, court archives and discreet source inquiries. In-country correspondents are activated for documented signals our remote analysts cannot obtain. Every lead is collected with a chain of custody that supports litigation if required.
We corroborate findings across independent sources, eliminate single-source bias, and weigh each claim by confidence level. Documented, inferred and hypothetical facts are distinguished explicitly. We flag the gaps as clearly as we flag the findings — the client must know what we could not confirm.
A decision-grade synthesis for the C-suite, investment committee, or board. Executive summary, risk-tiered findings, recommended actions, residual gaps. We are available in the room when the decision is taken; not behind a portal.
A defined-scope mandate: enhanced due diligence on an acquisition target, integrity check on a key counterparty, asset tracing for a litigation, market entry intelligence for a new geography. Fixed deliverable, fixed timeline.
Continuous monitoring across a portfolio of investments, partners or jurisdictions. Recurring re-screening as the threat landscape and regulatory environment evolve. Tailored to PE funds, GP-LP relationships and corporate development pipelines.
A partner-grade advisor alongside the investment committee, deal team or general counsel for the duration of a mandate or campaign. Discreet, available on short notice, briefed on every active file.
Deployment of our proprietary, sovereign European platform: enhanced due diligence workflow, sanctions and PEP screening, beneficial ownership unravelling, full audit trail and litigation-ready deliverables — standalone or coupled to an advisory mandate.
Advisory & Intelligence mandates are commissioned by decision-makers who carry the consequences of an incomplete picture:
Source protection is a precondition of the mandate, not a deliverable. Every engagement is run on a strict need-to-know basis, with source attribution generalised in deliverables to a level that protects identity while preserving evidentiary weight. Where a source's safety is at stake, we will withhold rather than disclose.
For a focused due diligence on a single target, we typically deliver decision-grade findings within 5 to 15 working days, depending on geography, language requirements and depth of in-country verification. Time-critical screening can be delivered faster on an exception basis.
Yes — that is where our advantage is most material. Two decades of in-country networks across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the CIS and key Asian markets allow us to obtain documented intelligence where desktop research alone fails. We confirm capability and conflict-of-interest clearance before accepting any mandate.
Every engagement begins with a confidential conversation
about the decision, transaction or exposure in front of you.