Our Services

We provide highly developed commercial intelligence to help clients make critical decisions across three product areas:

Pre-Investment Due Diligence. In advance of a deal, we help clients to manage risk and protect their reputation. At the company or individual level, we focus on:

• Fraud – confirm the identities and underlying capabilities of individuals and entities
• Corruption – uncover evidence of graft, FCPA violations, or government bribery
• Political and regulatory affiliations – understand local, regional, and national linkages of key figures
• Undisclosed relationships – identify hidden shareholders, nepotism, and other problematic associations

       At the sector level, we focus on developments at the nexus of business and politics:

• Key decision-makers, succession scenarios, political and security dynamics – assess motivations and networks to evaluate the range of likely investment impacts
• Local cultural norms and trends – highlight key pitfalls and opportunities
• Complex structures – unravel complex beneficial ownership and influence structures
• Sectoral & market research – customised analysis of commercial and competitive landscape

Complex Problem-Solving and Litigation Support. When a deal encounters difficulties post-investment, we develop actionable solutions:

• Using many of the above due diligence capabilities, we identify underlying issues, hidden obstacles and opposing motives to facilitate cost-effective resolutions
• Our intelligence-based methods complement the work of litigation and arbitration practices at international law firms
• We provide sophisticated capabilities to trace, locate and identify assets in offshore jurisdictions enabling recovery and reparation

Geopolitical Analysis. We provide both general and sector-specific intelligence on commercial, political, and security risks impacting our clients’ investments. We offer comprehensive analysis based on long-term and direct experience:

• Our offices in Johannesburg, New Delhi and Singapore enable close links to markets and clients in Africa and Asia
• We have extensive reach in Eurasia, the Middle East, North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, and emerging Europe
• Our approach produces results across all industries but we have specific and detailed understanding of the energy, mining, telecommunications, real estate, infrastructure, and financial services sectors.