Corporate Due Diligence

What this service covers

• Individual due diligence — directorships, prior business associations, litigation history (claimant and defendant), bankruptcy and insolvency record, regulatory action, adverse media, sanctions and PEP exposure;
• Entity due diligence — beneficial-ownership tracing, related-party identification, financial filing review, reputational and ESG concerns, sector-specific regulatory review;
• International scope — through vetted partner agencies, we extend coverage to common European and Commonwealth jurisdictions;
• Reporting — graded findings (red / amber / green) with the underlying source material referenced. We say what we found and where we found it.

When clients engage us

• A pre-acquisition target needs deeper diligence than a desktop counsel review will produce;
• A senior or regulated appointment is being considered (board, MLRO, head of compliance) and standard pre-employment screening is not enough;
• A new commercial counterparty is requesting credit, an introduction to your customers, or a long-term partnership;
• A regulatory investigation requires evidence of “reasonable steps taken” before a transaction.

Our approach

Due diligence work draws on lawful commercial and public-record databases, court records, regulatory filings, sanctions lists, and adverse-media archives. Personal data is processed under the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018, with documented legitimate-interest assessments for each engagement. We do not pretext, we do not impersonate, and we do not access systems we are not authorised to access — see the Computer Misuse Act 1990 limits we operate within.

Reports are structured for use by deal teams, compliance committees, and instructing solicitors. For our full process, see how we work.