Identity and trajectory
Expanded professional and business history with chronology.
Key Person / Partner Enhanced Due Diligence
Before sharing capital, control or reputation, understand the relationships and contradictions that matter.
Expanded due diligence for founders, business families and investors before partnering, granting substantial powers or bringing on a key person.
When is it appropriate
Choose this service if you need to answer these questions before deciding.
✓New partner or investor
✓Person who will receive substantial power or control
✓Founder or key executive in an operation
✓Business family that structures government or succession
Scope by modules
We investigate in layers; We conclude together.
We do not confuse quantity of sources with depth. Each module responds to the decision, is documented and then connected to the others.
Relationship network
Companies, positions and material connections with evidence and level of trust.
Expanded risk
Multi-source litigation, insolvency signals, SAT, sanctions, adverse media and identifiable assets when material.
Protections
Open questions and governance or contract safeguards to discuss with advisors.
Illustrative example
A finding is only worth it when you know what it means.
Fictional scenario constructed to explain the method. It does not contain data from a real person or company.
Situation
A founder will give 35% and blocking vote to a strategic partner.
Find
The core experience is consistent, but the chronology reveals unexplained litigation and ongoing ties to a potentially contentious counterparty.
What does it mean
The risk does not come down to accepting or rejecting the person; must be reflected in disclosures, recusal, powers and departure.
Suggested action
Clarify the facts and negotiate statements, conflicts, limits of authority and exit mechanisms.
Deliverable
We don't just tell you what we found. We explain what it means.
The report is designed to be read by the decision maker, retained as evidence of the process and shared with advisors when appropriate.
Know the deliverables01Executive EDD
02Chronology
03Relationship map
04Red flag register
05Open questions
06Suggested protections
Express limitsWhat this investigation does not include+
- It does not locate all assets or guarantee definitive beneficiaries
- It is not a criminal dossier or private surveillance
- Does not attribute guilt by association
- Foreign jurisdictions or deep dives are priced by scope
Frequently asked questions
Before requesting this investigation.
Is it the same as a labor background check?
No. The materiality of sharing capital or control requires deeper chronology, relationships, conflicts, and protections.
Do they investigate all assets?
There is no single, exhaustive public source. Documentally identifiable assets are reported and confirmed, probable and unresolved are distinguished.
Does the report replace the contract between partners?
No. Identifies facts and protections for the client and their advisors to structure governance and documents.
Next step
Hire Key Person / Partner EDD.
We confirm scope and indicate the necessary information to get started.