Having a detailed understanding of who you come into contact with can shape how you approach future interactions. Due diligence is therefore a means to understanding ‘people’ to gain the upper hand in business.
Verifying personal credentials is standard procedure during business analysis processes, for example whilst developing corporate strategies, preparing for negotiations or when conducting risk assessment during procurement or M&A.
Commercial UK entities providing due diligence or investigative services are restricted to accessing just 8% of available ‘UK-only’ data about ‘people’. Our due diligence reports access a minimum of 78% of ‘international’ data. The distinct gap in data analysis exposes significant organisational risk.
See also: DBS alternative background checks
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Having a detailed understanding of who you come into contact with can shape how you approach future interactions. Due diligence is therefore a means to understanding ‘people’ to gain the upper hand in business.
Verifying personal credentials is standard procedure during business analysis processes, for example whilst developing corporate strategies, preparing for negotiations or when conducting risk assessment during procurement or M&A.
Commercial UK entities providing due diligence or investigative services are restricted to accessing just 8% of available ‘UK-only’ data about ‘people’. Our due diligence reports access a minimum of 78% of ‘international’ data. The distinct gap in data analysis exposes significant organisational risk.
See also: DBS alternative background checks
Ways to contact us
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Mergers and acquisitions
Mergers and acquisitions present numerous strategic opportunities – they can also leave organisations exposed and vulnerable due to undisclosed findings.
Both forensically and laterally, our due diligence reports are unparalleled. Our methods can decipher complex corporate structures to disclose hidden subsidiaries, offshore accounts, shareholder dealings, financial misplacement, embezzlement and interestingly, identify hidden commissions or asset kickbacks from competitors. We can also determine whether any employee has associations with or links to criminal or corrupt activities.
Our M&A due diligence can include a forensic analysis of external providers (e.g. accountants) to identify criminal practice or intent, either internally, within contractual agreements or across the client base of the target company.
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Strategic sales or market alliances
It makes sense to form strategic alliances to influence market penetration, yet alliances are often formed upon inadequate processes of risk assessment.
Partnerships can be portrayed by outsiders as an alliance which inherently drives perception and ultimately forms market reputation. When reverse engineering the process, which holds the greater value? The alliance, or your business?
Before your employees sign on the dotted line, should you not ascertain whether the company you’re about to partner with, including their key stakeholders and professional suppliers, conduct business legitimately or indeed ascertain whether stakeholders have associations to or links with corporate malpractice, illegal dealings, criminality or fraud?
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Investments – real or fake?
Investments – real or fake?
If you’re considering an investment, our due diligence can confirm whether the opportunity is real or fake. We can also run quarterly checks on current investments by analysing updated legal documents to protect your financial status.
The cost of not conducting due diligence on investment opportunities can be huge. Unfortunately, a large percentage of our clients contact us in a reactive capacity when they have already lost money.
“Hindsight” is commonly referred to and sadly can not be attained. As such, the value of foresight can not be underestimated. However credible an opportunity presented may sound, it makes perfect sense to protect your financial interests at the outset – see also ‘Exposing Forged Documents’ below.
Due diligence is entirely ineffective if it fails to establish facts. STRATA initiates an intelligence-led process of investigation to expose risk and deliver the truth, enabling you to make informed strategic decisions – with confidence.
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