Global Intelligence

We will research whether the conduct of a company and/or person is ESG-compliant for you.

Do you also believe that ESG factors play an important role within your business model and business operations and that they are already exerting a significant influence on your investment decisions? Together with our Deals and Sustainability teams, we will assist you in defining the relevant ESG criteria and incorporating them into your investment decision process and elsewhere. Our Global Intelligence Team will assist you in identifying and evaluating integrity risks. With a focus on governance questions, we will analyze – among other matters – the general company information as well as available media and press reports about the specified company, identify key persons and shareholders up to the level of economic beneficiaries and incorporate this information into our research. To do this, we use our access to the relevant databases from around the world, such as sanctions lists and commercial registers as well as court and media databases.

We will go through your competitors with a fine-tooth comb.

You can improve your market position by learning more about your competitive environment. We target your competitors to identify their market position and partners as well as their strengths and weaknesses. Understanding the actions of others enables you to refine your strategy more effectively and to make the right decisions.

We will minimize the effects of white-collar crime.

Have you conducted business with the wrong business partner? The effects of fraud and corruption can be fatal for companies. Our research will usually supplement your own internal special forensic investigations with the following goal: We will provide a breakdown of the connections between the parties concerned and will use publicly accessible sources to detect indications of potential violations of the applicable laws, rules and guidelines. We use specialized technology to conduct our research. For example, we use a graphic analysis tool to visualize the relevant information and connections in a comprehensible manner.

We will assist you in tracking down assets.

Do you have suspicions that assets are being intentionally moved or hidden in order to conceal their existence or ownership? Would you like to have pledged collateral reviewed or traced? Are you concerned about theft or “asset stripping” within your company? Our experts specialize in the task of identifying the company or persons that assets across the world belong to. This means that you can reach informed strategic decisions and respond quickly if assets go missing.

We will provide you with information that allows you to make the best possible decisions when selecting new employees.

Would you like to make the best possible decisions when it comes to recruiting new employees? We will assist you in screening candidates before they join your staff. This means that you can verify the information provided to you during the recruitment process and make smart decisions. We will shed light on the careers and professional backgrounds of potential candidates and current employees in order to identify any risks that may exist. In addition, we will examine information available online and conduct research, e.g. with regard to sanctions lists and blacklists.

Do your homework with us before conquering new markets.

Anyone who wants to tap into a new market must first understand how business is conducted there. Our experts will prepare extensive and individually tailored reports on political and business-related risks in countries where politics and business are oftentimes not clearly separated. We will analyze political and economic developments around the world and assist you in maintaining an overview of the potential risks, e.g. political risks, changes in government, potential supply chain disruptions, tax particularities, bribery and corruption as well as export and import licenses. We thus support your management in planning launches into new international markets. We assess the competencies, reputations and market positions of your potential local business partners so that you can select the right ones for a successful launch into new markets.