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Joint ventures, direct investments, mergers and acquisitions represent some of the greatest risks in business today. Global Insight’s investigative due diligence services address these risks by answering commonly, but all too commonly not answered, questions like:
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Who are these people? How do they run their business? |
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Are they any good? What is their reputation? Are they legitimate? |
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What is their history? What may that tell us about our future with them? |
Whether the potential business partner or investment is in a private or public company, a government entity or a non-government organization, an institute or association or an entrepreneur, clients considering a relationship need reliable information to support their decisions.
The due diligence investigation can focus on a variety of issues like a subject's reputation, operating history, relationship with trading partners, history of regulatory compliance and business ethics.
Global Insight’s due diligence services involve the collection, collation and analysis of information from a wide variety of sources.
We work with our clients to define the scope and ‘depth’ of each assignment. A typical due diligence assignment can include collection and analysis of publicly available material (online resources, media, corporate filings etc), input from relevant industry sources, government and regulatory bodies and other parties like suppliers, customers, distributors and competitors, and direct business approaches.
Information we obtain can range widely depending on clients’ specific interests or concerns but can include things like:
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Establishing basic information (corporate and capital structure, company history etc) |
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Background of principals (owners, directors, managers, advisors etc) |
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Assessment of principals (character, integrity, reputation) |
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Reputation (within the industry, with trading partners, with employees etc) |
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Litigation history (company and principals) |
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Regulatory issues (compliance with relevant governing laws, conventions etc) |
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Labor issues, (e.g. history of strikes, disputes, etc) |
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Political connections and influence |
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