When we carry out Investigative Due Diligence on a company or any other business entity we would normally include and expect to reveal?
- Full legal registered name and any other trading names
- Date of Registration
- Commercial Registration Number
- Place of Registration Number (place of origin)
- Full contact details, postal and physical address
- Number of Employees
- Company Ownership details including names of the shareholders, their nationality, their ID particulars, their percentage held
- Company affiliation, list of names and contact details of any companies affiliated or associated to the subject
- Directors & Shareholders affiliation, list of names and contact details of any companies affiliated or associated to the subject's shareholders
- Description of the business operations
- Financial information available
- List of agencies, brands sold and suppliers names
- Trade suppliers reference obtained where possible
- Default cases search
- Legal proceedings search
- Bankruptcies records search
- Litigation and public information/records search
- Unpaid cheques or loans
- Registered Mortgages
- Registered Seizure of Assets
- Credit Databases search
- National Gazettes searches
- International, Regional and Local Business and Financial Affairs Publication Searches
- Internet portals search in Arabic, English and French
- Local reputation and any other information uncovered
- Publications, media, newspaper articles archives, magazines and periodicals search in English and Arabic languages
- Searches against international crime watch lists, association with sanctions lists, convictions, fraud, corruption, bribery, money laundering, alleged terrorism, violent and sexual crimes from sources such as the UN, Interpol, Bank Of England and OFAC
- A general comment including ownership brief, trade history brief, any derogatory information, public and media information, any affiliations to any business conglomerates or politics, ruling or royal families etc. written by our credit analysts who are multi-lingual and have several years of experience in their field and very good knowledge of the local and regional business environment
- A sector industry summary report
- A country risk summary report (which would outline the economic condition of a country and how it changed over the past few years as measured by macroeconomic indicators including GDP, inflation, trade balance, exchange rates, etc). Both sector and country risk reports are written by our credit analysts who are qualified in their field and possess several years of experience