OUR SERVICES
PRE AND POST-INVESTMENT DUE DILIGENCE AND THIRD-PARTY/VENDOR DUE DILIGENCE
Risk-based due diligence on investments, companies, principals, executives, shareholders, vendors, and other counterparties.
- Background and integrity assessments: Regulatory history, sanctions exposure, litigation, reputation, and other factors that may affect investment or commercial decisions.
- Risk identification: Assessment of financial, legal, regulatory, operational, and reputational risks to support informed decision-making and appropriate mitigation.
- Governance and compliance: Review of governance frameworks, legal and regulatory obligations, and control environments to identify potential weaknesses and compliance risks.
POLITICALLY EXPOSED PERSONS (PEP) AND SANCTIONS REVIEWS
PEP, sanctions and compliance screening to help organisations identify potential regulatory, financial, and reputational risks when engaging with individuals and organisations.
- Politically exposed persons (PEP) screening, sanctions checks, watchlist screening, and adverse media reviews.
- Source of Wealth and Source of Funds analysis for high-risk counterparties, high-net-worth individuals, and PEPs.
BUSINESS AND CORPORATE INTELLIGENCE
Supporting organisations to make informed commercial, investment, and operational decisions.
- Research and analysis on companies, markets, sectors, competitors, and counterparties.
- ESG and human rights due diligence, assessing environmental, labour, community, and governance risks across operations and value chains.
LITIGATION SUPPORT INTELLIGENCE
Intelligence support to strengthen case strategy, improve discovery, and evaluate witness credibility in civil, criminal, and arbitral matters.
REPUTATIONAL DUE DILIGENCE
Identify potential issues that may affect individuals, companies, investments, and commercial relationships.
- Structured intelligence gathering and analysis of individuals, companies, and associated networks to identify reputational risks.
- Cyber and information security due diligence, providing a high-level assessment of counterparties’ cyber posture to support technology and vendor decisions.
EXECUTIVE AND BOARD-LEVEL VETTING
Focused due diligence on senior hires, directors, and key management, including track record, governance style, and red flags.
OPEN-SOURCE INTELLIGENCE (OSINT)
Structured open-source research and analysis on individuals, companies, business networks, and reputational risk.
ASSET TRACING
Identification and tracing of assets across jurisdictions to support disputes, insolvency, fraud investigations, and recovery actions.
INTEGRATED RISK INTELLIGENCE SUPPORT
Many client engagements draw on expertise from across Castor Vali. Our Diligence and Investigations team works alongside our Africa Risk Intelligence Service (RIS) to…..
combine investigative capability with regional intelligence and analysis, giving clients a broader understanding of the environments in which they operate.
This integrated approach can include:
- Facilitation and liaison with government departments, regulators, and commercial stakeholders.
- Strategic, operational, and tactical risk assessments.
- Country and regulatory risk briefings.
- Threat assessments and intelligence gathering.
- Topical issue reporting.
- Conflict analysis.
- Tailored research and analysis.
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