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Our Corporate Intelligence Services
Maddocks Insight finds the facts that decide whether a partner, a deal, a dispute or a market is what it appears to be. Across our core assignments, we work in local languages and engagements are overseen personally by our founder. We cover Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, sub-Saharan Africa, the Americas and China. Our clients include international law firms, Big Four accountancy firms, corporates, compliance teams and specialist risk consultancies.
Typical requirements include KYC and sanctions screening, adverse-media research, beneficial-ownership checks, public-record searches and deeper open-source intelligence (OSINT) investigations.
Before you commit
Forward-looking research that helps you understand a prospective partner, client, agent, franchisee or acquisition target before a relationship is signed or a deal closes.
Integrity Due Diligence
A focused assessment of the reputation, integrity and track record of a prospective partner, agent, franchisee or M&A target - surfacing red flags that purely financial checks are not designed to catch.
Explore integrity due diligence →Enhanced Due Diligence
Deeper, human-led investigation for higher-risk counterparties, clients and transactions - where a database search is not enough, and each flag needs to be verified, corroborated and interpreted. Enhanced due diligence can also be used when concerns emerge during an existing relationship.
Learn about enhanced due diligence →Once a problem has emerged
Not every issue can be screened out in advance. When an allegation, an audit finding or a relationship that has broken down raises a question, the task shifts from whether to proceed to establishing what has actually happened.
Investigations
Disciplined, after-the-fact research into suspected fraud, conflicts of interest, undisclosed connections, misconduct and problems that surface after a deal has closed - moving you from suspicion to an evidence-based picture.
See how investigations work →Litigation Support
Intelligence at the bookends of a dispute: pre-action research into the parties and the commercial reality of a claim, discreet background work on parties, witnesses and experts during proceedings, and factual research to support enforcement once a judgment or award has been secured. We establish the facts; we do not advise on the law.
Explore litigation support →Asset Tracing
Cross-border research to identify assets, ownership structures and the jurisdictions in which value is held - supporting recovery strategy before or after a judgment or arbitral award.
Learn about asset tracing →When politics could affect a deal, investment or market
Political exposure does not arise only when entering a new country. It can affect a transaction, a counterparty, a regulatory approval, a concession, a dispute or an existing investment.
Political Risk
An evidence-led appraisal of the political, regulatory and stability risks affecting a market, transaction or counterparty - including profiles of relevant decision-makers, analysis of political connections and assessment of conflict, sanctions and policy-change exposure.
Understand our political-risk approach →Specialist capabilities and partnerships
Database Services
Where official records cannot be searched effectively, we have made challenging public datasets reverse-searchable - including corporate registries in Lebanon, Belgium and Luxembourg, and civil-litigation records in Dubai. These tools can reveal connections that conventional searches miss.
Explore our database services →Subcontracting & White-Label Research
We act as a confidential research partner to other business-intelligence providers, from large audit firms to boutique and mid-sized risk consultancies. We provide additional capacity, language capability and regional reach while working discreetly within the commissioning firm’s methodology and reporting format.
Learn about white-label research →Discuss a project
Tell us, in confidence, about the decision or problem in front of you, and we will respond promptly.
Contact us about a project →