Investigative Due Diligence
The Investigative Due Diligence (IDD) practice of BDO Consulting helps companies, counsel, investors and financial institutions identify and avoid risks by exposing the hidden elements of prospective transactions and relationships. Our multidisciplinary team of investigative professionals discovers, verifies and analyzes information to alert you to potential risks and advise on approaches to their mitigation.
Comprehensive Background Checks
Investigative due diligence is an essential service for companies concerned about the unknown dimensions of a potential acquisition, investment, partner, client or other commercial relationship. Corporations involved in mergers and acquisitions, strategic alliances and significant vendor or customer relationships can benefit from the awareness that IDD provides for transaction teams, investment banks, private equity firms, hedge funds, institutional investors and their legal counsel.
The IDD practice applies a leading-edge methodology to generate information from a broad range of sources. Our professionals refine this information into intelligence through sophisticated analysis guided by extensive experience and training. The intelligence is then reported to principals, and to legal and financial advisors, alerting them to hidden risks, disclosure issues or potential negotiation points.
Types of Risks Identified by IDD:
- Undisclosed related-party transactions
- Misrepresentations or omissions
- Unreported financial difficulties
- Illegal or unethical business practices
- Troubled transactional history
- Undisclosed legal proceedings
- Questionable associations or relationships
- Criminal or regulatory actions
- Trade with controversial entities or embargoed countries
- Deficient director independence or corporate governance
- Financial reporting issues
A Professional Service
Our practice provides clients with high quality, individualized service, executed by a team of skilled and trained professionals. We bring our knowledge, analytical skills and reasoned judgment to each engagement.
We offer clients high-level professional advice that surpasses their prior experiences with routine back ground screening and reams of raw data. We customize the investigative process to each client’s unique requirements, taking a tailored approach to each engagement as appropriate for the given industry, market or location. We deliver oral or written reports that respond precisely to what our clients need to know. Our professionals draw upon their experience in investigative due diligence, fraud examination and financial investigation, as well as experience gained in their former positions with federal law enforcement, corporate investigation departments, accounting regulatory bodies and financial reporting departments in publicly traded companies. Our clients value the accessibility of our senior professionals during all phases of our research, and their adaptability to the shifting parameters and priorities of an engagement.
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