Integrity Due Diligence
SET Advisory equips clients with the critical intelligence necessary to confidently enter new markets and forge strategic partnerships. Our integrity due diligence services provide in-depth analysis that uncovers both hidden risks and potential opportunities, ensuring a comprehensive understanding of a counterparty in a transaction. Whether evaluating an acquisition or assessing a new business partner, our tailored approach offers the insights required to proceed with certainty. With over 5,000 due diligence projects completed across 100 countries, SET Advisory is the trusted partner for navigating complex global markets.
SET Advisory provides trustworthy integrity due diligence services for a varied group of clients including:
- Financial institutions, including investment banks and family offices, who seek to mitigate regulatory and reputational risks before onboarding clients or investing in high-risk jurisdictions.
- Private equity and venture capital firms who seek to understand the reputational background of key individuals and investment targets, and fact-check their claims.
- Corporations who seek support in due diligence projects and bespoke answers to specific questions related to the jurisdictions we specialise in.
- Development banks, aid agencies and NGOs who seek to ensure funds and aid are not misused and that potential partners and investments are vetted, especially in high-risk jurisdictions.
Background checks
SET Advisory conducts public record research to identify information on corporations and individuals. Our team uses a wide range of open-source databases to verify information including addresses, citizenship, litigation checks, educational and professional experience, history of insolvency, sources of wealth, and business interests around the world. Beyond fulfilling KYC and AML requirements, our background checks afford our clients a deeper understanding of who they are dealing with.
Source enquiries
With inevitable uncertainty surrounding the lead-up to a transaction, we help mitigate the risk of reputational harm and financial loss by leveraging our human connections to conduct discreet source enquiries on individuals and corporate entities. Our wide network provides us with a well-rounded profile of a potential partner or target company’s reputation and professional behaviour/culture.
Media reviews
Our team has access to global media databases that aggregate decades of news reports and corporate press releases in many different languages. Our experts leverage their linguistic and regional knowledge to provide clarity in media landscapes that are often shrouded in bias and obfuscation. Supplementing our investigations with objective reviews of a company’s or individual’s media profile allows our clients to make informed decisions without arbitrary rankings and judgments.
Language research
We pride ourselves on our regional expertise and ability to conduct complex investigations in different languages. Our multilingual investigators speak many languages including Portuguese, Spanish, French, Arabic, and Turkish, dedicating the time and effort to uncover critical insights in the frontiers of the public domain, find answers to highly specific questions, and support bespoke due diligence investigations. Whether it is a question of verifying a low-profile individual’s track record or a historical analysis of a high-profile family, SET Advisory is the trusted partner that will answer your due diligence questions.
Open-source intelligence (OSINT)
OSINT is becoming an increasingly important tool in an environment of widespread social media use and heightened digital footprints. Our team employs a diverse range of creative techniques to conduct research for integrity due diligence projects, including social media analytics, geotagging, and site visits. These methodologies are crucial for conducting integrity due diligence projects, particularly in high-risk jurisdictions where traditional forms of media research often deliver deliberately obscured results.
Adverse media checks
SET Advisory offers targeted reputational checks on individuals and corporate entities covering the issues that concern our clients the most. Our multilingual team meticulously sift through news reports and press releases that span decades and are experts at identifying adverse information in the public domain in their native languages, turning murky media landscapes into actionable intelligence.
Background checks
Using a variety of databases and methodologies, we conduct comprehensive background checks on potential partners and targets by identifying any history of litigation, insolvency, sanctions-busting, alleged corruption, fraud, or involvement in organised crime.
Risk analysis
We leverage our human connections and consult global databases to assess the degree of risk associated with a potential counterparty. Whether it is a question of complying with new regulations in an unfamiliar jurisdiction, identifying a potential partner’s political connections, or identifying information regarding a potential sanction’s violation, our experts tirelessly follow the trail to minimise the risk of reputational harm to our clients.
Benchmarking
Our benchmarking evaluations empower our clients to confidently seize opportunities in high-risk sectors and jurisdictions while putting potential pitfalls in the broader context. We leverage our regional expertise and conduct in-depth research on potential targets or partners to turn our clients’ fears into strategic goals. From reconstruction in post-conflict zones to franchising in global hubs, our bespoke benchmarking assessments allow clients to understand the regional context and securely embark on new ventures.