Corporate Intelligence
Corporate Intelligence
Opus Forensic Accounting’s diverse industry and market experience, combined with our global network, enables us to gather information for clients seeking to make financial, litigious and/or personal decisions about future initiatives, such as a merger or acquisition, deciding whether to pursue a director for misfeasance, or identify, locate and freeze assets in complex contractual or matrimonial disputes.
Whilst each division runs independently, all the Partner’s in the Group work together collectively to tailor services to each assignments exact needs.
Our Services
Market entry/acquisition due diligence
In conjunction with our Independent Business Review service, we can provide in-depth analysis of the industry and market, identify the competitive landscape, potential partners/suppliers, and gather insight on or conduct ethics and forensic audits into relevant parties.
Background intelligence on a person or persons of interest
Our team can help identify an asset portfolio including properties, luxury cars, jets, yachts; the business and personal relationships and associations of the individuals, and provide a character profile.
Gain Advice on Corporate Intelligence
Opus has carried out investigations for clients to support financial, litigious and/or personal decisions about future initiatives.
Case Work
Assignment 1: Coordinated efforts with corporate intel and financial investigators
A corporation had received rumours of alleged kickbacks being received by the CEO of a subsidiary. It required the combined effort of financial investigators and corporate intelligence to highlight likely sources of the kickbacks for the financial investigator’s team to interrogate. The financial investigators identified a plethora of offences committed by the CEO and highlighted several suppliers which were the probable sources of unexplained wealth. The CEO’s employment was terminated immediately and a remediation process implemented to prevent further offences.
Assignment 2: Russian corporate hostile takeover
A Russian oligarch required an investigation into a pattern of unusual share acquisitions by offshore, holding companies. The investigation required accessing financial records in offshore jurisdictions, source inquiries, and revealed the share acquisition was an attempted hostile takeover bid by a competitor. The client was able to successfully defend the acquisition.
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