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Preparing for, negotiating, and then executing transactions are essential to successfully concluding a deal. We play a decisive role in this process by providing the due diligence information our clients need to make informed investment decisions or to enter into joint ventures, partnerships or strategic alliances.
Understanding the strategy and plans of competitors can often provide a decisive business advantage. By monitoring and assessing the moves of key competitors, we ensure our clients know where they stand.
In both developed and emerging markets, the threat of fraud, corruption and other forms of criminal activity is growing. By helping clients observe and analyse patterns of activity on the part of employees, partners, outside vendors and customers, we provide a reliable system of fraud detection and prevention — and bring cases of fraud and corruption to a successful conclusion.
Companies increasingly need accurate, in-depth reporting on the background and employment experience of senior-level hires and other business affiliates. Reliable background investigations are particularly important for hedge fund managers, private equity investors and managers of fund of funds. We provide this essential value-added information quickly and economically.
Compliance, transparency and governance have emerged as central requirements of business life in the United States, Europe and, now, other jurisdictions. Drawing on experience within the SEC and other regulatory bodies, our team helps clients minimise regulatory risk by pin-pointing problems that could lead to costly litigation and regulatory review.
In a globalised economy, brand management has emerged as a key factor for success. Well-known brands are coming under attack from many parties — from critics on the internet to well-funded activist groups. We help clients defend against these attacks and design programmes to take the offensive.
While information technology has become an essential part of overall business strategy, it has also become a growing vulnerability. We help clients reduce this vulnerability by identifying weaknesses in IT security and recommending technology and procedures to safeguard data transfers and communications.
Competition to obtain intellectual property is intensifying, especially in emerging markets, while conventional legal approaches to IP theft are often ineffective. We offer proactive, effective “intelligence-based” approaches to this problem.
Terrorism, kidnapping and political violence have become a reality of business life in several regions. Our team includes professionals with the experience and expertise to both assess physical risk and provide strategies for protecting against it.
Globalisation has brought companies into operating environments that are unpredictable and politically unstable. With its diplomatic experience and relationships, KAOSCO provides detailed assessments of opaque and uncertain political environments, plus advice on handling sensitive local political matters.
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