Cross-Border Counterparty & Transaction Intelligence

Choose the depth of review that matches the decision in front of you.

Start with a quick screen when the question is simply whether to continue. Escalate to transaction-level due diligence when money, documents, title, cargo or banking instruments are about to be committed.

Our Framework

VERIFY · ASSESS · PROTECT

VERIFY

Identity, ownership, people, operating footprint, trading history and digital footprint.

Question: Who are we really dealing with?

ASSESS

Capability, product, claims, documents, pricing, logistics, compliance and commercial plausibility.

Question: Do the counterparty's claims hold up?

PROTECT

Payment, documents, title, banking instruments, risk mitigation and transaction structure.

Question: How do we protect the transaction before commitment?

Claim→Evidence→Contradiction→Risk→Required Action
Core Products

Six levels of support, from first screen to ongoing risk desk.

01
Quick Counterparty Screen

Is this worth pursuing?

A fast first-pass review before you invest time, disclose sensitive information or move into formal negotiations.

  • Company and contact identity
  • Domain and email anomalies
  • Basic sanctions, litigation and adverse signals
  • Document-entity consistency
  • Obvious red flags and next-step questions
You send: company name, domain, contact, email and available offer
You receive: concise findings, red flags, confidence level and required next questions
Typical timing: 24–48 hours, subject to scope and source availability
02
Supplier / Buyer Due Diligence

Who are we really dealing with?

A deeper corporate and commercial identity review for unfamiliar counterparties.

  • Ownership / UBO
  • Management, addresses and operating footprint
  • Manufacturer / trader / buyer role
  • Commercial and trade activity
  • Invoice and bank-beneficiary consistency
  • Buyer-side purchase and import capacity where relevant
You send: counterparty details, quotation and relevant commercial material
You receive: evidence-led identity, role, capability and risk assessment
Typical timing: confirmed after jurisdiction and scope review
03
Pre-Transaction Due Diligence

What is still missing before commitment?

Designed for the point where a counterparty has been identified and the transaction is approaching contract, deposit, payment or LC issuance.

  • Claims verification
  • Product and capability review
  • Trade-history validation
  • Document consistency
  • Compliance mapping
  • Payment terms and transaction structure
  • Required actions before commitment
You send: offer, draft contract, payment terms and supporting documents
You receive: unresolved risks, contradictions, evidence gaps and control requirements
Typical timing: confirmed after document and transaction scope review
04
Commodity Counterparty Due Diligence

Does this buyer or seller have a real commercial basis?

Commodity-specific review focused on authority, capacity and role in the supply chain.

  • Producer / refinery / mine relationship
  • Allocation, title holder and mandate chain
  • Historical commodity activity
  • Supply, purchase, storage and offtake capacity
  • Origin, export or import capability
  • Pricing plausibility
  • Signatory and banking relationship
You send: counterparty, product, commercial claim and available supporting evidence
You receive: authority, capability and commodity-specific credibility assessment
Typical timing: scoped to commodity, jurisdiction and evidence availability
05
Commodity Transaction Due Diligence

Does the entire transaction reconcile?

Our flagship transaction-level review. We test whether the counterparty, commodity, cargo, logistics, documents, banking and structure all refer to the same commercial reality.

  • Buyer / seller / intermediaries
  • Product / grade / origin / quantity / price
  • Cargo / allocation / storage / inspection
  • Port / vessel / IMO / Q88 / voyage / NOR / B/L / timing
  • ICPO / SCO / FCO / SPA / BCL / POP / SGS / COO / invoice
  • LC applicant / issuing bank / beneficiary / payment account
  • Incoterms / title / risk / inspection / payment / guarantees
You send: transaction package and the decision or exposure you need to assess
You receive: reconstructed evidence chain, contradictions, residual risk and required actions
Typical timing: scoped to transaction complexity and third-party evidence access
06
External Transaction Risk Desk

Ongoing risk capacity without building an internal team.

For trading houses, brokers, importers, exporters, industrial buyers and distributors that review a continuous flow of counterparties, offers and transaction documents.

  • Recurring counterparty screening
  • Document review
  • Commodity due diligence
  • Transaction-structure review
  • Priority questions and escalation
  • Custom risk workflow and expert coordination
You send: recurring cases through an agreed intake workflow
You receive: prioritized reviews, escalation support and consistent evidence standards
Timing: service levels agreed to case volume and urgency
Start with a CaseSee Sample Findings
How a Review Works

Clear inputs, clear investigation, clear output.

01 · SUBMIT
Share the material

Company, domain, documents, cargo claims, banking terms or transaction package.

02 · SCOPE
Set the questions

We define what must be verified and what evidence would change the decision.

03 · INVESTIGATE
Reconstruct the chain

Independent records and transaction evidence are cross-checked against one another.

04 · DELIVER
Make the decision usable

Verified facts, unresolved issues, contradictions, risk controls and required next actions.

Specialist Modules

When desk research is not enough.

Physical Verification

Factory, warehouse or cargo visits; photo/video evidence; loading supervision; local inspector coordination.

Technical Expert Review

Industrial equipment, materials, electronics and chemicals; technical specifications; supplier-claim review; specialist escalation where needed.

Compliance / Legal Coordination

We identify the issue, structure the question and coordinate specialist support for sanctions, regulatory, customs, tax or formal legal matters when required.

One Investigation Engine

Different products, one evidence standard.

Identity · Ownership · People · Capability · Product / Cargo · Claims · Trade · Documents · Logistics · Banking · Compliance · Transaction · Mitigation

Evidence standard: Claim → Evidence → Source Grade → Confidence → Contradiction → Risk → Required Action.