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ENHANCED DUE DILIGENCE AND BACKGROUND SCREENING

WHAT WE DO

Delivering critical information, fast.

Hartford provides pre-transaction and pre-hire due diligence to investment professionals and business leaders globally. We are specialists at providing critical information to clients during the commercial decision-making process by analysing companies and their leadership teams ahead of - or during - transactions, partnerships, and appointments.

Our team of experts specialise in public records research, expert interviews and analysis of public and non-public information; helping our clients to fully understand the reputation, track record, character, and conduct of any potential counterparty - ultimately allowing them to make more confident and informed decisions, mitigate risks, and avoid potentially problematic transactions.

Enhanced Referencing

Our enhanced referencing involves identifying and interviewing sources with deep expertise on the client's area of interest. In enhanced due diligence projects, this typically includes former employees, clients, customers, partners, stakeholders, investors of the client’s target company - and former colleagues, business associates, partners of the leadership team.

In-Depth Counterparty Analysis

By delving into the potential counterparty’s background, reputation, track record, and internal workings (and into the management styles and personalities of the executives) this form of research allows us to provide our clients with a much deeper and richer understanding of the potential counterparty - and of any potential risk factors.

INTERVIEW-BASED RESEARCH

Open Source & Public Records Analysis

Our open source and public records research typically includes the analysis of all publicly available information globally, including local and international media, internet posts and blogs, corporate records and company reports, regulatory and litigation filings, property records, insolvency and bankruptcy records, and social media.

Range of Due Diligence Checks

Our enhanced background checks range from high-level red flag reviews, whereby we focus solely on the identification of adverse material and reputational risk, to enhanced management due diligence, which involves the comprehensive analysis of all public domain and open-source information on a company and its leadership.

PUBLIC DOMAIN RESEARCH

We specialise in two main types of research:

... and offer the following main services:

Our Enhanced Due Diligence services focus on assessing the background, reputation, track record, character and credibility of any potential business partner, whether an individual or entity, as well as any key questions or areas of interest, such as key man risks, political exposure and source of wealth.

Enhanced Due Diligence

Our Investigative Asset Tracing involves the identification of the debtor's international assets and income streams to support legal action by creditors, including in the use of applications for freezing orders and disclosure.

Asset Tracing

Our team of experienced multilingual interviewers and journalists specialise in interviewing experts on any theme, sector or jurisdiction globally - providing clients with critical human insights to enhance their strategic decision-making.

Expert Interviews

We offer a range of comprehensive background screening services tailored to individuals seeking accurate and reliable insights into personal connections. Drawing from publicly available data, our process is designed to meet specific needs—whether you're looking for more information about someone in your personal or professional life.