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Enhanced and Standard Corporate Due Diligence Checks throughout Hong Kong and China

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Enhanced and Standard Due DiligenceEnhanced and Standard Corporate Due Diligence Checks throughout Hong Kong and China

Our experienced team provides confidential, sound and unbiased corporate due diligence checks in Hong Kong, China, and the rest of the Asia Pacific region. “Know your partners” and “Investigate before you invest” are good practices which are often neglected. We also offer business analysis for companies contemplating investments, strategic partnerships, mergers and acquisitions. These are beneficial for companies looking to enhance organizational effectiveness in an existing business unit or portfolio company.


What Is Corporate Due Diligence Check and Why Is It Important?

Due diligence check in its simplest form may involve obtaining the corporate filings for a Subject Company or to conduct a site visit to its registered office and/or to verify its operational address. Some clients very often neglect this and enter into agreements blindly, subsequently finding out that the business license of the Subject has expired, or they do not have business operations as claimed, merely using a secretarial company as its registered office.

For a comprehensive corporate due diligence check report, this may include obtaining public and non-public records, which may include criminal and civil litigation records, credit and financials, local media research, regulatory information and reputation checks with informal business sources. Where the Key Principal(s) need to be investigated, inquiries may be extended to identify their business associations, any directorships they hold? Are they a politically-exposed, affiliated to Governmental bodies? Any corruption and bribery issues? etc.

The following is a general scope of services Suzzess provides as part of a corporate due diligence check:


Discover Our Extensive Range of Corporate Due Diligence Check Services

Corporate Entities

Corporate records and overview

Provide corporate filings which reflect the legal structure, ownership, business license expiration and annual inspection status of the Company (any government ownership or control? Related business partnerships or affiliations? Professional reputations?).

Operations verification

Verification of the actual business location to ensure that the Company has legitimate business operations and is doing business where it claims. During the corporate due diligence process, we will make appropriate visits to the addresses found to be related to the Company, via our front cover office or a suitable business pretext when necessary. This will enable us to verify information, obtain business cards, brochures and to solicit information on the Company’s clients/business partners and joint ventures.

Civil and criminal litigation history

Confidential law enforcement checks with appropriate agencies and publicly available records, including databases where appropriate, to determine if the Company and/or its principals have been involved in any civil or criminal matters (either as a plaintiff or defendant).

Credit/financial

Research the Company’s financial history, tax liabilities and revenue reporting are one of the most important parts of corporate due diligence. It includes obtaining the Company’s financial filings to determine if the Company is financially stable. What’s the source of primary funding? The identities of its clients? Have the principals ever filed for bankruptcy on behalf of themselves or a business entity? Does the Company pay its taxes on time? Have any types of tax judgments or liens been filed against them?

Press Review

Search both native language and English press, including local business reports and professional journals, and mainstream media, to determine the Company’s business reputation, any known controversy, major business activities and other social and business relationships of interests.

Regulatory information

Does the Company’s business/industry require any special licensing to operate in the country and/or is it regulated by any agency? If so, are they compliant with regulations and do they have any history of non- compliance, violations, fines, or complaints?

Informal Source inquiries

Conduct discreet interviews with informal sources who are acquainted with the Company, for comments on its reputation, Governmental affiliations, and other red flag issues.

Global Compliance Checks

Search for records on the Nexis database for PEPs, Legal Sources, Business profiles, Negative News, Sanctions and Watchlists. Further conduct checks on a local intelligence database for pertinent records.

Principals

Profiling

Obtain the Principal's personal profile from desktop, proprietary databases and informal sources. This will hopefully obtain his family information, his place and date of birth, addresses, criminal records, work histories etc. and a general picture to the Subject's background.

Corporate associations

As part of the due diligence process, we will conduct checks on the principal to determine any companies associated other than the Subject. Based on the identification of companies, provide corporate filings which reflect the legal structure, ownership and business license expiration of the Company.

Civil and criminal litigation history

Confidential law enforcement checks with appropriate agencies and publicly available records, including databases where appropriate, to determine if the individuals have been involved in any civil or criminal matters (either as a plaintiff or defendant). Have they ever had a judgment or fine levied against them?

Press Review

Search both native language and English press, including local business reports and professional journals, and mainstream media, to determine the individual’s reputation, any known controversy, major business activities and other social and business relationships of interests. Are key principals known criminals? Do they have controversial pasts or associations?

Governmental Affiliations

Searches with confidential sources to determine whether the Subject is affiliated to the Government, related to a political figure/family or known to be politically involved or attached to political associations. Suzzess handles different types of due diligence checks in Hong Kong, China and other locations, from FCPA compliance to investigative due diligence for corporations, government agencies, associates and global investment companies.

Our services, inclusive of due diligence checks cover Hong Kong, China and Macau in-house and via our associates, cover most Asia Pacific countries.

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Suzzess handles different types of due diligence checks in Hong Kong, China and other locations, from FCPA compliance to investigative due diligence for corporations, government agencies, associates and global investment companies. To book your consultation for a due diligence check in Hong Kong or China, or if you have any questions, fill out an online enquiry form here.


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