• Would your client’s dispute be strengthened by
  in-depth research into the relevant individuals, organisations and events to elicit admissible evidence?
• Does your corporate client really know enough about their prospective business partner?
• Could new clients pose a risk to your firm’s reputation?

KPMG Forensic can help
Access to reliable, hard to find information can be critical to lawyers and their clients. Our Corporate Intelligence (CI) team can provide three key investigative services for law firms:

• Litigation and Arbitration Support for either claimants or defendants through investigative research into the relevant facts, people and organisations surrounding your case. This can help to strengthen your client’s position, identify weaknesses in your opponent’s case, and uncover hidden assets.
• M&A Support for corporate lawyers through integrity due diligence investigations into the background, track record, reputation and probity of their clients’ prospective business partners, especially in emerging markets. This can enhance opportunities and identify risks including potential ‘red flags’ as defined in the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act 1977.
• Risk Management through enhanced ‘Know Your Customer’ screening of law firms’ prospective clients, enabling compliance with anti-money laundering regulations and reducing the risk to the firm’s reputation.

Our multi-lingual team, based in the UK, can gather and analyse information on individuals, organisations and other entities to identify relevant insights, patterns, connections or anomalies.

The team is drawn from a wide range of backgrounds including business research, political risk analysis, forensic accounting, law enforcement and investigative journalism. Supported by the local resources and insight of KPMG’s extensive global forensic network, we can help you deal with sensitive assignments across the world.