Business Partner Screenings

To avoid risks, you need to know your business partners

Only by knowing who you are really doing business with can you avoid taking risks, even unintentionally.

We can assist you in finding out who your business partner is, whether criminals are involved in the business relationship, whether any of your business partner’s shareholders are criminals, and whether there are other relevant contacts with criminals.

Knowing who you are doing business with is not only important in order to avoid criminal offences and comply with your obligations under the Anti-Money Laundering Act (Geldwäschegesetz – GwG), it also protects your reputation.

How we can help you

We can identify your business partner on your behalf by using state-of-the-art databases, open source research and by querying and consulting register documents.

This research is not just limited to the business partner itself. It also extends to shareholders, persons acting on behalf of the business partner and other individuals involved in the business relationship.

If required, we can trace the entire shareholding structure behind your business partner and highlight potential risks.

The risks we identify

We use keyword-based research to determine whether anyone involved with your business partner appears on sanctions lists or is associated with criminal activities, such as money laundering and/or corruption, or is a politically exposed person, and whether the business relationship with your business partner overall poses a reputational risk.

You receive a comprehensive report on our checks, along with valuable recommendations for addressing potential risks.