Due diligence | ADIT - Third Party Compliance

What is due diligence?

Due diligence is a procedure for evaluating third parties (customers, suppliers, intermediaries, service providers, partners, co-shareholders, sales representatives, etc.).

It refers to an investigative and in-depth assessment process carried out on a company or an individual prior to engaging in a business transaction, partnership, investment or recruitment. As such, Due Diligence can involve a legal entity or a private individual. This process aims to assess the legal, operational, regulatory and ethical environment of a project, company, or candidate in order to obtain a comprehensive overview of the situation and the parties involved, as well as an analysis of associated risks.

Why perform due diligence?

COMPLYING WITH THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK

To comply with regulatory requirements, strengthen the maturity of a company and protect its assets and managers, particularly in a fast-evolving regulatory environment concerning anti-corruption, (Sapin II Act, FCPA, UKBA), Duty of Vigilance, export control regulations and international sanctions.

SECURING YOUR commercial partnerships

Obtain reliable and up-to-date information to monitor your partners from a compliance perspective, secure the development of your business and enhance your reputation (competitive advantage, corporate culture, risk management).

A range of products tailored to your needs

ADIT offers several levels of investigation depending on the risk profile of a given third party, the required level of depth, as well as time and budget constraints.

Due Diligence reports may cover corporate entities or private individuals.

Due Diligence can be carried out:

in open sources (OSINT): flash study or standard study
or combine open sources (OSINT) and the use of local human resources (HUMINT): in-depth study.

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1

Flash study

Brief report on the target company’s reputation and its potential links with the public sphere.

OSINT

2

Standard Study

Report based on extensive open source research on individuals and companies and covering a wide scope of investigations.

OSINT

3

In-depth study

Report combining exhaustive open-source research and field investigations, including interviews conducted with a wide range of informal sources by our international network of local correspondents.

OSINT
HUMINT

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Screening or Due Diligence studies can be carried out as part of a commercial project on individual partners (natural persons) or as part of HR support (Pre-Employment Background Check of candidates) in France or internationally.

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Tailor-made Due Diligence

In addition to screening and due diligence services, the Third Party Compliance Business Unit offers tailor-made investigations. Our clients, faced with challenges ranging from commercial attacks to suspected fraud or a need for litigation support, outline their needs and ADIT provides them with a bespoke response and assistance on a case-by-case basis.

Our Due Diligence methodology

ADIT’s approach consists of enabling its clients to proceed to an upfront evaluation of the level of trust to be placed in a third party, and to obtain information required to secure planned business operations.

In this context, ADIT conducts either open source investigations or in-depth, mixed-methods investigations depending on the typology of risks and third parties. These investigations enable us to meet the legal requirements introduced by the Sapin II law and to cover a wide range of compliance risks (corruption, fraud, money laundering, terrorist financing, influence peddling, duty of care, corporate social responsibility, etc.).

To achieve these objectives, ADIT consults a wide range of open sources, commercial registries and databases, and proceeds to a systematic screening of international sanctions and PEP/SOE lists.

OSINT OPEN SOURCES HUMINT HUMAN SOURCES

1. Scope definition and information gathering

The aim of this phase is to define the scope of research and to gather information on the target of investigations and their related parties, drawing on our OSINT and/or HUMINT expertise.

2. Analysis and drafting

This reporting phase is designed to analyse risks, identify potential alerts and formulate operational recommendations which can be easily implemented by the customer.

3. Review and Quality Control

The challenge of this verification phase, carried out on 2 levels, is to ensure that all stages of our methodology have been respected and that the final report meets the customer’s expectations. This quality control is carried out by Senior Project Managers for the 1st level, and by Department Management for the 2nd level.