Screening

Combining Blackpeak’s deep research skills and experience with a commercial, client-focused approach, we provide streamlined reports that inform our clients’ compliance programs.
 

Blackpeak enables clients to conduct cost-effective due diligence on large volumes of third parties in practically every jurisdiction of the world.

Blackpeak Screening reports are tailored in scope based on client requirements, such as higher or lower risk counterparties, or particular areas of focus. Research areas can include:

  • Corporate ownership and business interests
  • Reputational issues and adverse publicity
  • Litigation
  • Sanctions exposure
  • Political exposure
  • Global regulatory and compliance database searches
  • Bankruptcy / insolvency searches
  • Source of wealth

Blackpeak Screening clients include some of the world’s largest financial institutions and corporations, who do business across the world. Our secure portal provides clients a simple way to order, manage and receive reports. Our clients use our services to support their compliance programs relating to:

Third Parties

Multinational corporations engage Blackpeak to conduct screening of prospective or existing distributors, agents, intermediaries, suppliers and other third parties. Blackpeak Screening’s reports on third parties focus on identifying bribery and corruption risk, commercial disputes, modern slavery issues and more.

Client Onboarding

Blackpeak works with financial institutions to facilitate client onboarding, identifying potential political exposure, sanctions risk, bribery and corruption risk, and broader reputational issues.

Source of Wealth

Financial institutions including banks, asset managers, and life insurance providers turn to Blackpeak Screening to identify their high-net-worth clients’ source of wealth. Our source of wealth analysis is combined with broader research to create a complete risk profile.

Case Studies

See some recent examples of how we’ve helped clients manage their risks associated with third parties

Vendor Screening

Client Onboarding

Vendor Screening

Blackpeak was engaged by a European industrial conglomerate to screen companies operating across Asia, ranging in size from major state-owned enterprises to small family businesses, with a focus on identifying indications of corruption, political exposure, and issues of general reputational concern.

Client Onboarding

Blackpeak screens private wealth clients for a major US financial institution, with a focus on source of wealth, political exposure, potential proceeds of crime issues and reputational considerations.

On The Topic

From our screening know how

Countering Risks in the De-SPAC Flood: Due Diligence Best Practices

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Regulators have imposed new disclosure rules for ultimate beneficial ownership on companies in the Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands (BVI). Now, alternative offshore hubs, such as the United Arab Emirates (UAE), have emerged to provide sought-after alternatives.

Shifting Tides in the Offshore World

Shifting Tides in the Offshore World

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Regulators have imposed new disclosure rules for ultimate beneficial ownership on companies in the Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands (BVI). Now, alternative offshore hubs, such as the United Arab Emirates (UAE), have emerged to provide sought-after alternatives.

PEI | How to get an Emerging Markets Deal Done During a Downturn

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Blackpeak co-founder Jack Clode recently spoke to Private Equity International about the challenges of conducting due diligence in emerging markets given pandemic restrictions.

Blackpeak Tête-à-Tête: Forced Labor in Supply Chains: Changing Laws, Penalties and Remedies

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For this episode, Jack Clode welcomes Archana Kotecha from The Remedy Project to talk about the extent and causes of forced labour in global supply chain, how to detect this risk through due diligence and audits and how the approach to remedial action needs to be improved.

COVID-19 and Due Diligence

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Blackpeak is committed to providing the highest level of service to our clients and meeting your needs for high quality research and investigations. How are we delivering on this promise in these uncertain times?

S&P Global | Healthcare IPOs in Hong Kong Face Delays As Coronavirus Hits Travel, Roadshows

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Blackpeak founder Chris Leahy shared the impact of the coronavirus outbreak in the Hong Kong stock market.

There’s Wood Enough Within: Trong’s Corruption Crackdown and Implications for Doing Business in Vietnam

 There’s Wood Enough Within: Trong’s Corruption Crackdown and Implications for Doing Business in Vietnam 1200 675 Blackpeak

On 23 October 2018, Vietnam’s National Assembly elected Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong as the country’s President with 99.8% of the vote from the Assembly members.

Reuters | JD.com CEO Returns to China After Arrest in U.S. Sexual Misconduct Case

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Blackpeak founder Chris Leahy is quoted in a Reuters article about the recent sexual misconduct case involving the CEO of JD.com.

PERE | Real Estate’s Anti-corruption Crusade

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Chris Leahy, Blackpeak’s founder, shared the challenges of conducting due diligence in China and other emerging markets with PERE.

The China A-Shares Adventure Begins

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The recent inclusion of hundreds of mainland China-listed companies into the MSCI Global Emerging Markets Index means money managers are now obliged to invest in companies many know little about.

Anti-social Forces Screening in Japan

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In Japan, screening for Anti-social Forces (ASF) issues requires careful, thorough review in each case. Careful and professional ASF screening cannot be achieved with a simple compliance database review…

WSJ | Ex-Wives and Kids’ Schools: Digging for Dirt on Chinese Stocks Gets Personal

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Sean Chen of our Hong Kong office shared an interesting war story from a past due diligence project in China with The Wall Street Journal

AVCJ | Behind the Curve

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Chris Leahy, Blackpeak co-founder, quoted in an article from the Asian Venture Capital Journal (AVCJ) talking about how private equity…

The Business Times | Handling the Yakuza’s Pervasive Presence in Japanese Business

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The Head of Blackpeak Tokyo office, David Suzuki, quoted in an article from the Business Times Singapore: “Yakuza groups have…

Deal Street Asia | Growing Opportunities in Asia Come with Challenges in Due Diligence

 Deal Street Asia | Growing Opportunities in Asia Come with Challenges in Due Diligence 1200 675 Blackpeak

Experts discussed the evolving challenges for PE firms operating in Southeast Asia during a panel discussion at the SCVA SEA…

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