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ENHANCED DUE DILIGENCE AND BACKGROUND SCREENING

WHAT WE DO

Delivering critical information, fast.

Hartford provides pre-transaction and pre-hire due diligence, employment screening and background checks to investment professionals and business leaders globally. We are specialists at providing critical information to clients during the commercial decision-making process by analysing companies and their leadership teams ahead of - or during - transactions, partnerships, and appointments.

Our team of experts specialise in public records research, expert interviews and analysis of public and non-public information; helping our clients to fully understand the reputation, track record, character, and conduct of any potential counterparty - ultimately allowing them to make more confident and informed decisions, mitigate risks, and avoid potentially problematic transactions.

We specialise in the following types of enhanced background checks:

DUE DILIGENCE

We offer two main types of due diligence research:

1. Public Records

Research

(Open-source

Intelligence / OSINT)

Open Source & Public Records Analysis

Our open source and public records research typically includes the analysis of all publicly available information globally, including local and international media, internet posts and blogs, corporate records and company reports, regulatory and litigation filings, property records, insolvency and bankruptcy records, and social media.

Range of Due Diligence Checks

Our enhanced background checks range from high-level red flag reviews, whereby we focus solely on the identification of adverse material and reputational risk, to enhanced management due diligence, which involves the comprehensive analysis of all public domain and open-source information on a company and its leadership.

2. Enhanced

Reference

Checks (Human

Intelligence / HUMINT)

Interview-based Research

Our enhanced reference checks involve identifying and interviewing human sources with deep expertise on the client’s area of interest. In enhanced due diligence projects, this typically includes former employees / clients / customers / partners / stakeholders / investors of the client’s target company - and former colleagues / business associates / partners of the leadership team.

In-Depth Counterparty Analysis

By delving into the potential counterparty’s background, reputation, track record and internal workings (and into the management styles and personalities of the executives) this form of enhanced background screening allows us to provide our clients with a much deeper and richer understanding of the potential counterparty - and of any potential risk factors.

WHERE WE CAN HELP

We help clients in a host of different contexts, including:

Investment

M&A

Supply Chain

Employment

ESG

Compliance

Partnership

KYC

GLOBAL OPERATIONS

We work globally, across all sectors and jurisdictions

BACKGROUND CHECKS

We have three categories of enhanced background checks:

All of Hartford’s due diligence and enhanced background screening reports are fully bespoke and developed with the client with the aim of delivering high-quality, critical information - not only with maximum efficiency but also transparency.

Our guiding principle is to always work to our clients’ needs on budget, scope, and turnaround time - often delivering meaningful and transformative intelligence within 24 hours.