Services

Intelligence scoped to the decision in front of you.

Each engagement is scoped to a specific decision, in a specific market, and answered with field verification, local-language research, and human judgment. We build the work around your question, not the other way round.

What we do

Six ways we are most often engaged.

Each rests on the same foundation: a rigorous open-source and documentary base — corporate registries, sanctions and adverse-media, court and customs records in the local language — extended by field verification where that record runs out. Most matters combine more than one of these, and we scope the mix to your question rather than the other way round.

01

Enhanced due diligence

Decision-grade background on a company, asset, or individual: ownership, track record, reputation, and the questions a standard database check leaves open. Findings sourced, graded, and verified where it counts.

02

Counterparty & control mapping

Who actually controls an entity, and who stands behind a counterparty. We separate registered structure from real control across ownership chains and related parties.

03

Political & regulatory risk

How political exposure, regulatory standing, and local relationships bear on a specific decision, assessed concretely for your situation rather than as a generic country score.

04

Supply chain & strategic materials

Tracing a supplier, a facility, or a strategic input to its real origin, past the tier-one paperwork to what is actually being produced, by whom, and where.

05

Market entry & partner intelligence

The standing, capability, and reliability of a prospective local partner or target, verified on the ground before you commit to a market or a relationship.

06

Monitoring & retainer

Keeping a maintained intelligence picture on the entities and exposures that matter to you over time, so a change in the ground truth reaches you when it happens, not at the next review.


By situation

Start with the decision in front of you.

The same capabilities, organised around the moments clients most often come to us. Most engagements draw on more than one service line.

Private equity & investors

Pre-acquisition diligence

Verify a target, its real owners, and the counterparties behind a deal before you commit, including the questions a standard database check leaves open.

Banks & lenders

Counterparty & KYC verification

Establish who you are really onboarding or reviewing, beyond the registry record, for enhanced due diligence and periodic review.

Law firms

Litigation & disputes support

Field-verified evidence, asset context, and the standing of parties to support a case, an investigation, or enforcement.

Corporates

Market entry & partner vetting

The standing, capability, and reliability of a prospective local partner or target, verified on the ground before you enter a market.

Corporates & ESG

Supply chain & strategic materials

Trace a supplier, a facility, or a strategic input to its real origin and operating reality, past the tier-one paperwork.

Family offices

Discreet principal & manager checks

Quiet verification of partners, managers, and structures, handled with the confidentiality private wealth requires.


How an engagement works

Scoped first, so the work answers the actual question.

We agree what you need to verify and what success looks like before any work begins, including what is and is not establishable in the relevant jurisdiction.

01

Briefing

A confidential conversation about the decision, the subjects, the jurisdictions, and what a useful answer would change.

02

Scope

We define the questions, the depth of verification, the timeline, and the coverage. We are explicit about any limits up front.

03

Fieldwork

Sourcing, grading, testing, and (where it matters) field verification, following the published methodology.

04

Delivery

A decision-grade product: what the evidence supports, how confident we are, and where the picture is still open, written to be acted on.


Coverage

Where we can verify on the ground.

Our service lines apply across our core coverage, where we hold field capability and language depth. Beyond it, we scope selectively and say plainly what we can and cannot establish.

Core field coverage — Indonesia, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Cambodia, Myanmar
Scoped support — China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and India
Cascade Asia coverage map: core field coverage across Indonesia, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Cambodia, and Myanmar, with scoped support across China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and India.

Tell us the decision you’re weighing. We’ll show you how we’d answer it.

A confidential conversation, with no cost and no obligation. Bring the question; we’ll take it from there.