Accurate intelligence: that’s what makes the difference between business success and failure in Latin America. The region offers lucrative investment prospects – in energy, mining, financial services, defence, and technology. But it’s also home to multiple commercial risks and non-commercial dangers: opaque finances, corruption, criminality, political instability, and physical insecurity.

 

At Latin-IQ, it’s our clients’ unique circumstances and their specific requirements that dictate our investigative strategies. Latin-IQ has a vast network of human intelligence contacts – plus the analytical tools specific to Latin America – at its disposal to enable its clients to precisely identify and comprehensively quantify the risks, and translate them into opportunities. The services we offer are outlined below.

 

Reputational Due Diligence:  Compliance officers at banks, private equity funds and brokerages are obliged to thoroughly appraise the credentials of high net worth individuals and corporations from Latin America. Conversely, companies planning to enter Latin American markets require that a target’s purported integrity is exhaustively evaluated before embarking on an acquisition or sealing a business relationship. Latin-IQ provides meticulous searches of public records of shareholders and executives, details of regulatory non-compliance and law enforcement interest, and the identification of any undisclosed trading activities, political ties and criminal links.

 

Corporate Investigations:  Latin-IQ provides clients with confidential insight into existing counter-parties, representatives or competitors in Latin America – requests that often arise as a result of a sensitive development. In this area, we engineer investigations that can incorporate searches for offshore assets and hidden liabilities, and examinations into suspected unethical business practices.

 

Market Entry Analysis: Before committing to a major investment in a new market in Latin America, businesses need to analyse variables such as economic prospects and the regulatory outlook. For investors with these requirements, Latin-IQ provides comprehensive research into macroeconomic issues, market prospects, legislative changes, political risk, and observation of competitors.

 

Security Assessments: Political upheaval and physical insecurity are common features of Latin America. Foreign investors who envision committing funds to the region and relocating executives need to hedge against such dangers. Latin-IQ offers incisive assessments of prevailing and potential risks such as extortion, kidnapping, intellectual property theft, political interference, and labour unrest.

 

For more details regarding our services in Latin America and examples of recent cases, contact us for a full Latin-IQ brochure.