Corporate Due Diligence Investigations in Boca Raton, FL
Before you wire the money, sign the partnership agreement, or hand a financial advisor the family's accounts, find out who is actually on the other side of the table.
Fixed-scope pricing. Written findings.
Boca Has Money to Invest and People Who Know It
Boca Raton is home to corporate headquarters along Yamato Road and Glades Road, the Boca Raton Innovation Campus, hundreds of small and mid-size businesses, and a population of retired executives and business owners with capital to deploy. That last group draws a certain kind of counterparty: the advisor with a great track record nobody has verified, the developer raising for a project in another state, the “family friend” with a private placement, the contractor who takes a deposit and vanishes. Introductions substitute for verification. That is where our work starts.
Wasser Investigations has run due diligence for South Florida businesses, attorneys, and investors since 1985. Travis Wasser handles each engagement personally. He reads the dockets, calls the former partners and clients, traces the entities, and tells you in writing what the person or company in front of you has actually done, as opposed to what the pitch says.
Owners, Investors, Family Offices, and the Attorneys Who Paper the Deal
You Are About to Trust Someone With Your Money
A buyer for your company, a new partner, a fund or private placement, a financial advisor, a developer, a general contractor for a major renovation, a caregiver agency. We tell you about the lawsuits, the regulatory actions, the prior bankruptcies, and the reputation before the ink dries.
Facts to Back the Reps and Warranties
Independent verification of counterparties, principals, and disclosures so your client’s deal, or your client’s trust, rests on more than a questionnaire.
Due Diligence Scope
Principals and executives
Criminal history, civil litigation, judgments, SEC, FINRA, and state regulatory actions, bankruptcies, and prior business failures. We verify claimed degrees, licenses, and registrations by calling the source.
Corporate structure and ownership
Sunbiz, out-of-state, and foreign filings. Who really owns the entity, who owned it before, and which other companies share the same officers, addresses, and registered agents.
Litigation and liens
Every lawsuit the company or its principals have been party to, read from the docket. UCC filings, tax liens, unpaid judgments, construction liens, and investor or customer complaints.
Contractor and vendor verification
Florida DBPR licensing, insurance, bonding, complaint history, and prior projects for contractors and service providers working on Boca homes and businesses.
Reputation and references
Conversations with former partners, clients, employees, and counterparties. Public news, regulatory complaints, and online history preserved with dates.
Undisclosed conflicts and related parties
Side businesses, competing ventures, relationships with your other counterparties, and prior dealings with the other side that nobody mentioned.
Assets and financial condition
Real property, vessels, vehicles, and business holdings in public records, cross-checked against what the counterparty represented.
Deals That Get Checked
Buying or selling a business. Taking on a partner or investor. Hiring a CFO, controller, or financial advisor. Investing in a fund, a private placement, or a real estate syndication. Signing a large construction or renovation contract. Engaging a caregiver or home health agency for a parent. Leasing to a tenant you have never heard of. Pre-litigation assessment of a business dispute.
Most engagements come in with a closing date attached. We work to it.
The Due Diligence Report
- A written findings report, organized by subject, with every source cited and records attached
- An entity map showing ownership and officer connections
- Litigation, lien, and regulatory schedules
- Reference interview summaries
- A plain assessment of what checks out, what does not, and what warrants a closer look
- Investigator availability to brief counsel, the family, or the board
We report what we find, including a clean record. A clean report is a result, and one you can rely on.
Questions About Corporate Due Diligence
How is this different from what my law firm does?
Your attorneys review the documents the other side provides. We investigate what they did not provide. Together that is due diligence. Alone, each is half.
Can you check a financial advisor before my parents move their accounts?
Yes. Registration history, disclosures, customer complaints, regulatory actions, and litigation, plus references and background. This is one of the most common Boca requests we get.
Is this confidential?
Yes. The counterparty does not learn an investigation happened unless you choose to tell them. Reference interviews are conducted in a way that does not tip the subject.
How long does it take?
A principal and entity check takes about a week. Full pre-acquisition diligence with references runs two to four weeks. Rush work is possible when a closing is fixed.
What does it cost?
Scoped and quoted in writing before we start. Most engagements are a flat fee tied to the number of subjects and entities.
Verify Before You Sign
Tell us who the counterparty is and when you close. We will scope the work and get you a written quote the same day.
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