Corporate Due Diligence Investigations in Brickell, FL
Before you commit capital, sign the partnership agreement, or hire the person who will run the fund, find out who is actually on the other side of the table.
Fixed-scope pricing. Written findings.
Brickell Moves Money Faster Than Anyone Checks It
Brickell has become the financial district for the whole hemisphere. Hedge funds and private equity shops relocated from New York. Family offices from Latin America and Europe. Crypto and fintech firms. Developers raising for the next tower. Banks on Brickell Avenue clearing all of it. Deals get made between people introduced last month at a conference or a dinner, on the strength of a pitch deck and a mutual acquaintance. 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, traces the entities across jurisdictions, and tells you in writing what the person or company in front of you has actually done, as opposed to what the deck says.
Investors, Allocators, Owners, and the Attorneys Who Paper the Deal
You Are About to Trust Someone With Your Money
A fund manager, a co-investor, a developer, a buyer for your company, a new CFO, a joint venture partner from another country. We tell you about the lawsuits, the regulatory actions, the prior blowups, the sanctions exposure, 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 rests on more than a questionnaire.
Due Diligence Scope
Principals and executives
Criminal history, civil litigation, judgments, SEC and FINRA actions, state regulatory history, bankruptcies, and prior business failures, in the U.S. and in the principal’s home country. We verify claimed degrees, licenses, and registrations by calling the source.
Corporate structure and beneficial ownership
Sunbiz, Delaware, and foreign filings. Who really owns the entity, who owned it before, and which other companies share the same officers, addresses, and registered agents. Brickell structures often run through Delaware, the Cayman Islands, the BVI, or Panama, and we map them.
Litigation and liens
Every lawsuit the company or its principals have been party to, read from the docket. UCC filings, tax liens, unpaid judgments, and investor complaints.
Sanctions and compliance screening
OFAC and other watchlist screening of principals, owners, and affiliates, which for counterparties with Venezuelan, Russian, or other high-risk ties is a question your bank will ask before you do.
Reputation and references
Conversations with former partners, investors, employees, and counterparties. Public news, regulatory complaints, and online history preserved with dates.
Undisclosed conflicts and related parties
Side ventures, competing funds, 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
Allocating to a fund or a private placement. Taking on a partner or co-investor. Buying or selling a company. Hiring a CFO, portfolio manager, or managing director. Entering a joint venture with a developer or a foreign counterparty. Extending large credit. Leasing to a tenant you have never heard of. Pre-litigation assessment of a partnership 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 across jurisdictions
- Litigation, lien, and regulatory schedules
- Sanctions screening results
- 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 investment committee, 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 or my bank does?
Your attorneys review the documents the other side provides. Your bank screens names against a list. We investigate what the counterparty did not provide and what the list does not show. Together that is due diligence. Alone, each is a fraction of it.
Can you check foreign principals and offshore entities?
Yes. Most Brickell engagements involve at least one party outside the U.S. We work with vetted correspondents in Latin America, Europe, and offshore jurisdictions, and we are candid about the limits of each.
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-investment diligence with references and multi-jurisdiction tracing 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, entities, and jurisdictions.
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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