Corporate Due Diligence Investigations in Doral, FL
Before you extend credit, sign the joint venture, or wire the deposit, find out who is actually on the other side of the deal.
Fixed-scope pricing. Written findings.
Doral Runs on Trade, and Trade Runs on Trust Nobody Verified
Doral is where Latin America does business with the United States. Freight forwarders, customs brokers, exporters, distributors, and the U.S. subsidiaries of family companies from Caracas, Bogotá, Lima, and Mexico City sit in the office parks and warehouses west of the airport. Deals get made in Spanish over lunch in Downtown Doral between people who were introduced last month by someone they both trust. 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 borders, and tells you in writing what the person or company in front of you has actually done, as opposed to what the pitch deck says.
Owners, Investors, Lenders, and the Attorneys Who Paper the Deal
You Are About to Trust Someone With Your Money or Your Goods
A new distributor asking for consignment terms, a buyer for your logistics company, a partner for a warehouse acquisition, a fund manager, a supplier in another country. We tell you about the lawsuits, the liens, the prior bankruptcies, 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, regulatory actions, bankruptcies, and prior business failures, in the U.S. and in the principal’s home country. We verify claimed degrees and licenses by calling the source.
Corporate structure and beneficial 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. Doral companies often sit under a holding structure in Panama, the BVI, or Delaware, and we map it.
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 customs or FMCSA enforcement history for logistics counterparties.
Sanctions and compliance screening
OFAC and other watchlist screening of principals, owners, and affiliates, which for Doral counterparties with Venezuelan or other high-risk ties is a question your bank will ask before you do.
Reputation and references
Conversations with former partners, vendors, employees, and customers. Public news, regulatory complaints, and online history preserved with dates.
Undisclosed conflicts and related parties
Side businesses, competing ventures, relationships with your vendors or customers, and prior dealings with the other party 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 freight, logistics, or distribution business. Taking on a partner or investor. Extending large credit or consignment terms to a new customer. Entering a joint venture with a foreign supplier or distributor. Hiring a CFO, controller, or managing director. Investing in a fund or a private placement. Leasing warehouse space 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 across jurisdictions
- Litigation, lien, and enforcement 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, lenders, 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 Doral engagements involve at least one party outside the U.S. We work with vetted correspondents in Latin America and Europe, pull what foreign registries and courts make available, and are candid about the limits of each jurisdiction.
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 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 countries.
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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