Case Studies
Assist a creditor in a bankruptcy proceeding to prepare for interrogatories by examining whether the subject, an independent director of the debtor company, had a history of self-interested decisions or of acting too favorably toward company insiders.
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Forward Risk was tasked by an investment management firm with determining the extent to which an individual subject of interest had been involved in a bribery scandal regarding a transportation company in Canada.
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Forward Risk was tasked with identifying risk-relevant information regarding a Nasdaq-listed biopharmaceutical company operating in the US and Middle East.
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Forward Risk was tasked with a due diligence investigation regarding an individual subject on behalf of a prospective business associate. Although the client was already aware of one piece of adverse information, self-reported by the subject, they were interested in discovering other potential issues.
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Forward Risk was engaged by a potential investor to investigate and assess the professional histories and reputations of top management at a crypto-currency company.
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Forward Risk was tasked by an investor client with digging into the background of a newly appointed chief compliance officer at a company where the client held a major position.
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Forward Risk was tasked by an investor client with conducting a detailed overview of the impact of US sanctions on Iran vis-a-vis Chinese companies, focusing specifically on exemptions and waivers, and the process by which companies might be able to obtain these.
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Forward Risk was tasked with identifying and analyzing political, regulatory, and reputational risk exposure in Indonesia for a US technology startup interested in entering the Indonesian market.
Provide a US payments processing company interested in entering a new market with a more comprehensive understanding of the local regulatory and political environment, as well as the associated political and commercial risks.
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Forward Risk was engaged by an issuer to research an activist investor’s proposed board slate amidst a proxy contest.
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In light of media reports about a discrimination case, Forward Risk was engaged at the request of an interested party to investigate whether there was a pattern of sexual harassment associated with a businessman.
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Forward Risk was tasked by on behalf of an individual, who was considering a minority-level investment, with verifying the legitimacy of a subject’s social media ties to a number of public figures.