What you should know before signing
Before an investment, the purchase or sale of a company, an alliance with a partner or the appointment of an executive, the accounts, contracts and legal risks are reviewed. Reputation is usually left out, and it is precisely what can do the most damage later: an old news story that resurfaces, a social media controversy, a sanction nobody mentioned.
We carry out that analysis methodically, using open and verifiable sources, and deliver it in a clear, confidential report. It is particularly useful for foreign investors and companies doing business in Spain, where much of the relevant information is only published in Spanish.
What we analyse
- Google and other search engines: what appears when searching the name of the person or company, in Spain and in other relevant markets.
- Media and newspaper archives: news, interviews, controversies and published court reporting.
- Company registers and official gazettes: positions held, corporate links, insolvency proceedings and published sanctions, including Spain's Official State Gazette (BOE) and the Companies Register Gazette (BORME).
- Social media and forums: public presence, tone, conflicts and third-party mentions.
- Artificial intelligence: what ChatGPT, Gemini or Perplexity answer when asked about that person or company.
- Reviews and opinions from clients, employees or suppliers when relevant.
What you receive
- An executive summary with the risks detected, ranked by severity.
- The detail of each finding, with its source, its date and our assessment.
- What we have not found, which is also useful information.
- Recommendations, for example what to ask the other party or what to clarify before closing the deal.
We always separate verified facts from mere mentions or rumours, and we point out when information is old, has been corrected or refers to someone else with the same name, a mistake that is more common than it seems.
Our approach
We work with information that is published and legitimately accessible, in line with data protection law. We do not access private accounts, we do not carry out personal surveillance and we do not use methods that could not be defended if they were made public.
If the analysis is about you
We also do the analysis the other way round: before others investigate you. Many funds, banks and companies consult compliance and risk databases that compile public information. If they contain inaccurate or outdated data about you, you can ask for it to be rectified or erased by exercising your GDPR rights, which protect anyone whose data is processed in the EU, whatever their nationality, and we help you do so.
That way you go into the transaction knowing what they will find, with anything incorrect already fixed. If you also want to improve what appears, take a look at our personal and executive reputation service.
Confidentiality
We sign a non-disclosure agreement before we start. Only the person who commissions the report receives it, and we do not share the identity of our clients or of the people analysed. We work remotely and in English, with clients in any country.
Tell us about the transaction you have in hand in the free analysis and we will propose the right scope.