International Due Diligence

Principle Subject Matter Expert: Jack McCann

In the Domestic United States, databases gather large volumes of information about people and businesses. This provides the due diligence process with large amounts of information to process and analyze. Internationally, the electronic trail is often times limited if it exists at all. The work in international due diligence involves “ground work” and often times involves research in the foreign language that the target individual or company has conducted business in.

The understanding of local culture, regional or national political issues, and the understanding of the nations judicial system is important in the international due diligence process. Having contacts at senior levels of business is also important when examining the business reputation of a firm or individual.

McCann Global has extensive international contacts in both the public and private sector, including current and former law enforcement, military and governmental officials and private sector leaders from various international companies and local business leaders in diverse areas such as Eastern and Western Europe, the Former Soviet Republics, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America.