Tag Archive for: pre-deal due diligence

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Foreign Investors in the U.S.: If You Don’t Grasp Federalism, You Will Miss a Lot

People from outside the United States sometimes think they understand the country better than they do. That’s natural, because America’s entertainment industry blasts depictions of U.S. life out to just about every other country’s television,…
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Good Due Diligence: Buy Back Your Future Mistake for 0.28 Percent

You want to invest $3 million into a real estate project. Time is tight because it’s closing in 12 days. The developer (51 years old) seems to have a decent track record and takes credit for billions of dollars of projects, but this project…
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When Too Few Regulatory Problems Add to Risk

One indispensable part of due diligence is to check for regulatory sanctions. Was a company found by the SEC or FINRA to have misappropriated investor money? Put them in unsuitable investments? Lied on a filing to induce people to invest money…
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Asset Investigations and Due Diligence: Your Lawyer Helps Maintain Secrecy

In the past month, two divorcing clients contacted us and wanted asset searches performed without signing up us through their divorce lawyers. Here is the advice we gave them, as we give all our clients: “Sign us up through your lawyer. If…