Legal Business Security

• Analyzing the client’s request, the proposed transaction, and its commercial context.

• Conducting an initial review of the provided contracts, invoices, specifications or correspondence.

• Determining who should be subject to due diligence: the counterparty, owner, executive, related companies, assets or all of the above.

• Identifying the key registers and sources relevant to the specific matter.

• Conducting a preliminary assessment of obvious risks.

• Preparing a list of documents and information required for a comprehensive due diligence review.

• Recommending the optimal scope of work: an express review, comprehensive due diligence, monitoring, or separate legal support.

• Providing an oral consultation and a brief written action plan.

*The package does not include full counterparty due diligence, a legal opinion on the transaction, asset verification, contract analysis or monitoring.

• Checking the current status of the legal entity or sole proprietorship in the Unified State Register.

• Checking the director, shareholders, ultimate beneficial owners, registered address, and main business activities.

• Identifying obvious registration risks, including dissolution, bankruptcy, changes of management or ownership, and inaccurate or conflicting data.

• Checking court cases and court decisions involving the counterparty.

• Checking enforcement proceedings and debtor information in available sources.

• Initial review of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings.

• Checking for obvious tax, licensing, or sanctions-related risks available in public sources.

• Preparing a brief written conclusion with a risk level: low, medium, or high.

• Recommending whether to proceed on standard terms, require additional guarantees, or conduct a comprehensive due diligence review.

*Package limitations: one counterparty; does not include a full contract review, asset or encumbrance analysis, review of related companies or financial audit.

• Everything included in the Express Counterparty Due Diligence package.

• Analysis of the ownership structure, management, beneficial owners, and related legal entities.

• Review of court cases based not only on their number but also on their subject matter, claim amounts, stage of proceedings, the counterparty’s role, and potential impact on the transaction.

• Analysis of enforcement proceedings, arrests, claims, and other signs of compulsory enforcement.

• Checking for bankruptcy, dissolution, reorganization, or other significant corporate events.

• Checking real estate if it is the subject of the transaction, security, or evidence of the counterparty’s assets.

• Checking movable property and registered encumbrances where relevant to the transaction.

• Checking mortgages, pledges, arrests, prohibitions on disposal, and other asset restrictions.

• Reviewing the draft contract, including payment terms, advance payments, deferred payments, liability, guarantees, the right to suspend performance, and conditions precedent to payment.

• Recommendations on a secure transaction structure: advance payment, staged payments, pledge, surety, guarantee, payment retention, documentary confirmation, or withdrawal from the transaction.

• Preparing a detailed written legal opinion or risk map with a practical action plan.

*The package does not include property valuation, accounting or financial audit, technical asset audit, court representation, or debt recovery.

What is included in the first month:

• Defining the companies, sole proprietors, executives, owners, assets, and other matters to be monitored.

• Classifying monitored entities as critical, important or standard.

• Identifying critical events: court cases, enforcement proceedings, arrests, changes in management, ownership, address, status, or licensing, as well as the initiation of bankruptcy proceedings.

• Setting up internal response procedures, including who receives alerts, who assesses the risk, and who can suspend payments or deliveries.

• Recording the initial status of monitored entities.

What is included each month:

• Monitoring agreed changes in available public registers and systems.

• Distinguishing routine technical changes from potentially significant risks.

• Providing a legal assessment of critical alerts.

• Sending a brief notification or report explaining what has changed, why it matters, and what action is recommended.

• Providing recommendations on payments, deliveries, contracts, requests for additional documents, or further due diligence.

• Updating the list of monitored entities as needed.

*Package limitations: the service does not guarantee continuous access to state registers and does not include a full review of every identified court case, preparation of claims, contract amendments or court representation.

• Holding an initial meeting with the owner, executive or designated employees.

• Reviewing the company’s current procedures for approving counterparties, contracts, payments, powers of attorney and access rights.

• Identifying points in business processes where the company may be exposed to the risk of financial loss, loss of assets, unauthorized access to data or loss of negotiating leverage.

• Developing a risk profile based on counterparty categories, transaction values, and types of transactions.

• Developing a due diligence checklist for new counterparties.

• Establishing procedures for periodic due diligence of existing counterparties.

• Defining red flags that require legal approval before making a payment, delivering goods or signing a contract.

• Preparing an internal counterparty approval form: approve, approve subject to conditions, defer or reject.

• Providing recommendations on contracts: when to require advance payment, milestone payments, a surety, pledge, guarantee, or other safeguards.

• Reviewing basic procedures for powers of attorney, qualified electronic signatures, banking credentials and administrative access rights.

• Preparing a concise internal procedure guide for responsible employees.

• Conducting one working session to explain the procedures and hand over the materials.

*The package does not include a full review of all company contracts, financial or tax audits, cybersecurity assessments, technical audits, investigations into misconduct, court representation, or ongoing legal support after implementation of the system.