Clarity at the speed of your decision.
Comprehensive entity and principal screening for standard engagements. Custom investigative intelligence for the ones that demand more.
Two tiers of diligence. One standard of rigor.
Level 1
Comprehensive screening.
One company plus up to three principals (additional principals can be added). Requires the subject's signed authorization.
48-hour average turnaround
AML, PIP, PEP & sanctions
Global database cross-referencing for anti-money laundering, prominent influential persons (PIP), politically exposed persons (PEP), OFAC, and sanctions lists.
Adverse media & reputation
Systematic search for negative press, regulatory actions, data breaches.
Criminal & civil records
Screening covering criminal history, civil filings, liens, judgments, bankruptcy.
Global corporate registries
Company and officer data across 140+ jurisdictions, entity verification, filing history, business credit reports.
Optional add-ons
Credit reports and degree verification.
Level 2
Enhanced business intelligence.
Custom, discreet intelligence for high-stakes decisions, quoted per engagement.
Custom scope · timeline set at intake
Discreet source inquiries
Confidential interviews with former partners and insiders.
Forensic digital analysis
Deep mining of closed-source and open-source intelligence.
Beneficial ownership & OFAC 50%
Ownership traced through layered and offshore structures and offshore-leak databases, with OFAC 50 Percent Rule analysis.
Ground-truth verification
On-site assessment of operational claims.
Intelligence briefing
Comprehensive dossier and strategic assessment, with civil and criminal case files retrieved and analyzed.
- Pre-investment vetting
- M&A due diligence
- Executive & board appointments
- Distressed asset investigation
- Partnership & vendor screening
- Global counterparty screening
- 90%
- Faster than legacy due diligence firms (up to)
- 140+
- Jurisdictions of company, officer and ownership data
- 100%
- Analyst-verified before delivery
- 2
- Tiers — standardized screening and custom intelligence
What buyers ask before they engage.
- Can OnTrial deliver due diligence in 48 hours?
- Typically, yes. Level 1 — Comprehensive Screening averages a 48-hour turnaround on one company plus up to three principals. The clock runs from confirmed receipt of the subject names, matter details, and the subject's signed authorization. For custom Level 2 — Enhanced Business Intelligence engagements, the timeline is agreed at scoping.
- What's the real difference between Level 1 and Level 2?
- Level 1 — Comprehensive Screening covers one company plus up to three principals (additional principals can be added): identity, criminal, civil, watchlist, regulatory, and adverse-media screening with analyst verification. It requires the subject's signed authorization and averages a 48-hour turnaround. Level 2 — Enhanced Business Intelligence is a custom-scope engagement, quoted individually: discreet source inquiries, open-source digital analysis, beneficial-ownership and OFAC 50 Percent Rule analysis, ground-truth verification, and an intelligence briefing with dossier. The timeline is agreed at scoping. Both carry the same analyst-verification and chain-of-custody standard.
- Can OnTrial handle cross-border or foreign principals in due diligence?
- Yes. OnTrial screens companies and principals in any country — company, officer and beneficial-ownership data across 140+ jurisdictions, offshore-leak databases, OFAC 50 Percent Rule analysis, and adverse media in relevant language markets. China and APAC reports are bilingual.
- Is the output defensible for FCPA or regulator review?
- Yes. Level 2 Enhanced Business Intelligence is structured around the enhanced-due-diligence requirements for FCPA, UK Bribery Act, and AML/KYC — including PEP identification, beneficial-ownership mapping, and documented sourcing on every finding. Reports are produced with chain-of-custody documentation for regulator and audit review.
- Does OnTrial work for matters already in litigation?
- Yes. Due diligence reports are used both pre-investment and in active litigation — for counterparty background, opposing-party asset mapping, and cross-border principal vetting in disputes. The same defensible-methodology standard applies regardless of the downstream use.
- Can OnTrial vet an individual executive or a family-office deal?
- Yes. Executive background investigations examine a principal, board candidate, investor or counterparty on their own, and family office investigations cover direct-deal targets, counterparties and co-investors for family offices and principals.
- Private equity due diligence →
Private equity
Management, sellers, founders and co-investors — litigation, regulatory, sanctions, adverse-media, beneficial-ownership and asset research before LOI or close.
- Private credit due diligence →
Private credit
Borrower principals, sponsors and guarantors at origination, throughout the loan and after a default — litigation, liens and UCC filings, related parties and asset verification.
- China & APAC due diligence →
Specialized service
Bilingual reports on companies and principals in mainland China and the Asia-Pacific — ownership, state affiliation, sanctions, litigation, and adverse media.
Clarity, delivered fast.
Diligence built for the speed and scrutiny of modern deals.