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Investing in Ukraine: What Foreign Investors Need to Know
Although an end to the war in Ukraine remains elusive, foreign investors, government and multinational organizations are already investing in the...
Due Diligence
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Strategic Investigations Provide an Edge in Proxy Fights
In 2023, we predicted that the adoption of new universal proxy voting cards, mandated by the SEC in 2022, would trigger an uptick in activist...
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Self-Disclosures: Powerful Tools for Mitigating Risk
by Doug Chisholm Download as PDF The grey-haired former GC of a technology business appeared to become increasingly nervous the more we asked him...
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With Universal Proxy Cards, Director Due Diligence Takes On A More Critical Role
Share: This report originally appeared in AESC Executive Talent Magazine. It can be downloaded as a PDF here. By: Peter Lagomarsino and Sean...
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Sexual Misconduct: Spotting Harassers Before They Come in the Door
Share: This report can also be downloaded as a PDF here. By: Kelsey Froehlich and Clancy Nolan When companies commit to new hires, they are exposing...
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Transparency in Investigations: 5 Questions to Ask an Investigator
Share: You can download a copy of this report as a PDF here. David Brooks has argued (The Atlantic) that for the past few decades the U.S. has...
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Growing Secondary Market Highlights Value of Due Diligence on New Shareholders
Startups are staying private longer now than they did twenty years ago: in 1999, the median age of a company going public was four or five years; in...
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Background Checking: Background Checks Beyond the Public Domain
By: Mintz Group Share: AESC published our article discussing our key to conducting background checks that extend beyond the public domain. The...
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Inside a law firm’s vetting of clients
The “Paradise Papers,” a cache of 6.8-million internal documents of the Bermuda-based Appleby law firmleaked to the International Consortium of...
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Pre-Employment Check: Even a “rigorous pre-employment check” can miss it
A business that forces out an employee for questionable behavior often tries to keep the news from outsiders, including prospective future employers...