Issue
Despite apparent risks, our client wanted to assess the opportunity of developping a partneship with a Chinese entity, holding a strategic position on his development route.
Mission
Obtain a comprehensive picture of the main activities, interests, relationships of influence of the company and of its founder/Chairman.
Assess potential conflicts of interests.
Actions
- Analysis of all on-shore and off-shore activities.
- Analysis of the founder/Chairman positioning in the Chinese political-economic sphere: networks, influence, potential relationships with competitors…
- Identification of all interests involving the target.
- Assessment of the probability for the target to serve other than the Client’s interests.
Results
The perceived risks were not likely to jeopardize a potential business relationship. Therefore, our client could sign a partnership agreement safely and moved forward to another crucial level in his development on the Chinese market.