Counterparty & target diligence
AcquirerScope
An outside-in read on the institution across the table
Deal teams and sellers alike commit to counterparties they have never independently checked. A buyer, target, sponsor, or borrower that looks credible in a pitch deck can carry registration gaps, enforcement history, or funding uncertainty that only surfaces after the data room is open — or after the deal closes.
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Counterparty identified
Registration records, filings, and enforcement databases. The subject is never contacted.
Strengths and gaps read symmetrically
What checks out is stated as plainly as what doesn't.
Report delivered
Verification questions and a protection checklist scoped to your side of the table. 5 business days from confirmed intake and payment.
Representative output
IllustrativeCounterparty — mid-market PE sponsor
Visible strengths
Public-source gaps
Verification questions
- Request audited fund financials and the latest LPAC materials.
- Confirm source and certainty of funds before the data room opens.
Select a verification question to see why it is on the list.
Restated from the public sample profile (SoFi Technologies — a public company, not a client). Your report reflects your own entity.
Who this is for
- Private equity deal teams and M&A advisors screening a target, sponsor, or acquirer
- Lenders and credit committees sizing up a borrower or counterparty
- Owners and executives selling or raising against their institution
- Sell-side advisors protecting a client before exclusivity
When it lands on your desk
- A target, sponsor, or borrower is in front of the committee and you need an outside public-source read
- A buyer, acquirer, lender, or sponsor has approached you
- An NDA or LOI is on the table and the data room opens next
- A counterparty's story doesn't quite reconcile and you want an outside view
The work
What AcquirerScope does
- Maps the counterparty's identity and regulatory registrations from public records
- Screens public regulatory and enforcement history
- Assesses visible liquidity and deal-certainty signals
- States public-source strengths and visible risk indicators side by side
- Lists the data gaps and the exact verification questions to ask before you share more
What you provide
- The counterparty's name (and website, if known)
- Your role — buyer, seller, lender, or advisor
- The transaction stage, so the report matches the decision in front of you
How the work is done
- Public-source only: registration records, filings, enforcement databases, and disclosures.
- Strengths and risks are reported symmetrically — what checks out is stated as plainly as what doesn't.
- What public sources cannot establish becomes a verification question, not an assumption.
Screened against
- SEC / Form ADV
- FINRA
- FinCEN
- OFAC
- State regulators
Named standards and registers this product works from. Not a certification, attestation, or endorsement of any institution.
Deliverables
What you receive
- Counterparty intelligence report: registrations, classification, and enforcement screen
- Public-source strengths and visible risk indicators
- Confidentiality and data-room risk assessment
- Verification question list, and a protection checklist scoped to your side of the table
Typical timing
Delivered in 5 business days from confirmed intake and cleared payment. One-time report, not a subscription. You commission the report; the counterparty is its subject and is never contacted.
Two sides of the table
Your side
Scoped to your decision
- Your role — buyer, seller, lender, or advisor — You provide
- The transaction stage — You provide
- Verification question list — You receive
- Protection checklist, scoped to your side — You receive
Across the table
What the record settles
- Registrations and classification — Public record establishes
- Public enforcement screen — Public record establishes
- Confidentiality and data-room risk — Public record establishes
- Fund-level and non-public facts — marked as gaps — Public record cannot establish
Strengths and gaps are reported symmetrically — what checks out is stated as plainly as what does not.
Questions
AcquirerScope FAQ
Does the counterparty know we ran this?
No. AcquirerScope uses only public records and never contacts the subject.
What stages does it support?
Intake covers pre-NDA contact, signed NDA, LOI with exclusivity, and a confidential mode where you don't disclose the target. The report is framed to the stage you're in.
Will it tell us whether to do the deal?
No — it gives you the counterparty facts, gaps, and questions so your own advisors can make that call with better information.
When is the fee final?
All sales are final once the report is generated. Payment methods are listed on the Products page.
What AcquirerScope is not
- Not a private investigation — no non-public records, surveillance, or pretexting.
- Not complete transaction diligence, and not a recommendation to proceed or decline.
- Does not approve, rate, or endorse any counterparty.
- Not legal, regulatory, audit, or compliance advice — your institution remains responsible for its own regulatory obligations.
- Not an audit, audit opinion, control attestation, or certification of any kind.