Partner & vendor verification
Confirm a counterparty is real, solvent, and who they claim to be — corporate registration, ownership, credentials, and reputation — before you sign.
Corporate recordsCredential checks
Discreet intelligence for small businessesKnow exactly who
Know exactly who
you're dealing with — before you sign.
Meridian Vale is specialized due diligence and investigative research built for small businesses. We verify partners, vet acquisitions, and trace the facts big firms pay a fortune for — delivered as one clear, decision-ready report.
NDA on every engagement Reports in 3–5 days FCRA & GDPR aligned
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What we do
The intelligence you need, without a corporate-sized budget.
Six focused services, each ending in the same place: a plain-English answer you can act on. Choose one, or brief us on something bespoke.
Acquisition & investment diligence
Buying a business or backing a founder? We pressure-test the story: financial red flags, undisclosed liabilities, litigation, and hidden ownership.
Financial red flagsOwnership tracing
Asset & ownership tracing
Locate and map assets, shell entities, and beneficial owners across jurisdictions — the groundwork for recovery, negotiation, or a clean exit.
Beneficial ownersCross-border
Litigation & dispute research
Arm your counsel with the facts: court histories, judgment searches, witness backgrounds, and the paper trail that changes a settlement.
Court historiesJudgment search
Cross-border investigations
A vetted analyst network across North America, the UK, the EU, and select APAC and LATAM markets — local sourcing without local guesswork.
Global networkLocal sourcing
Reputation & integrity checks
Understand a person's real track record — sanctions, adverse media, undisclosed affiliations, and conflicts — with a written integrity opinion.
Adverse mediaSanctions & PEP
How it works
Four steps from “I'm not sure” to “I know.”
No dashboards to learn, no data to interpret yourself. You brief us once; we return a clear verdict. Discretion is built into every stage.
Brief an analyst- 01
Confidential scoping
A senior analyst learns the decision you're making and the risk you're trying to retire. We agree on scope, timeline, and a fixed fee — under NDA, always.
- 02
Primary-source research
We pull and verify records at the source — registries, courts, filings, and human intelligence — never relying on a single unchecked database hit.
- 03
Human analysis
Findings are weighed, corroborated, and stress-tested by an experienced investigator. Noise is stripped out; what remains is what actually matters.
- 04
Decision-ready report
You receive a clear written assessment with a risk rating, the evidence behind it, and a plain recommendation — delivered through an encrypted channel.
1,200+
Engagements delivered
38
Jurisdictions covered
3–5
Day standard turnaround
97%
Clients who re-engage
Illustrative figures — sample data
In their words
The people who sleep easier because of us.
“Meridian Vale caught an undisclosed lawsuit and a shell company two days before we wired the deposit. That report paid for itself a hundred times over.”
“We're a five-person firm — we can't run our own investigations. Having a discreet analyst on call has become the quiet backbone of how we vet every partner.”
“Clear, fast, and genuinely readable. No jargon dump — just a risk rating, the evidence, and a straight recommendation I could take to my board.”
Testimonials are fictional samples for demonstration.
Engagements
Fixed-fee clarity. No retainers required to start.
Every engagement is quoted as a flat fee before we begin — you always know the cost and the deliverable up front.
Essentials
A single confidential check when one decision hinges on it.
$490per subject
- One subject: person or company
- Identity & registration verification
- Litigation & judgment search
- Adverse media & sanctions screen
- Written risk summary in 3–5 days
Most chosen
Diligence
Full due diligence for an acquisition, investment, or key partner.
$1,900per engagement
- Everything in Essentials
- Ownership & beneficial-owner tracing
- Financial red-flag analysis
- Cross-border record checks
- Analyst call to walk the findings
- Priority 3-day turnaround
Retainer
A discreet analyst on call for firms vetting partners continuously.
Custommonthly
- Dedicated senior investigator
- Agreed volume of monthly checks
- Rolling watch-list monitoring
- Same-day rush capacity
- Quarterly risk review
Questions
Everything you'd want to ask before you trust us.
Off-the-shelf background tools return raw database hits with no interpretation. Meridian Vale layers primary-source verification, human analysis, and a written risk opinion on top — so you receive a decision-ready assessment, not a pile of unverified records.
Absolutely. Every engagement is covered by a mutual NDA before intake. Subjects are never contacted or alerted, findings are delivered through an encrypted channel, and we purge working files on request once the engagement closes.
A standard partner or vendor verification is delivered in 3–5 business days. Deeper acquisition or litigation-support work runs 1–3 weeks depending on scope. We agree on a timeline in writing before any work begins.
No. Our analyst network covers North America, the UK, the EU, and select APAC and LATAM jurisdictions. Cross-border ownership tracing and international litigation searches are among our most requested services.
Yes. We operate strictly within FCRA, GDPR, and applicable local statutes, and we only use lawful, ethical collection methods. If a request would require anything otherwise, we tell you plainly and decline.
That's welcome. Many clients start with a single Essentials engagement before moving to a retainer. There is no minimum commitment and no long-term contract required to get started.
Now onboarding new clients
Join the waitlist for priority intake.
We keep engagement volume deliberately low to protect quality and discretion. Leave your email and we'll open the next confidential slot to you first.
Get started
Tell us who to look into.
Share a few details and a senior analyst will scope a confidential engagement with you. No obligation, no sales runaround.
- Mutual NDA before any work begins
- A fixed fee and timeline in writing
- Lawful, ethical sourcing — always