Sector 05 — Private Clients & Family Office
Discreet investigative and intelligence support to principals and their advisers.
For high-profile principals, family offices, trustees, and private advisers managing exposures that cannot be discussed openly and cannot be wrong.
Engagement context
How we work with private clients
Engagements in this sector are characterised by extreme sensitivity. The matter, the principal, the advisers, and the household are all part of the protected perimeter. Our work is structured to ensure that an engagement does not become an exposure in itself.
We act on instruction from principals, family-office leadership, trustees, private counsel, and consigliere advisers. Where structures are international, we coordinate across jurisdictions through trusted local counsel.
Typical matters
What private clients engage us for
Protective intelligence
Continuous monitoring of identified threats to principals, family members, residences, and assets.
Travel & movement risk
Pre-travel risk assessment, in-country support, and post-incident review across global itineraries.
Adviser & counterparty integrity
Discreet integrity diligence on incoming advisers, fund managers, household staff, and counterparties.
Family-office governance
Structural review of family-office controls, decision rights, and exposure to internal and external risks.
Reputational & media risk
Monitoring and management of adversarial media, hostile claimants, and identity-targeting campaigns.
Investigation of misconduct
Confidential investigation of fraud, breach of trust, or misconduct within structures controlled by the principal.
Operating standard
How we engage private clients
Single accountable lead
A named engagement lead retains ownership of the relationship and the matter from intake to closure.
Compartmented information
Need-to-know across our team. Family-office and household personnel access only what is required to act.
Sustained mandates
Continuous threat and integrity monitoring rather than episodic engagement, where exposure justifies it.
No public profile
We do not publish client identities, testimonials, or reference lists. Discretion is structural.
Selected engagements
Anonymised examples
Protective intelligence — APAC principal
18-month continuous mandate
Continuous threat monitoring, travel risk assessment, and digital footprint reduction across multiple jurisdictions. Outcome: two threat events pre-empted; no public incident.
Adviser diligence — Family office
Integrity diligence on incoming wealth manager
Discreet inquiry into historical conduct, regulatory record, and undisclosed interests. Outcome: appointment did not proceed; alternative selected.
Internal misconduct — Family-controlled structure
Suspected misconduct by senior household staff
Confidential investigation. Identified misappropriation across two years. Outcome: matter resolved internally; civil recovery and termination.