Asset & Background Investigations

Your client has a claim or needs to enforce a judgment. Before strategy is set, you need a complete financial picture — property, liabilities, relationships, and whether assets are already moving.

The intelligence that informs your strategy.

What we examine

A KeyNorth asset and background investigation maps real property, registered assets, business relationships, liabilities, potential sources of revenue and risks to satisfying your claim.

We examine public records, registration data, and open-source information to build a factual picture of your subject’s financial position, including patterns that don’t appear in any single record. The picture we build is more complete than what’s on the surface.

What you receive

You receive written findings within a defined timeframe: direct enforcement targets, indirect intelligence, and flags for dissipation of assets or judgment proofing. The report is fact-based, ACFE-compliant, and written so your client can understand what it means, at a fixed fee with a defined scope.

Some of Canada’s largest law firms and most well-known organizations rely on KeyNorth to inform their litigation strategy.

Why KeyNorth?

Fixed fee. Agreed upfront.

Fixed or range-based fee established before work begins. No open-ended retainer.

Court-ready findings.

Fact-based, ACFE-compliant. No allegations beyond what the evidence supports. Ready to use from delivery.

Defined turnaround.

Standard investigations complete in 5–10 business days*. Complex or large matters are scoped and quoted separately

A proven track record.

wo decades of forensic investigations. Trusted by some of Canada’s largest law firms and most well-known organizations.

When assets move before litigation does.

When a lender’s special loans group retains counsel, they may have no prior contact with the borrower. When a firm pursues a judgment debtor, they may not know whether assets are already structured to be uncollectable, or whether a judgment already obtained can still be enforced.

A KeyNorth asset and background investigation identifies what’s there, flags what may be moving, and gives you the intelligence to act. Delivered in writing, within a defined timeframe.

More of our services

Location of Individuals Investigations

Fixed-fee investigations that are  designed to support the service of documents and the location of beneficiaries and witnesses.

Complex Commercial Investigations

We develop a structured investigation plan with defined milestones and findings that inform your strategy as it unfolds.

Internal & Employee Investigations

Independent, methodical, and fair investigations supported by practical advice for employers and counsel managing sensitive matters.

Discuss a mandate with us.

Send a brief outline of the file, and we will set up an initial call at no cost. We use the first conversation to understand the matter, understand the scope and the sensitivities and confirm whether KeyNorth is the right firm for the work. Scope and fee follow from there.

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