Wallbrook, part of Anthesis

Firm Details

Primary Contacts: Ian Barclay, James Hunt (London); Stephen Downie, Veronika Andrasova (Hong Kong); Jake Lipton (New York); Wendy Wu (Los Angeles); Peggy Oh (Singapore); Eleonore Jackson (Zurich).

Number of Employees: 75+

Number of Languages Spoken: 30+

International Offices: 7

USPs: The sector's only B-Corp; wholly independent and employee-owned; ISO27001 certified; PI licensed in the US; full-time employees in Zurich; applying investigative methodologies to assess and mitigate ESG / human rights risks to operations and supply chains.

Firm Overview:

Wallbrook is a global investigations and due diligence firm headquartered in London, with offices in Hong Kong, Dubai, Zurich, New York, Singapore and Los Angeles.

The only certified B-Corp in the intelligence and investigations industry, Wallbrook places ethics and strong governance at its core. This has led to the development of its renowned human rights and ESG practices, which work closely with investors and major multinationals on human rights and ESG issues prior to acquisitions and throughout their operations / supply chains. As a result, Wallbrook is a premier advisor, alongside the world’s leading external counsel, at the apex of compliance, political, human rights and ESG risks.

The firm is one of the largest independent and wholly employee-owned intelligence firms operating worldwide. It has around 80 full-time employees across all offices, drawn from backgrounds in national intelligence, law, diplomacy, academia, journalism and financial services, with language skills and jurisdictional expertise spanning the whole of the globalized economy. Approximately 60% of staff hold, or have access to, stock in the business. With no outside shareholders, this ensures high levels of talent retention and long-term collaborative thinking. The firm was ranked among the top 5% B-Corps globally for employee-friendly policies.

Wallbrook is also one of the few firms in its space to hold the ISO 27001 Information Security Management System certification, certified by Lloyds Register.

History:

The core team behind Wallbrook first came together in 2007 as Billiter Partners. In 2013 Billiter merged with the private equity-backed US investigations business, Stroz Friedberg, which was itself acquired by Aon plc (NYSE: AON) in 2016.

The Due Diligence and Strategic Research team of Stroz Friedberg was subsequently spun out of Aon plc in 2018 and reformed as Wallbrook.

Main Areas of Practice:

Wallbrook’s service offering supports clients’ full range of investigative requirements, from deep-dive due diligence on acquisitions, JV partners, credit opportunities or prospective senior hires, to overt and covert investigative work in response to fraud, whistle-blower allegations or in support of litigation, other internal investigations and multijurisdictional asset traces. The firm is also engaged by major multinationals and technology companies to perform human rights impact assessments to analyze the effects of their business on local communities and stakeholders.

Wallbrook is:

• Top rated for its M&A pre-transactional integrity diligence work
• Rated for its Human Rights and ESG consultancy practice
• Well regarded for on complex cross-border asset traces and fraud investigations

Practice Areas and Offices:

Wallbrook's client's span a range of sectors, including but not limited to: private equity and asset managers; alternatives; private banks; Investment banks; renewables; development institutions; infrastructure; pharmaceuticals; hospitality; entertainment and sports; technology; law firms; and higher education and non-profits.

Offices:

London

1 King St, London, EC2V 8AU

Tel: +44 203 8870042

Hong Kong

90 Connaught Road, Central,

Tel: +852 3689 0240

New York

1177 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10036

Tel: +1 212 369 1063

Dubai

Level 3, Gate Village Building 2, Dubai International Financial Centre, 506831 Dubai

Tel: +971 44019853

Los Angeles

445 South Figueroa St, Los Angeles, CA 90071

Tel: +1 213 328 5372

Singapore

21 Merchant Rd, Park Regis Office Tower, Singapore 058267

Tel: +65 8864 4650

Zurich

Bleicherweg 64A, 8002 Zurich

Tel: +41 44 562 04 21