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A major apparel company hastily enters into a joint venture with a wealthy Latin American business leader to represent its company’s interests. Months after entering into a legal agreement with its new partner, the CEO of the apparel company discovers that its local partner has a history of paying bribes to government officials and is also rumored to be linked to drug traffickers. Extricating itself from this joint-venture costs the U.S. company $2.4 million.

Solution: One of Sleeping Bear’s strengths is helping its clients avoid embarrassing legal nightmares by providing discreet, confidential due diligence investigations of prospective joint-venture partners, distributors, local general managers and sales staff. Our reports stem from our knowledge of the global environment and our access to sources, both foreign and domestic, who can give us a candid assessment of the subjects of our investigation.