Duff & Phelps provides clients with comprehensive background reports that help mitigate potential risk and make sound decisions. Our background investigation services are used by law firms, investors, financial institutions and corporations to gain intelligence on potential business partners, investment managers, high-level employees or opposing parties or witnesses in a lawsuit.

The standard areas included in a background check include, but are not limited to:

• Name and address verification
• Date of birth verification
• Property ownership
• Academic history
• Employment history
• Licensing history
• Civil litigation history
• Criminal history
• Regulatory searches
• Adverse media reports
• Bankruptcy
• Tax liens and judgments
• Uniform Commercial Code filings
• Secretary of State filings
• International sanctions and terrorist lists

Learn More:

• Duff & Phelps Background Investigation Services [PDF, 122KB]