Find Your Right Service

Solicitors and insolvency practitioners instruct Satori for pre-appointment intelligence, asset tracing, and financial profiling in support of insolvency and restructuring matters. Typical instructions include:

• Pre-appointment intelligence reports to profile subjects and establish their asset position, corporate connections, and financial standing before an appointment is taken

• Identifying concealed or dissipated assets, including transfers at undervalue, connected party transactions, and asset stripping

• Lifestyle and income assessment to identify assets and expenditure inconsistent with a subject's stated financial position

• Personal credit data reports on subjects and connected parties

• Tracing assets in support of freezing order applications, including evidencing risk of dissipation

• Asset tracing to support charging order applications and the satisfaction of judgments

• Identifying undisclosed business interests, shadow or de facto directorships, and connected party relationships

• Identifying phoenixing activity or new business entities established by disqualified or insolvent directors

• Cryptocurrency investigations where digital assets form part of the estate

• Process serving in the UK and overseas, including statutory demands, bankruptcy petitions, and winding-up petitions

Solicitors, insolvency practitioners, and creditors instruct Satori to locate debtors, assess recoverability, and identify assets to satisfy judgments. Typical instructions include:

• Tracing debtors, whether for straightforward location or where a subject is evading enforcement or has absconded

• Pre-litigation asset assessments to establish whether a debtor is worth pursuing before proceedings are issued

• Locating assets to satisfy a judgment debt, including property, business interests, vehicles, and financial holdings

• Identifying asset dissipation or transfers designed to place assets beyond the reach of creditors

• Lifestyle and income assessment to identify assets inconsistent with a debtor's stated financial position

• Personal credit data reports to establish financial standing and existing debt obligations

• Employment tracing to support attachment of earnings applications

• Multi-jurisdiction asset tracing for cross-border enforcement

• Identifying third-party interests for charging orders

• Cryptocurrency investigations where digital assets may form part of realisable assets

• Process serving for all legal documents in the UK and overseas, including statutory demands, bankruptcy petitions, winding-up petitions, judgments, and court orders

Solicitors instruct Satori ahead of and during litigation to profile parties, trace assets, and build evidential support for claims. Typical instructions include:

• Profiling individuals or companies before initiating proceedings, including financial standing, corporate connections, and litigation history

• Identifying recoverable assets to inform claim strategy and support pre-action decision-making

• Uncovering connections between parties to reveal conflicts of interest, hidden relationships, or fraudulent activity

• Tracing assets ahead of, or in support of, freezing order applications, including evidencing risk of dissipation

• Identifying asset dissipation patterns for enforcement action

• Locating individuals or witnesses critical to the case

• Building evidential packages to support civil fraud, misuse of position, or contempt proceedings

• Covert operations to corroborate dishonest conduct or breach of undertakings

• Cryptocurrency investigations in fraud matters involving digital assets

• Process serving for all legal documents in the UK and overseas, including claim forms, injunctions, freezing orders, court orders, and witness summonses

Solicitors and corporate clients instruct Satori for due diligence, background checks, and internal investigations ahead of transactions or appointments. Typical instructions include:

• Pre-transaction due diligence on individuals, companies, and counterparties, including beneficial ownership, corporate structure, and litigation history

• Connections investigations to identify undisclosed interests, hidden relationships, or conflicts of interest between parties

• Background intelligence on directors, partners, or key individuals ahead of appointments, transactions, or onboarding

• Shareholder and partnership dispute investigations, identifying financial conduct, hidden dealings, or competing interests

• Internal fraud and misconduct investigations, including misuse of position, false invoicing, and theft of company assets

• Construction sector investigations, including contractor fraud, false invoicing, and background checks on developers or principal contractors

• Real estate due diligence, including developer background checks and beneficial ownership of property-holding structures

• Covert operations and asset tracing in civil fraud and commercial dispute matters

Family law solicitors instruct Satori to trace hidden assets, verify financial claims, and locate absent parties in matrimonial and family proceedings. Typical instructions include:

• Tracing hidden, dissipated, or undisclosed assets in divorce and financial remedy proceedings, including property, business interests, offshore structures, and lifestyle indicators

• Tracing assets in support of freezing order applications, including evidencing risk of dissipation

• Verifying lifestyle and income claims in support of maintenance or settlement proceedings

• Covert operations to corroborate conduct relevant to proceedings

• Genealogy research where family relationships need to be established or verified

• Locating a spouse or party who has absconded, is evading service, or has removed themselves from the jurisdiction

• Tracing a parent who has unlawfully removed or retained a child, including across international borders

• Pre-nuptial due diligence, providing background intelligence on a party before an agreement is entered into

• Process serving with discretion for all relevant documents, including divorce petitions, non-molestation orders, occupation orders, and child arrangement applications

Solicitors and executors instruct Satori to locate beneficiaries, verify identities, and trace undisclosed or dissipated estate assets. Typical instructions include:

• Locating beneficiaries or heirs in will and probate matters, including where individuals have lost contact or cannot be traced through conventional means

• Tracing missing or estranged family members, including across international borders

• Genealogy research to establish entitlement, verify relationships, or identify potential claimants

• Intestacy investigations where no valid will exists and the heir hierarchy requires establishing

• Verifying the identity of beneficiaries where there are concerns about fraud or impersonation

• Identifying undisclosed or unadministered assets within an estate, including property, business interests, and financial holdings

• Tracing assets removed or dissipated from an estate prior to or following death

• Tracing overseas assets in international or cross-border estates

• Background intelligence on executors, administrators, or trustees where conduct is questioned or a breach of fiduciary duty is suspected

• Tracing parties for contentious probate or estate administration matters

• Process serving for probate and estate proceedings in the UK and overseas

We also work directly with high net worth individuals and family offices, providing the same standard of discreet, thorough intelligence we deliver to our legal and corporate clients.

Typical instructions in this space include:

• Due diligence on advisors, business partners, or counterparties before entering into a financial or business relationship

• Background checks on individuals joining a family office, trust structure, or private investment vehicle

• Reputational risk assessments ahead of a transaction, appointment, or public-facing role

• Tracing and verifying beneficial ownership within complex personal or trust structures

• Discreet enquiries where privacy and confidentiality are paramount, including protection from reputational or security risk

While the majority of our instructions come from solicitors, corporations and insolvency practitioners, we do work directly with private individuals in certain circumstances.

Given the sensitive nature of our work and our obligations under data protection and industry compliance standards, we're only able to take on instructions from private clients where there is a clear and lawful basis for the enquiry. This typically requires:

• Confirmation that a solicitor is already instructed on the matter, or written evidence of the legal basis for the investigation (such as a court order, active proceedings, or a fraud reference number)

• A clear explanation of why the information is required and how it will be used

• Completion of our standard risk assessment and conflict check, carried out on every instruction regardless of client type

If you're a private individual with a legitimate need for our services, get in touch and we'll talk through what's required before proceeding. If you don't yet have a solicitor instructed and believe you may need one, we're happy to point you in the right direction.