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“Business intelligence without the oxymoron."
— Kirk Evans

“Information is not intelligence until it changes a decision.”

Complex situations are not decided only by contracts, accounts or models. They are shaped by who has influence, who has incentives, who can block, and who will move when pressure is applied. Intelligence is the discipline of understanding that landscape before the decision is made.

Our Intelligence practice supports transactions, financings, restructurings, disputes and market entry by mapping stakeholders, counterparties, creditor groups, regulators and political interests. We combine research, local networks, integrity due diligence, market analysis and commercial judgement to turn scattered information into usable strategy.

Our work is designed to protect decision makers from blind spots: reputational risk, hidden affiliations, lender or joint venture history, political exposure, enforcement risk, shifting regulations, media narratives and licensing pathways. The output is not a data pack. It is a position: what matters, who matters, what is likely to happen and how to respond.

Our Services

Counterparty and Market Intelligence

  • Market analysis. Business positioning, competitor landscape, market size, scope and practical entry considerations.
  • Integrity Due Diligence. Counterparty reputation, business track record, ownership, affiliations and dispute history.
  • Profiles. Detailed borrower, lender, joint venture partner, buyer or seller profiles.
  • Political exposure analysis. Sector, personal and affiliation exposure, including proposed legislative or regulatory changes.
  • Stakeholder mapping. Identifying interested parties, influence channels and alignment of interests.

Conflict Resolution and Enforcement

  • Political landscape mapping and positioning. Understanding who influences outcomes and how to engage.
  • Creditor mapping and coalition building. Identifying creditor blocs, voting dynamics and negotiation pathways.
  • Asset tracing and investigations. Supporting enforcement, recovery, litigation and restructuring strategy.
  • Forensic analysis. Reviewing patterns, documentation and data to support financial, legal or dispute strategy.
  • Government relations and licensing pathways. Aligning with changing regulation, industry associations and local, state and ministry-level relationships.
Key Persons

Kirk Evans

Senior Intelligence Consultant
Kirk

Kirk has over 30 years’ experience in Indonesian business intelligence, with CEO, country and regional head experience for leading private equity firms and commodity traders and has been a consultant for intelligence firms such as Hakluyt, Control Risks and Blackpeak. Kirk has deep government relations and licensing experience across a range of commodity sectors, with a particular specialism in nature-based solutions and sustainability initiatives. Well regarded in industry, not-for-profit and government circles, Kirk specialises in informal as well as formal access to information and deep situational and relational analysis.