Verify the counterparty
before the wire goes out.
Commercial real-estate transactions involve counterparty entities that often layer through 4-6 holding companies. Tracelight verifies beneficial ownership, screens for sanctions + adverse-media, and surfaces prior litigation across the chain — all citation-anchored — in under 5 minutes per entity.
What this fixes.
8+ data sources running in parallel.
The report that lands on your desk.
- 1Counterparty entity profile with ownership-chain diagram (force-graph)
- 2Sanctions + adverse-media table for every entity + named beneficial owner
- 3Litigation history with materiality flags
- 4AML-compliance-ready citation appendix for the file
- 5Cross-case match alerts where the same counterparty appears in your other transactions
Common questions.
Is this FinCEN CDD-compliant on its own?+
Tracelight produces the OSINT layer that supports CDD documentation. You still need a CIP (customer identification program) for the upstream KYC + the actual compliance officer review. We make the OSINT layer fast + auditable; we don't replace the compliance function.
Coverage on offshore-domiciled counterparties?+
OpenCorporates covers most major offshore jurisdictions (BVI, Cayman, Nevis, Delaware). Coverage drops in jurisdictions that don't publish ownership data (Panama post-disclosure, some Middle East registries). For complex offshore structures, Tracelight is a starting point; specialty offshore firms remain useful.
How does this fit with title insurance + escrow workflow?+
Title insurance covers post-closing chain-of-title risk; Tracelight covers pre-closing counterparty + entity risk. The two are complementary. Many transactional attorneys run the Tracelight brief before LOI + a final pull immediately before closing to flag any new findings.
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