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Axium Helps Manage Your Risks
In business, opportunity always involves risk. Axium Consulting helps
clients worldwide to understand those risks and make informed decisions,
by providing comprehensive investigative and intelligence services.
Our team consists of accomplished professionals with multidisciplinary
skills: former law enforcement agents, prosecutors, and journalists; and
experienced investigators, researchers, certified fraud examiners, lawyers,
analysts, and accountants. We draw on these varied backgrounds to offer
our clients the expertise and experience necessary to meet their objectives
and manage their risks and challenges.
With offices in Chicago and Washington, DC, and trusted resources
worldwide, our team investigates every angle and provides our clients with
tailored and comprehensive solutions to help them preserve assets and
reputations, and secure the best possible resolutions of internal problems
and external disputes.
Our Experience and Focus Set Us Apart
Confidence
Unlike with many firms, the Axium team that works
for you is the same team that you engaged. You
can be confident that the team that provides you
services is comprised of seasoned professionals with
years of investigative experience and the highest
levels of integrity. Our client relationships are based
on that confidence.
Diligence
The critical information that you need is often
below the surface. Finding that information requires
diligence and knowledge of sources. Our team
understands that the only way to achieve your
objectives is through the rigorous examination of
every angle. We are committed to providing you
with the vital intelligence that you need to meet
your objectives.
Responsiveness
To avert a potentially damaging situation — or to
responsibly address an unfolding one — a quick and
proactive response is critical. Making the right choices
can be daunting for any organization. You can rely
on us to guide you through challenges and meet
your objectives. Our team of experts has decades of
experience crafting effective, thorough, and discreet
solutions. The need for such experience is greatest in
times of crisis.
Global Reach
In today’s world, opportunities and risks often
stretch beyond national boundaries. With Axium’s
network of trusted and tested resources around the
globe, our services are borderless. Our extensive
on-the-ground local resources provide a platform for
comprehensive international investigative services
and reliable intelligence capabilities.
Case Study - Advancing Litigation
Case Study - Responding to Crisis
In complex litigation between two financial institutions,
A worldwide technology company needed to respond
Axium conducted surveillance and other investigation
quickly to allegations of conflicts of interest and misuse
to locate and interview many witnesses, analyzed email
of confidential proprietary information at a facility in
and other electronic data, and reviewed and summarized
China. Through many interviews, extensive research of
extensive financial records.
public records and analysis of computer records, Axium
assisted the company in substantiating the claims and
providing the basis to terminate the employment of
several managers and to bring legal action to secure its
intellectual property.
Business
Solutions
Facing Risks and Meeting Challenges
When your business is examining the viability
of an opportunity, confronting a situation of
malfeasance, or seeking a competitive advantage,
Axium has the capabilities and experience to
protect your assets and reputation and to help you
capitalize on opportunities.
Our team provides comprehensive solutions to
challenges faced by publicly traded and privately
held companies:
Internal and External Controversy
examination and record analysis
Revealing undisclosed relationships, hidden
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financial interests, and financial and legal
Issues such as fraud, misappropriation of assets,
hidden business relationships, undisclosed conflicts
of interest, and regulatory non-compliance can
pose serious threats to any business. To mitigate
potential damage, companies must react quickly
and responsibly.
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Interviewing witnesses and identifying crucial
information and credible evidence
Reconstructing events through forensic
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problems
• Conducting surveillance and other traditional
investigation techniques
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Evaluating financial records and documenting
complex transactions
Thorough and discreet, Axium’s team of seasoned
professionals are experts at arriving at an accurate
and reliable understanding of the facts. By providing
business-critical intelligence, we position our clients
to make informed decisions on key issues.
With extensive law enforcement experience,
Axium’s investigators are knowledgeable of and
committed to the protocols required to maintain
the integrity of evidence.
Case Study - Global Due Diligence
Prior to establishing vendor and authorized
representative relationships, a global manufacturing
and distribution business engaged Axium to conduct
background investigations in Africa, the Middle East, and
Asia, including discreet site visits to numerous facilities.
Due Diligence
Knowing who you are doing business with has
never been more important. Axium’s worldwide
resources provide you with the business intelligence
to make informed decisions about opportunities
— no matter where they are. Axium uncovers and
analyzes background information on individuals
and companies — along with their employees and
principals — that is vital to conducting responsible
due diligence, in relation to corporate acquisitions,
agency and vendor relationships, joint ventures, and
critical personnel decisions.
Competitive Intelligence
In today’s tough economic climate, everyone is
looking for a competitive edge. Through critical
intelligence and competitive analysis, Axium provides
you with the intelligence that can differentiate your
business and allow you to make strategic decisions.
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
In a global economy, doing business overseas
is increasingly commonplace but nonetheless
complex. When your business needs to conduct
due diligence as part of risk mitigation with a
foreign entity or individual, Axium provides the
necessary information for you to responsibly
establish a business relationship and to ensure
compliance with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
Case Study here
Case Study - Establishing Facts
A large US manufacturing company suspected improprieties
in the expense reporting of certain of its salespeople. Axium
analyzed the expense reports of its national sales force covering
five years, gathered computer and other forensic evidence, conducted
interviews of various vendors and, in the end, conducted a series of
simultaneous confrontational interviews of employees across the country.
The company terminated numerous employees, sought recovery of funds
through civil actions and, with Axium’s assistance, made a successful referral for
criminal prosecution of several of the more culpable perpetrators of the fraud.
Investment
Groups
Understanding Risks, Informing Decisions
Investment opportunities are invariably linked to risk.
Every commitment exposes you to financial loss and
irreversible reputational damage.
Investigative Due Diligence
Axium performs comprehensive and accurate
background investigations. Working with funds
of funds, hedge funds, private equity and venture
capital groups, and real estate investment firms, we
deliver vital due diligence on individuals and entities.
With reliable information, investment groups can
capitalize on opportunities and avoid pitfalls prior to:
• Making significant financial commitments
• Finalizing acquisitions
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Entering into joint venture partnerships
• Hiring key personnel
Our skilled researchers know where to find critical
information, comprehend it in the context of your
objectives, and identify red flags.
Case Study - Identifying Risks
Axium has provided investment firms worldwide with
intelligence about subjects in the US, Europe, and Asia,
which through its in-depth research and knowledge of
information sources uncovered criminal history, regulatory
sanctions, substantiated claims of fraud, false claims
of licensure and certification, fictitious employment,
controversial employment termination and other risks.
Going beyond conventional databases, our
experienced researchers utilize extensive investigative
tools; thoroughly survey regulatory information,
court records, and other public records; and draw on
a reliable network of global sources. Axium verifies
background credentials and diligently seeks evidence
of past legal problems and controversies, patterns
of conduct and financial distress that reflect on
character and integrity.
When dictated by circumstance or your objectives,
our due diligence investigations include thirdparty interviews, targeted surveillance, or other
strategic fieldwork.
Competitive Intelligence
Gaining competitive intelligence allows investment
groups to better understand the potential for
opportunity. Axium provides critical intelligence and
analysis that enables you to make informed strategic
decisions about investment opportunities and
business transactions.
Litigation
Support
Experience Leads to the Best Outcomes
Axium’s comprehensive investigative and
intelligence services assist clients and their counsel
through all stages of litigation. Our multidisciplinary
team of investigators, researchers, forensic analysts,
and accountants provide the insight and expertise
to enable you to secure the best outcomes in
complex disputes. From investigating claims to
developing strategy, Axium provides clients with
timely, credible, and reliable intelligence to support
your specific objectives.
Strategic Background Intelligence
The outcome of litigation often hinges on the
credibility of key witnesses. Axium assists clients
in charting a strategic course of litigation by
providing background intelligence on witnesses
and opposing parties.
Case Study - Witness Credibility
Axium conducted comprehensive background
investigations of more than 200 potential witnesses
in a series of related fraud cases brought in multiple
jurisdictions against a publicly traded US company.
Effective Interviewing
Identifying and locating individuals who may have
critical knowledge, and using our team’s welldeveloped interviewing skills to obtain crucial facts,
are core competences our clients rely on.
Records and Forensic Analysis
Conducting expert analysis of financial records and
evidentiary data central to client controversies can
be crucial to their outcome. Axium documents and
assesses complex transactions, reconstructs financial
events, and evaluates financial records. Axium
preserves and analyzes electronic data that is at the
core of the facts. Axium’s skilled investigators provide
forensic analysis of documents and physical evidence.
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Axium Consulting LLC
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Chicago, IL 60601
USA
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