DEVIS

Platform

Built around the decision, not the database.

Every engagement starts with the decision you face and the parties and documents involved. The analysis is built around that decision, so the report answers what your reviewers will ask instead of listing everything that was found.

One Connected Intelligence Model

Five lenses. One picture.

Each lens is assessed on its own and against the others, because the exposure that changes a decision often sits between specialist workstreams, where it is easiest to miss.

People

Leadership, influence, affiliations, conduct and related parties.

Financial

Performance, obligations, funding, dependencies and pressure points.

Structural

Ownership, control, governance, entities, rights and relationships.

Regulatory

Sanctions, compliance, jurisdictional and sector-specific exposure.

Political

State influence, public-sector links and geopolitical context.

A Controlled Path

From instruction to interrogation.

The engagement is controlled from intake through analysis, human review and report approval to questions after delivery.

  1. 01

    Client Context

    Structured intake of the decision, the parties and the documents.

  2. 02

    Evidence Build

    Client material tested against governed external intelligence.

  3. 03

    Analysis

    Connections, materiality and consequence across the five lenses.

  4. 04

    Human Quality Control

    Findings reviewed, challenged or sent for deeper investigation before approval.

  5. 05

    Report and Ask DEVIS

    A defensible output that remains interrogable after delivery.

Throughout the engagement

Work stays within the agreed scope, every finding keeps its evidence trail, access follows your permissions, and no report is released without human quality control.

Exposure to Consequence

Identifying an issue is only the beginning.

DEVIS examines material findings in the context of the transaction and assesses what the evidence-backed exposure may affect.

  • Valuation
  • Forecast confidence
  • Financing
  • Covenants
  • Ownership and control
  • Deal structure
  • Negotiation leverage
  • Integration
  • Reputation
  • Timing
  • Decision readiness
Regulatory status is incomplete or conditionalMay affectFinancing availability, timing or transaction structure.
Ownership or control evidence is inconsistentMay affectControl analysis, warranties, approvals or negotiation position.
Customer concentration is material and contractual evidence is incompleteMay affectForecast confidence, valuation assumptions or diligence priorities.
The principle

A finding is what the evidence shows. A consequence is what that finding may affect in the transaction. It is not a prediction that the effect will occur, and it is not a recommendation to proceed or decline.

DEVIS does not assess consumer or corporate creditworthiness, make lending decisions or provide credit advice.

Evidence Status

How far each finding is supported.

Where a material assertion is tested against the available record, DEVIS states the status of the supporting evidence within the agreed scope and review period.

  • Verified

    Documentary, official or other authoritative evidence supports the relevant point.

  • Partially corroborated

    Available evidence supports some elements, while others remain unresolved, incomplete or inconsistent.

  • Inconclusive

    Available evidence is insufficient to support or disprove the relevant point.

  • Contradicted

    Available evidence is materially inconsistent with the relevant assertion.

Material absences, incomplete records and unaddressed inconsistencies are identified where relevant. An absence of evidence is not treated as proof of absence.

Reporting for Senior Review

Structured around the decision, not the volume of information.

The report shows what was found, how far it is supported, what remains unresolved and what the findings may affect, in the order a senior reader needs it.

  1. 01

    Engagement context

    The subject, transaction or commitment under review, the agreed scope and relevant assumptions.

  2. 02

    Executive observations

    The matters most relevant to senior review within the defined scope.

  3. 03

    Evidence and analysis

    Material evidence, corroboration, contradictions and relevant connections across the intelligence model.

  4. 04

    Information gaps and limitations

    What remains unavailable, incomplete, insufficiently corroborated or unresolved.

  5. 05

    Potential transaction consequence

    How identified matters may affect valuation, financing, control, structure, timing, integration or reputation.

  6. 06

    Questions for further diligence

    Areas that warrant documentation, management clarification, specialist review or other verification.

Potential implications are presented as analytical considerations, not predictions, regulated advice, recommendations or final decisions. The client and its advisers retain responsibility for professional judgement.

Ask DEVIS

After delivery, the report remains interrogable.

Ask DEVIS is an extension of the completed report. Authorised users can examine its supporting basis and reasoning without changing the engagement or widening its scope.

  1. 01Why was this finding included?
  2. 02Show me the basis for this point.
  3. 03Which findings may affect valuation or financing?
  4. 04What remains unresolved?
  5. 05Which findings are connected?
  6. 06Why does this control structure matter?

What it does

  • Answers within the completed report and approved engagement record.
  • Identifies supporting findings, report sections or evidence references where available.
  • Explains connected findings, evidence strength, unresolved matters and mapped consequences.
  • Follows the access permissions of the underlying engagement.

What it does not do

  • Add new findings or analyse new evidence.
  • Modify the original report or silently update the engagement.
  • Re-run the engagement or widen the approved scope.
  • Issue a verdict, credit decision, investment recommendation or other final professional judgement.

Not a generic chatbot or a second opinion. It explains the completed analysis your team already holds.

Private Working Session

See the platform applied to a live matter.

It begins with a confidential 20-minute introduction. Bring a company, transaction or investment-screening question, and we will confirm fit, the right application and what an engagement would cover.

Request a Session

No obligation. Engagement structure and pricing are set out in the session.