Litigation support
SFC provides litigation support to law firms and their clients worldwide.
Information & evidence gathering
We support law firms in civil and criminal matters by finding critical pieces of information and evidence that can help their case. This covers a wide variety of activities, including locating individuals, obtaining documents, mapping relationships and any fact-finding mission that may enhance the firm’s client’s position in the proceedings.
Swift action
We can act globally and at short notice, helping law firms and their clients in time-sensitive cases that require immediate action.
Recent assignments
Looking for evidence of collusion between a Board member and a competitor
We were instructed by a company through their Swiss-based lawyer. The CEO and majority shareholder suspected that a Board member and minority shareholder was employed and/or colluding with a major competitor of the company.
We conducted a 360° investigation of the Board member and his relationship with the competitor, including both forensic and external activities. Our investigations proved conclusively that the Board member was actively collaborating with the competitor and identified a myriad of connections between that person and the competitor’s majority shareholder. The client’s lawyer used that evidence to initiate proceedings against the Board member.
Locating a debtor abroad in support of recovery proceedings
In the context of recovery proceedings, the creditor’s lawyers intended to notify a payment order to a debtor with a footprint in Lebanon. For this purpose, we conducted field investigations in Lebanon to identify a residential address for the debtor, as well as other pieces of personal information (such as father’s name) needed for the court proceedings.
The client then obtained further information according to which the debtor had resided at some point in Greece. Our investigation was therefore extended to Greece, where we identified an address at a serviced apartment location in one of the country’s largest cities. Our research allowed our client to serve the debtor in several locations and thus successfully initiate proceedings.
Finding evidence of a debtor’s whereabouts to ensure the delivery of Court notifications
In the context of legal proceedings in Switzerland, an indebted entrepreneur attempted to avoid successive judgment notifications by claiming that he was not a resident at the addresses where the documents had been sent. We retrieved multiple residential addresses through corporate filings and credit reports, which illustrated a pattern of suspicious and frequent address changes. We identified the most likely current address and had it confirmed through a formal verification with the municipal authorities.
In addition, we conducted a site visit which indicated the presence of a vehicle registered in the name of the debtor. As a result, the client managed to counter the debtor’s claims according to which Court notifications were not reaching him.
