About

Provided by DGA

Type of Work Handled

DGA Group delivers high-impact investigative due diligence to inform decisions, reduce risk, and support compliance. The team conducts source enquiries and reputational assessments on partners, targets, investments, vendors, and counterparties.

Operating across jurisdictions—including opaque, high-risk markets—DGA uncovers hidden liabilities, political exposure, ESG issues, and records of litigation or enforcement. Findings support M&A, partnerships, disputes, market entry, and grant-making.

Categories of Clients

Clients include global companies, private equity firms, funds, foundations, law firms, and multilaterals. DGA is trusted when commercial potential is high but risks—especially in emerging or regulated markets—are uncertain.

Recent Work Highlights

  • Investigated acquisition targets in Southeast Asia and Africa for a global infrastructure investor
  • Advised a UK private equity firm on political risk in Eastern Europe
  • Delivered integrity risk reviews for a foundation’s grantees in frontier markets
  • Conducted source enquiries for a multinational’s joint venture in the Middle East

Specialisations

DGA specialises in due diligence, ESG and reputational risk, source enquiries, regulatory exposure, and stakeholder mapping. Its global team applies investigative skill, geopolitical insight, and policy fluency—moving with discretion and speed where visibility is limited and stakes are high.

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Investigative Due Diligence - Global-wide

3
Band 3

What the Team is Known For

DGA is a business intelligence and due diligence firm made up of senior leaders from other corporate intelligence firms and the leadership team at Albright Stonebridge Group, a political risk consultancy. The DGA team provides diligence services for private equity funds and other corporate investor clients. It works internationally, with a key focus on the EMEA region.

Notable practitioners

Michael Auerbach, head of global business intelligence, is a key contact.

Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Members

Provided by DGA

Austen Josephs

Head of Department

James Birkett

Head of Department