Independent Trust & Governance Validation Infrastructure for Cross-Border Transactions
A reusable, jurisdiction-neutral infrastructure layer designed to validate counterparties before and after capital deployment across complex cross-border environments.
Fragmented Diligence
While global capital mobility has accelerated, trust infrastructure remains localized. Transaction failures are rarely caused by commercial viability alone. They more often arise from misjudged counterparty risk, fragmented diligence practices, and the absence of continuous governance oversight.
Embedded Validation
CLARUS provides an auditable layer of trust validation. This is a permanent governance infrastructure layer, not a one-off due diligence service. We operate as an infrastructure reference layer, integrated directly into the institutional workflows of risk committees, investment boards, and compliance functions.
Absolute Independence
We provide standardized validation frameworks, not bespoke advisory. CLARUS does not structure transactions, broker deals, or operate on success fees. Our mandate is the objective validation of governance infrastructure.
Systemic Capabilities
CLARUS delivers a standardized suite of validation protocols designed to bridge the trust deficit in cross-border environments. Our architecture is built for native integration into enterprise risk systems.
Counterparty Trust Registry
A centralized repository of validated entity profiles, encompassing UBO clarity, historical governance adherence, and baseline operational integrity.
Eliminates reliance on fragmented diligence. Serves as the initial screening mechanism for ICs evaluating new market entrants.
Standardized registry profiles, enterprise-accessible interfaces for internal GRC systems, and baseline trust metrics.
Annual infrastructure subscription based on registry access volume. No transaction success fees.
This output does not constitute an endorsement, valuation, legal opinion, or investment recommendation.
Governance & Trust Score (GTS)
A methodology-driven assessment of governance maturity, covering board independence, internal controls, and regulatory posture.
Translates qualitative risks into standardized metrics. Designed to operate as a standardized pre-deal governance gate referenced in IC memoranda prior to term sheet execution.
Quantitative Governance & Trust Scores (GTS), directional risk indicators, and dimension-level governance breakdowns.
Tiered consumption model based on scoring requests. Zero correlation to deal size or capital deployed.
This output does not constitute an endorsement, valuation, legal opinion, or investment recommendation.
Structured Governance Diligence
Deep-tier mapping of affiliated entities, political exposure, localized litigation history, and operational control verification.
Addresses informational asymmetry in emerging markets. Deployed during final phases of diligence prior to transaction closing.
Audit-ready diligence dossiers, visual UBO mapping networks, and categorized risk-flag reports.
Fixed-fee per validation target. Independent of transaction outcome.
This output does not constitute an endorsement, valuation, legal opinion, or investment recommendation.
Ongoing Monitoring & Triggers
Persistent surveillance tracking leadership changes, regulatory enforcement actions, and shifts in corporate structure.
Automated risk alerts routed to compliance officers, shifting risk management from a static pre-deal exercise to continuous oversight.
Event-driven and periodic trigger notifications for material governance changes, with configurable refresh cadences.
Annual infrastructure subscription per monitored entity.
Methodological Framework
CLARUS deploys a structured, sequential framework designed to establish trust before capital exposure and maintain verifiable oversight throughout the lifecycle of the relationship.
Pre-Deal Governance Gate
The CTGI framework operates as an initial filter in the transaction lifecycle. Before substantial resources are allocated, counterparties are subjected to our standardized trust scoring. This sits definitively at the LOI / MoU / Term Sheet stage, establishing an objective baseline of governance maturity to ensure capital is only considered alongside entities meeting predefined institutional thresholds.
Post-Deal Monitoring
Governance is not static. Following capital deployment, the infrastructure shifts from assessment to surveillance. Utilizing a matrix of localized data sets, we establish continuous risk triggers with a defined refresh cadence. Material deviations are immediately escalated to the client’s risk function.
Methodology & Source Traceability
Every validation output is supported by a verifiable audit trail with source references, timestamps, and versioned methodology records. Our infrastructure captures the exact data sources utilized to reach a specific trust score, ensuring absolute source traceability.
Data Governance & Update Cadence
To maintain an institutional-grade standard, CLARUS employs strict version control and QA protocols. Internal governance mandates a rigorous update cadence where data sets are regularly verified against primary sources. Any updates to our scoring algorithms are strictly versioned.
Institutional Application
CLARUS is purpose-built for entities managing complex, cross-border exposure particularly within the corridors of Southeast Asia, Greater China, the Middle East, and emerging markets.
Corporates
JVs, Supply Chain, M&A
Multinational corporates expanding into emerging markets frequently encounter joint venture partners or critical suppliers with opaque governance structures and undisclosed political exposure.
We provide corporate risk teams with an independent validation layer to assess the integrity of local partners, ensuring acquisitions are built on verified, transparent foundations.
Family Offices
Direct & Co-Investments
Principals and CIOs often deploy capital rapidly into private transactions. They typically lack the internal bandwidth to conduct exhaustive, localized governance diligence on every co-investment partner.
CLARUS acts as an extension of the family office’s risk function, providing a highly structured clearing gate to validate the individuals and entities controlling the target investment.
Investment Funds
PE, VC, Credit in EM
Risk committees face pressure to deploy capital in high-growth, low-transparency jurisdictions. Relying solely on localized, conflicted intermediaries for diligence often leads to compromised decision-making.
We supply risk committees with objective, jurisdiction-neutral trust scoring. This allows managing partners to fulfill fiduciary duties with confidence, backed by an independent methodology.
Methodology & Standards
The integrity of CLARUS relies entirely upon the rigor, consistency, and transparency of the CTGI framework.
Trust Scoring Framework
A proprietary, methodology-driven scoring framework combining structured qualitative assessment with standardized quantitative indicators. The framework assesses multiple dimensions: corporate transparency, leadership integrity, regulatory adherence, and operational resilience.
Governance Taxonomy
To ensure consistency across borders, CLARUS utilizes a strict classification system. This taxonomy categorizes risks across jurisdictional lines, enabling institutions to accurately compare governance postures by severity and proximity.
Audit Trails & Versioning
Integrity requires traceability. Every data point ingested and analyzed is meticulously recorded. Our methodology is subject to strict versioning discipline; any calibration of the scoring framework is archived, ensuring historical decisions can be reconstructed during audits.
Strict Scope Boundaries
- No Advisory: We do not provide legal advice, tax advice, or investment recommendations.
- No Brokerage: We do not source deals, broker transactions, or take equity.
- No Success Fees: CLARUS operates strictly on an infrastructure subscription or validation-fee model to ensure absolute independence.
- No Commercial Valuation: We do not opine on the financial valuation or commercial merit of any target or transaction.
Resource Repository
Governance Insights
Macro-level analysis and structural observations regarding cross-border compliance, fiduciary standards, and evolving regulatory frameworks in key emerging markets.
Access Governance Index →Risk Signals
Neutral, objective commentary and data-driven alerts regarding systemic governance shifts, jurisdictional risk trends, and changes to international compliance standards.
Access Risk Signals Database →Institutional Briefs
Architectural overviews of the CTGI methodologies, case studies on governance failure modes, and workflow integration guides for risk committees.
Request AccessGovernance Insights
Structural Analysis on Cross-Border Governance.
A public-facing governance reference index providing macro-level structural analysis on cross-border governance standards, fiduciary practices, and regulatory frameworks in emerging markets.
Regional Governance Briefs
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Southeast Asia
Jurisdictional Alignment & Entity Structuring
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Greater China
Cross-Border Control & Regulatory Posture
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Middle East
Fiduciary Standards & Ownership Opacity
Thematic Governance Memos
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Governance Failure Patterns
Structural Analysis
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Board Independence Validity
Diligence Methodology
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Beneficial Ownership Transparency
Cross-Border Frameworks
Risk Signals Database
Systemic Governance and Compliance Signals.
| Last Updated | Title / Short Description | Jurisdiction | Category | Severity |
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| Feb 18, 2026 | Beneficial Ownership Registry Overhaul Impending amendments to corporate transparency disclosures impacting offshore holding structures. | Greater China | Regulatory Posture | Elevated |
| Feb 10, 2026 | Fiduciary Liability Shifts in Joint Ventures Emerging precedents reallocating liability matrices among minority shareholders. | Southeast Asia | Corporate Control | Medium |
About CLARUS
Closing the Structural Deficit
CLARUS was established on a singular thesis: global capital mobility has fundamentally outpaced the infrastructure required to validate trust. Our mission is to provide the definitive, independent reference standard and infrastructure layer for counterparty governance, enabling institutions to deploy capital across borders with absolute fiduciary clarity.
Absolute Independence
Independence is our core asset. CLARUS operates with strict neutrality. We are entirely unconflicted by transaction outcomes. We do not engage in brokerage, we do not accept success fees, and we maintain rigid operational firewalls to prevent outside influence on our validation methodologies.
Advisory Board
CLARUS is guided by an advisory board comprising former institutional risk officers, cross-border legal experts, and governance specialists. This body provides strategic oversight of the CTGI methodology, ensuring alignment with the highest echelons of global institutional requirements.
Institutional Briefing Request
CLARUS provides detailed, confidential briefings to qualified institutional stakeholders regarding our methodological architecture, integration capabilities, and a demonstration of the validation infrastructure.
Services are exclusively available to institutional capital allocators, corporate risk functions, and formal family offices. Following a brief qualification review, a secure calendar link will be provided to book your briefing.