Compliance & Governance

Credentials & Governance Standards

M&A and business brokerage run on trust. Every mandate is built around formal AML/CFT qualification, documented KYC procedures and a transaction architecture that keeps funds, registries and regulators aligned — so a deal closes instead of stalling on a frozen account.

Regulatory basis: Polish AML/CFT Act, Art. 52
Supervision: GIIF — Polish financial intelligence unit
Scope: Obliged entities & management boards

Certification

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WIBWIB — Centrum Kształcenia Praktycznego (Centre for Practical Training)

AML Masterclass — intensive program for obliged entities

Issued: September 2026Registry No.: 467/2026

An intensive AML/CFT program for obliged entities: risk assessment, customer due diligence, beneficial-owner identification and the reporting duties owed to the GIIF. It satisfies the training obligation the Polish AML/CFT Act places on persons performing AML duties — the prerequisite for carrying compliance responsibility at management-board (Zarząd) level in an obliged entity.

Key competencies

KYC / CDD
UBO & CRBR
Source of funds
Sanctions screening
GIIF reporting
Risk assessment

How this shows up in a deal

Three principles applied to every mandate — from first contact to the transfer of funds.

Strict confidentiality & NDA standards

News that a business is for sale is more dangerous to the company than the sale itself. Disclosure therefore happens in stages, and every stage is recorded.

Mutual NDA before any access to data
Anonymous teaser — identity disclosed once a buyer qualifies
Documents released in stages, logged per recipient

UBO & sanctions screening

Who actually owns the company, and whether a bank can work with them at all, is settled before price negotiations start.

Ownership chain mapped down to natural persons
CRBR entry reconciled with the real structure
EU / UN / OFAC list and PEP status screening

Safe transaction architecture (Share deal / Asset deal)

The deal form is chosen on the liabilities that travel with it and on how the source of funds is evidenced — not out of habit.

Structure matched to liability transfer risk
Escrow and staged payments
Source of funds documented before closing

Planning a sale or an acquisition?

Let's discuss the structure before the deal starts — not after a bank asks its first question about where the money came from.