ENHANCED DUE DILIGENCE (EDD) PACK ✅ FINANCIAL SERVICES ✅ SERVICES

Conducts an initial consultation to identify the client’s objectives and transaction type (corporate, financial, real estate, etc.).
Requests completion of the enhanced customer due diligence form and gathers supporting documentation.
Performs a risk classification based on country of origin, business activity, ownership structure, and transaction value.
Defines whether enhanced due diligence is usually required for the case.
Prepares an engagement letter outlining scope, confidentiality, and fees.

Executes all checks on the enhanced due diligence checklist, including:
Identity and corporate registration verification (trade license, beneficial ownership, incorporation records).
Sanctions, PEP (Politically Exposed Person), and adverse media screening through accredited databases.
Validation of source of funds and source of wealth with supporting evidence.
Conducts independent review of public records and reputation analysis.
Completes the enhanced due diligence form with verified data and findings.
Identifies potential legal or compliance red flags and documents them for reporting.

Analyses all findings in light of UAE’s AML/CFT regulations and sector-specific compliance laws.
Prepares a detailed Enhanced Due Diligence Report summarizing:
Client’s overall risk rating.
Identified issues and legal exposure.
Recommendations for mitigation, ongoing monitoring, or refusal of engagement if necessary.
Presents the report to the client and explains the implications of each finding.
Advises on setting up an internal enhanced customer due diligence process for future compliance.

What is Enhanced Due Diligence

Enhanced due diligence is a higher level of investigation that goes beyond standard customer due diligence. It is designed to assess, verify and monitor risk in relationships and transactions that present elevated threat of money laundering, corruption, or other financial crime. As a legal service provider in the UAE, we deliver full-scope enhanced customer due diligence form support, enriched with reliable verification, for individuals, corporate clients, and beneficial owners.

Why Enhanced Due Diligence is Usually Required for Certain Clients

In the UAE, enhanced due diligence is usually required for clients or transactions that involve:
Politically exposed persons (PEPs) or their close associates.
High-risk jurisdictions or clients from countries with weak AML (anti-money laundering) controls.
Complex beneficial ownership structures, opaque shareholding, or shell entities.
Unusual or large financial transactions that deviate from expected business patterns.
Industries with regulatory scrutiny, such as real estate, precious metals, virtual assets, or high cash flows.
Cases triggered by standard due diligence flagging red-flags.

These triggers make the use of an enhanced due diligence checklist essential to ensure regulatory compliance and protect your business reputation.

Our Enhanced Due Diligence Pack in Dubai

We offer a comprehensive EDD Pack tailored for Dubai (and broader UAE) clients, which includes:

Enhanced due diligence form: A structured document that you complete, which captures all necessary customer data, ownership, transaction expectations, etc., enabling us to verify everything required.
Detailed enhanced due diligence checklist: We use an exhaustive checklist covering customer identification, source of funds and wealth, beneficial ownership, background / media screening, sanctions & PEP checks, transaction pattern reviews, and geographical risk assessment.
Verification of documents and sources: We check official IDs, corporate registration documents, licenses, and third-party references where needed.
Ongoing monitoring plan: Not just at onboarding; we advise on periodic reviews, flagging changes in risk, updated enhanced customer due diligence form submissions as customer data evolves.
Legal risk report: A summary of findings and recommendations to mitigate exposure, customised for your entity or transaction in the UAE regulatory environment.

Enhanced Due Diligence Form & Checklist – What You’ll Provide

To execute our service efficiently, clients will be asked to supply or assist with:

Completed enhanced customer due diligence form with personal/corporate details, ownership structure, anticipated transaction volumes.
Documentation for identity, address, business registration, financial statements, source of funds and wealth.
Information about past and current transactions, business sectors, jurisdictions involved.
Any information or disclosures on beneficial owners, PEP status, or potential regulatory risks.

Using the enhanced due diligence checklist together with this information ensures we leave no compliance gap.

Enhanced Due Diligence Dubai – Local and Regulatory Compliance

Our EDD Pack is fully aligned with UAE laws, including the Federal AML/CFT law, regulations of financial regulators, and international best practice (e.g. FATF). We ensure that enhanced due diligence in Dubai meets all obligations so that your business or transactions are defensible under audit, supervision, or regulatory review.

Why Choose Our Firm for Enhanced Customer Due Diligence

Expert legal practitioners: Deep experience in AML, regulatory law, corporate structuring, and investigations.
Local insight: We understand UAE-specific requirements and what regulatory bodies expect.
Tailored approach: The enhanced due diligence form and checklist are customised per risk level, industry, and transaction type.
Fast turnaround and confidentiality: We respect privacy and urgency.
Support for decision-makers: You’ll receive actionable advice, not just reports, to help you make safe commercial decisions.

How to Engage Our Enhanced Due Diligence Pack

Contact us for a preliminary risk assessment: we discuss your client / transaction / industry.
We send the enhanced due diligence form for you to complete.
You provide supporting documentation as per checklist.
We conduct verification, investigations, screening.
Receive your legal risk report + recommendations.

If you want to ensure full compliance, avoid penalties, and protect your reputation in UAE business, request a quote or speak with our manager now.

Conclusion

Safeguard your business with legally compliant enhanced due diligence. Reach out to our UAE office today to get started. Fill in the enhanced customer due diligence form with our assistance, and let us guide you through the enhanced due diligence process to secure your transactions with confidence.

Secure Transaction

As a Client, you are freed from all financial risks when collaborating with Contractors, as the payment amount is reserved by our service and is paid to the Contractor only after receiving confirmation from you about the completion of the stage.

If the service is not provided, the funds are returned to you. The service takes on all financial risks and acts as a guarantor and custodian of funds, and in case of disputes between the parties, acts as an independent Arbitrator.

Your money is in safe hands!