Last Modified: February 1999

When initiating a transaction, one of the first considerations is an evaluation of one's potential partner. What are the company's financial capabilities, track record? A host of companies have capabilities in performing "due diligence" operations. This list is by no means exhaustive. We list here those companies whose capabilities have come to our attention.

Arthur Andersen
Novorianzanskaya 36/38
107060 Moscow
Tel: 011 7 095 262 50
011 7 095 275 1130
Fax: 011 7 095 262 7336

Arthur Andersen
William P. Olsen
8000 Towers Crescent Drive
Suite 400
Vienna, VA 22182
Tel: (703) 917-5336
Fax: (703) 917-5383

Alex-USA, Ltd.
P.O. Box 127
Thomaston, Maine 04961
Tel: 1-800-354-2015
Fax: (207) 354-0242

AMIS International Ltd.
Mr. J.M. Dee
10999 Reed Hartman Highway
Suite 123
Cincinnati, OH 45242
Tel: (513) 984-4192
Fax: (513) 984-4193

ASET Consultants, Inc.
Eric Noble
2009 North 14th Street
Suite 214
Arlington, VA. 22201
Tel: (703) 516-9266
Fax: (703) 516-9269

The Bering Group, Ltd.
One World Trade Center, Suite 7967
New York, NY 10048
Tel: (212) 524-7705 or
(203) 329-9595
Fax: (203) 329-8054

Caal Brothers
22 Battery Street
Suite 810
San Francisco, CA 94111
Tel: 415-313-0501
Fax: 415-544-0711
Web site: www.caalbrothers.com

Cannon Associates/ AT Kearney
Attn: Charles Conconi
1150 17th Street, NW
Suite 1250
Washington, DC
Tel: (202) 331-1393
Fax: (202) 331-8563

Castle Information
Cynthia Schoenbrun
7321 Brookhaven Road
Philadelphia, PA. 19151-2206
Telephone and Fax: (215) 477-5383

CIS InteleCOM
Sean Kelly
Suite 900 300 Spring Street
Little Rock, AR. 72201
Tel: (501) 376-9977
Fax: (501) 374-277

Clifford L. Brody Associates, Inc.
1054 31st Street, N.W.
Suite 510
Washington, D.C. 20007-4403
Tel: (202) 337-4006
Fax: (202) 337-4010

Control Risks Group
Darrell Heasley
8200 Greensboro Drive
Suite 1010
McLean, VA 22102
Tel: (703) 893-0083
Fax: (703) 893-8611

Coopers and Lybrand
Charles Alsdorf
1301 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10019-6013
Tel: (212) 259-1000
Fax: (212) 259-1301

Dean and Lake Consulting, Inc.
Jana M. Dean
2306 Cleburne Ridge
Marietta, GA 30064
Tel: (404) 514-9100
Fax: (404) 514-9009

Dickstein, Shapiro and Morin
Frederic M. Lowther
Isaac Lyumkis
2101 L Street, N.W.
Washingotn, DC 20037
Tel: (202) 785-9700
Fax: (202) 887-0689

Dun and Bradstreet
1001 G Street, NW
Suite 300 East
Washington, D.C. 20001
Tel: (202) 393-5000
Fax: (202) 393-5412

Ernst and Young
Susan Pratt
787 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY. 10019
Tel: (212) 773-5550
Fax: (212) 773-5618

Ecotech International
82 Vernadsky Ave.
Building 2, Room 220
Moscow, 117571 Russia
Tel: (095) 434-36-18
Fax: (503) 956-55-24
E-mail: ecotech@glas.apc.org

FYI Information Resources
Jonathan Halperin
1413 K Street, N.W., 10th Floor
Washington, D.C. 20005
Tel: (202) 682-2394
Fax: (202) 682-2399
Email 5801710@Mcimail.com

Garbux and Associates
Michael V. Garbux
45 Wilton Crest
Wilton, CT 06897
Tel./Fax: (203) 761-9576

Intelex, Ltd.
Matthew Cherry
15 East Puttnam Ave., Suite 265
Greenwich, CT 06830
Tel: (800) 801-8149
Fax: (203) 622-7331

International Investigations Network
Richard Horowitz
420 Lexington Avenue, 18th Floor,
Suite 1805
New York, NY 10017
Tel: (212) 297-0117
(800) EYE-EYE-N
Fax: (212) 297-0143

International Investigations and Intelligence
John Landgraf, PHD
1155 Camino Del Mar
Suite 177
Del Mar, CA 92014
Tel: (619) 350-1055
Fax: (619) 350-1255

InterOccidental Inc.
Daniel M. Corcoran
P.O. Box 20548
Riverside, CA. 92516-0548
Tel: (714) 274-9119
Fax: (714) 274-0405

InterPro, Ltd.
Three Metro Center, Suite 750
P.O. Box 34948
Bethesda, MD 20827
Tel: (301) 365-7223
Fax: (301) 365-6389

Joint Stock Service Company
10 Bolshoi Gnezdnykovsky Per.
Suite 108
Moscow 103009
Russian Federation
Tel: and Fax: 011-7-095-229-2618

KPMG Peat Marwick
Patricia Neal, Nina Dimas
767 5th Avenue, 46th Floor
New York, NY 10153
Tel: (212) 909-5454
Fax: (212) 909-5134

Novecon Technologies
James M. LeMunyon
12030 Sunrise Valley Drive,
Suite 300
Reston, VA 22091
Tel: (703) 476-2222
Fax: (703) 476-2221
E-mail 4201388@mcimail.com
Specializes in manufacturing enterprises and technology institutes and orgs.

Operational Security Services
Donald J. Cavanaugh
892 Oak Lawn Avenue
Cranston, RI 02920
Tel: (401) 946-1130
Fax: (401) 943-5492

The Palisades Group, Ltd.
1735 "I" Street, N.W.
Suite 814
Washington, D.C. 20006
Tel: (202) 466-2727
Fax: (202) 466-3535

Pangea Partners, Ltd.
Eric Postel
402 Laurel Lane
Madison, WI 53704-6053
Tel: (608) 242-1801
Fax: (608) 242-1606
Email: 76114.216@compuserve.com

The Parvus Company
Eric W. Bassett
8403 Colesville Rd., Suite 610
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Tel: (301) 589-4949
Fax: (301) 589-0007

Price WaterhouseMichelle Siren
1801 K Street, N.W.
Suite 1000
Washington, D.C. 20006
Tel1: (202) 296-0800
Tel2: (212) 909-5454
or Moscow 011 7 501 882 3195 or 3196

Purcell Services Ltd.
Lawrence Nelson
1001 East Benson Boulevard
Anchorage, AK 99508
Tel: (907) 265-4333
Fax: (907) 265-4133

Russian and East European Partnerships
Mr. Alan Prince
724 East Industrial Park, Unit 9
Manchester, NH 03109
Tel (603) 672-7411
Fax (603) 668-9687

Red Square
Steve Kruse
2206 Windward Lane
Newport Beach, CA 92660
Tel: (714) 548-9998
Fax: (714) 646-9985

RusTex International
Viktor Konovalenko
Cheryl Ann Sigsbee
Direct/Portfolio Investment Consultants)
310 Merribrook Trail
Duncanville, TX 75116
Tel/Fax: 214-298-9521
SecaRNick Vaux
James Cronin
2727 South Ocean Boulevard
Suite 1204
Highland Beach, FL 33487
Tel: (407) 278-4918
Fax: (407) 243-8815
N.B. firm specializes in physical security

S.G.C., Inc.
John W. Landgraf, Ph.D.
1106 2nd Street
Suite 215
Encinitas, CA. 92024
Tel: (619) 753-8571
Fax: (619) 944-1644

N.B. firm specializes in physical security, confidential business/financial
information on Russian individuals and companies.

Smith Brandon International
1155 15th Street, NW
Suite 1002
Washington, DC 20005
Tel: 202-887-9363
Fax: 202-887-1395

Tirone Corporation
Thomas G. Tirone
Champaign, IL
Tel: (217) 359-8276
Fax: (217) 359-5433

UNITEL
Robert Allena
295 Madison Avenue,
Forty-fourth Floor-Tower Suite
New York, NY 10017
Tel (212) 889-3000
Fax (212) 889-3242

Dr. Robert Warren, CFE
POB 1616
Gloucester, VA 23061
Telephone & Fax: (804) 693-0737

Some law firms which are also active in doing due diligence:

Baker and McKenzie
Eugene Theroux
815 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.
Suite 1100
Washington, D.C. 20006
Tel: (202) 452-7000

Coudert Brothers
Richard Dean
1627 Eye Street, N.W.
Suite 1200
Washington, D.C. 20006
Tel: (202) 775-5100

Hale and Dorr
Catherine Mannick
60 State Street
Boston, MA. 02109
Tel: (617) 526-6236
Fax: (617) 526-5000

Hughes Thorsness, Gantz,
Powell and Brundin
Mr. Timothy Byrnes
509 West Third Avenue
Anchorage, AK 99501-2273
Tel: (907) 274-7522
Facsimile (907) 263-8320

The Pacific Law Center
Kevin Block
2 Captain Shefner Street
Vladivostok 690001, Russia
Tel: +7-509-851-2470
Fax: +7-509-915-3144

Pepper, Hamilton and Scheetz
Ed Lieberman
1300 19th Streeet, N.W.
Suite 1300
Washington, D.C. 20036
Tel: (202) 828-1200
Fax: (202) 828-1665

Pillsbury, Madison, Sutro
1667 K Street, N.W.
Suite 1100
Washington, D.C. 20006
Tel: (202) 887-0300

Russin and Vecchi
Jonathan Russin
1140 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.
Second Floor
Washington, D.C. 20036
Tel: (202) 223-4793
Fax: (202) 223-4810

Steptoe and Johnson
Sarah Carey
1330 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.
Suite 700
Washington, D.C.
Telephone (202) 429-8114
Fax: (202) 429-9204

Vinson and Elkins
Dmitri Racklin
1455 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Suite 700
Washington, D.C. 20005
Tel: (202) 639-6500
Fax: (202) 639-6615

White and Case
Carolyn Lamb
1747 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Suite 500
Washington, D.C. 20006
Tel: (202) 872-0013
Fax: (202) 872-0210

This report is provided courtesy of the Business Information Service for the Newly Independent States (BISNIS)