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Where do sealed releases live and who can read them?

The location, access control and retention window for sealed releases determine how a counterparty's record stays intact across staff changes. The firm's archive arrangement is documented on the archive sealing and retention management pages. The diligence question is whether a comparable provider can produce a written retention policy and a retrieval log on demand.

• ›Written intake brief signed by the client
• ›Conflicts screen and independence check
• ›Defined deliverable list and retention envelope

What activities does the provider refuse to perform?

A provider with no documented refusals is harder to scope. The activities this firm does not perform are listed on the clarity check page. The diligence question is whether a comparable provider has a published list of refused activities and the reasons for each. A provider that quietly expands scope to win the engagement is harder to rely on later when documentation needs to hold up against external scrutiny.

• ›Source hashing at intake
• ›Role-based, time-bound access
• ›Two-stage review before release

Where is the entity, and under whose courts?

Single-entity, single-forum structures shorten cross-entity transfer analysis during due diligence. The structural facts for this firm are recorded on the corporate structure page. The diligence question is whether a comparable provider can be described in one entity and one forum, or whether activity is split across vehicles that require separate analysis.

How are fees structured, and what could move them?

Fee structure tells a diligence team what could pull documentation in a particular direction. The firm's fee posture — time- or deliverable-based, set in the engagement letter, with no success fee or transaction-linked payment — sits in the engagement letter itself. The diligence question is whether a comparable provider can show the same posture in their standard engagement letter, or whether part of the fee is contingent on a third-party outcome.