It is Avisa Partners’ company policy that a conflict search should be made whenever we are asked to undertake new work for a customer before any sensitive information is exchanged, regardless of whether the customer is new or existing.

It is our duty to inform any customer of any potential conflict risk as soon as we detect one. 

A conflict can be technical or more of a corporate nature.

In the most extreme form, a conflict can be purely emotional (customer A would not like us to work for customer B even on a matter in which A has no interest whatsoever).

Not only do emotional conflicts deserve as much attention as technical ones, they are also more subtle and hence require extra attention.

In the light of the above, we rarely assume prima facie that there is no risk of conflict.