Corporate Relationships

Occasionally, attorneys and other legal professionals may need to identify connections between specific companies or map out the structure of a company. One of the most common reasons to search for this “corporate linkage” data is to identify possible conflicts of interest before taking on new corporate clients; however, a company’s relationships with other entities also may have an impact on how a particular legal matter involving the company is handled. Additionally, attorneys who have successfully represented a subsidiary company may want to use their success with that client as a gateway to marketing their legal service to the parent company.

Given the intricate network of relationships that can exist within a large company,obtaining a complete picture of a company’s hierarchy can be a daunting task.The availability of corporate linkage information depends on a variety of factors, including whether the company is publicly traded or privately owned, whether it is based inside or outside the United States, and whether it is a large or small company.