Back your receivable with traceable assets.
A won case or a past-due receivable is only as valuable as the debtor's reachable assets. With a systematic asset investigation reaching into title deeds, banks, company shares and third-party receivables, we lay the groundwork for collection.
Collection begins with the right target
A significant proproportion of enforcement files come to nothing because the debtor appears to have no assets. Yet the assets often do exist; they are hidden in receivables held by third parties, in company shares, in recently transferred real property, or in records in other cities.
We offer asset investigation as a standalone service: to gauge collectibility before a lawsuit or enforcement, to find attachable assets during the proceeding, and to detect asset-concealment transactions and have them annulled. The findings feed directly into the enforcement and litigation strategy.
When Does This Apply?
The typical use cases for our asset investigation service.
Collectibility Analysis
Before a lawsuit or enforcement proceeding begins: is it worth the cost? A data-driven answer to that question.
Attachment Targets
Identification of real property, accounts, vehicles, shares and receivables held by third parties; e-attachment coordination.
Asset-Concealment Detection
Identifying suspicious transfers and recovering them through an action for annulment of the disposition.
How Does the Process Work?
The three-stage method we follow in asset files.
01 · Search
Acting within our legal authority, we search institutional and registry records and build the debtor's asset profile.
02 · Tracing
We analyse transfer chains, affiliated companies, and third-party relationships and document concealment patterns.
03 · Action Plan
We rank the assets by attachment priority and initiate enforcement, precautionary attachment, or annulment-action steps.
The integration that links investigation to collection
Asset investigation is valuable not in itself but when it produces results. The team conducting the investigation and our enforcement and litigation team work at the same table; every asset found can turn into an attachment or interim-measure step within hours.
- Defensible findings obtained through lawful sources and methods
- Seamless connection with the enforcement and precautionary-attachment team
- Documentation experience in actions for annulment of dispositions
- Investigation in both countries for Germany-linked debtors
- A cost-benefit-focused, staged investigation model
Other Investigation Services
When needed, the same team can seamlessly extend its work to our other solutions in this area.
Related Areas & Legislation
The focus areas, practice areas, desks and legislation connected with this service.
The Team Delivering This Service
With our multilingual team of lawyers, well-versed in Turkish and German law, we are by your side.
Yes, when it is done in the right framework. A creditor investigating a debtor’s assets in order to exercise rights of enforcement and of suit is acting on a legitimate interest, and most of the work runs through legal mechanisms in any case: the enforcement office inquiries available under the Enforcement and Bankruptcy Law (No. 2004) — land registry, vehicle and bank searches — together with trade registry and MER…
Yes, and it is one of the more useful things to do before deciding to sue; we call it a collectability analysis. Before embarking on an expensive action, enforcement proceedings or arbitration, we build a picture of the debtor’s assets from public and lawfully accessible sources — real property, vehicles, shareholdings, the trade registry, and enforcement and bankruptcy records — and answer the question that actuall…
The instrument here is an action to set aside the disposition. Where a debtor has transferred property to a spouse, a relative or someone else close to them in order to put it beyond a creditor’s reach, that transfer can be rendered ineffective as against the creditor under the avoidance provisions of the Enforcement and Bankruptcy Law (No. 2004) — Article 277 and following. If the action succeeds, the asset can go…
Yes. Where a debtor has connections abroad, and to Germany in particular, their assets there can be investigated. In Germany the commercial register (Handelsregister), the land records and company information are accessible to a degree, and can be searched by working in coordination with local colleagues and with the enforcement instruments available there.The real question is turning a finding into a recovery. For…
You receive a report that gathers the debtor’s located assets in one place and can be turned straight into an enforcement step. It typically covers immovable property from the land registry, vehicles, findings on bank and financial accounts, company shareholdings and receivables — each with its type, its registration details and, where one can be established, an estimated value.On top of that sits an attachment prio…
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