Most corporate risk registers describe risks the business already knows about. The risks that hurt are the ones outside the register — usually concentrated in counterparties, treasury, contracts and cross-border structure. We surface them, quantify them and put them in front of the board.
When clients come to us
After a near miss, before a transaction, or because the board has new directors who want a structured risk read. The trigger is often an FX shock, a counterparty default elsewhere in the sector, a regulatory shift in one of the firm's operating markets, or a banking review that exposes a concentration nobody had measured.
How we work
A senior advisor leads a structured set of interviews across finance, commercial, operations and legal, then maps the resulting exposures against the firm's actual capacity to absorb them. The analysis is quantitative where it can be and qualitative where it must be — the goal is a register the board will use, not one that scores everything green.
What we deliver
- Quantified risk register, ranked by impact
- Counterparty concentration analysis
- FX, liquidity and funding exposure read
- Cross-border legal and tax structural review
- Mitigation roadmap with named owners
- Board paper and presentation
Typical engagement
A risk review runs four to eight weeks. On our side, a senior advisor leads with one supporting director. On the client side, the CFO is the principal counterpart, with the audit or risk committee briefed at the close. The deliverable is independent of the firm's auditors and intended for board use, not regulatory filing.
Why CGLA
We sit outside the audit, insurance and banking relationships of the firm, which means the analysis is not shaped by an existing commercial interest. Our experience across EU, UK and Turkish corporate structures means the cross-border read is grounded in current practice, not a textbook.
