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Brand Defence & Integrity

Clarity before action.

We help boards, promoters and leadership teams establish the facts behind integrity risk, and fix what caused it. Forensic investigations, compliance, brand protection and governance technology for clients in India and the UAE & Dubai.

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In-house forensic lab

From device to court, one chain of custody.

Sixteen forensic and analytics tools in BDI's own lab acquire, decode, review and analyse phones, laptops, e-mail, chat and enterprise data, with reports certified for court.

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New · ClearPath Approvals Desk

One desk for every plant approval.

A single window for every licence, consent and clearance needed to build, expand and run plants, units and terminals, with a live tracker and renewal alerts at 90, 60 and 30 days.

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Brand Defence Academy · New curriculum

Ethics, POSH and regulation, taught from real cases.

Ten courses across Ethics & Compliance, Prevention of Sexual Harassment, and Regulatory & Compliance, from conflicts of interest and moonlighting to UPSI, FCPA, DPDP and UCPMP.

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Markets

Serving India and the UAE & Dubai.

Six offices across Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru and Kathmandu serve clients in India and the UAE & Dubai. UK & Europe and Canada & Americas are next.

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Governance Tools & Technologies

Every fraud case, from report to closure.

FraudSentinel360 joins Whistle Sentinel, Pactinex and IP Octopus: fraud monitoring across procure-to-pay, order-to-cash and dispatch, with one case file and audit-committee dashboards.

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Featured insights

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The Edge from BDI6 min read

Fewer frauds, bigger losses: what the RBI's FY26 numbers tell boards

Reported cases fell by more than half while the value reported rose by almost half. The lesson is not that fraud is shrinking, but that it is concentrating where diligence is weakest.

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Dossier14 min read

Know who leads: the twelve-dimension standard for senior management due diligence

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Article5 min read

The DPDP Rules are law. The 18-month countdown has started.

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Article5 min read

Counterfeits have moved online. Brand protection has to follow them.

How we can help

Four practices across the full integrity cycle, a forensic lab of our own and an Academy that trains your people.

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Practice 01

Forensic, Integrity & Corporate Intelligence

Investigations, forensic accounting, digital forensics, due diligence and corporate intelligence.

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Practice 02

Risk, Compliance & Regulatory

Fraud risk, internal controls, anti-bribery, POSH, DPDP, UCPMP and the ClearPath Approvals Desk.

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Practice 03

IPR & Brand Protection

Market surveys, source investigations, raids, online takedowns and grey-market checks.

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Practice 04

Governance Tools & Technologies

Whistle Sentinel, Pactinex, IP Octopus, FraudSentinel360 and TruScale, run by BDI.

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In-house forensic lab

Evidence from device to court

Acquire, process, review and analyse digital evidence in one chain of custody.

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Brand Defence Academy

Training built from real cases

Ethics & Compliance, POSH, and Regulatory & Compliance courses for every level.

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Industries

Sector intelligence for India and the UAE & Dubai, matched to a BDI response.

All industries
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Automobiles & Advanced Manufacturing

Paint and building products, cement, automobiles and the wider manufacturing base.

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02

PE, Banking & Financial Services

Private equity, banking, NBFCs and family offices.

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Pharma, Biotechnology & Life Sciences

Pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, life sciences, hospitals and nutraceuticals.

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Technology, Media & Telecommunications

Technology, media and telecommunications.

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Retail & Consumer

Retail, FMCG and consumer durables.

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Hospitality, Entertainment & Leisure

Hotels and properties, entertainment and gaming, and travel.

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07

Insurance, Mutual Funds & Others

Insurance, asset managers and mutual funds, and other capital market intermediaries.

Sector spotlight

Cement: fourteen fraud risks from quarry to bag

The 2026 risk map, red flags and how we test for them.

Governance technology

Platforms that turn integrity policy into board-ready evidence, configured and run by BDI.

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Ethics & speak-up

Whistle Sentinel

Every voice, safely heard. Every concern, accountably resolved.

AI contract lifecycle management

Pactinex

Smarter contracts. Stronger governance.

Brand defence digitisation

IP Octopus M1: Repository & Analytics

Every brand asset on record. Every trend on one dashboard.

Brand defence digitisation

IP Octopus M2: Case & Business Partner Management

Every infringement on file. Every partner on record.

Fraud case management · DB Tech

FraudSentinel360

One case file from report to closure. Fraud monitored across P2P, O2C and dispatch.

Governance technology · DB Tech

DB Tech's TruScale

Built by DB Tech. Governed by BDI.

Our impact in numbers

About BDI
100+
years of cumulative senior investigative leadership
25+
qualified professionals: CAs, CFEs, CISAs, lawyers and former law-enforcement officers
6
offices: Mumbai (2), Navi Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru and Kathmandu
1,200+
illicit networks and parallel distribution corridors interdicted

Where we work

Six offices across India and Nepal. Two active markets, two opening soon.

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Active market

India

Record capacity, credit and capital, and a regulatory regime catching up: DPDP, UCPMP 2024, Schedule M and RBI's digital lending rules.

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Active market

UAE & Dubai

A global hub under a tougher AML law, with record tourism, growing banking assets and a surge in family-office structures.

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Opening soon

UK & Europe · Canada & Americas

BDI is extending the same evidence standard to clients and counterparties in the UK, Europe, Canada and the Americas. Talk to us about cross-border mandates today.

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Client stories

Anonymised matters: the question we were asked, what we did and what changed.

BDI Record of Defence
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Private equity

Promoter and leadership diligence before a private equity investment

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Manufacturing

A senior manager and vendor nexus behind suspected kickbacks

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Regulated industry

Leadership conduct review after regulatory dawn raids

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Asset tracing

Asset tracing to support an execution petition

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Careers

Do work that holds up.

Investigators, forensic accountants, analysts, technologists and advisers: build a career on casework that matters, in a firm that trains its own people.

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