Private Credit

Beyond the Borrower

Faster, better, more defensible decisions across the deal lifecycle

Themis is the integrated risk platform for UK private credit. Three capabilities work as one. Themis Search screens borrowers, sponsors, and counterparties against sanctions, PEPs, litigation, and adverse media, and monitors them continuously thereafter. AI Investigator produces sourced integrity profiles in minutes. Themis Investigations delivers human-led enhanced due diligence into credit committee. Every screen, report, and alert sits in a single auditable record. It is the evidence LPs, back-leverage banks, and the FCA increasingly want to see.

Move forward with conviction, or a faster "no"

Every hour saved on a bad deal is an hour spent on a good one

A mid-market credit fund reviews 200 to 500 deal teasers a year to close 20 to 50 transactions. The integrity check at teaser stage is typically a Google search. By the time a real problem surfaces, the fund has already spent meaningful legal and analyst time on a deal that should never have got past first review.

Themis closes that gap. Themis Search runs the borrower entity, parent companies, subsidiaries, key directors, and beneficial owners against sanctions, PEPs, litigation, and adverse media. AI Investigator builds on that foundation, generating a sourced integrity profile in minutes that drops directly into the Green Light memo. Bad deals are identified and declined early, freeing analyst capacity for the opportunities that genuinely warrant it.

The same speed advantage runs through to credit committee. Themis Investigations delivers Level 2 and Level 3 enhanced due diligence reports, structured for the IC pack, faster and at materially lower cost than the established investigative firms. The committee gets the evidence it needs without integrity becoming the workstream that holds up the calendar.

Days, not quarters

Continuous visibility across the holding period

Private credit positions are illiquid and long-dated. Once exposure is in place, it cannot easily be unwound. Borrower circumstances continue to evolve through the life of the loan: litigation, sanctions developments, related-party events, leadership changes, adverse media, and quiet shifts in operating reality that a quarterly self-report will miss.

Themis Search monitors every borrower, parent, subsidiary and key principal continuously from the day funds disburse. Material changes surface in days rather than at the next reporting cycle. For a portfolio of 50 to 150 active positions across three to seven year holding periods, the surveillance is operationally unfeasible to do manually and economically straightforward at platform scale.

The benefit is not only earlier identification of deteriorating credits. It is also a documented, time-stamped monitoring record the fund can show to its LPs, its back-leverage providers, and its regulators. In secondaries, that record materially strengthens the price at which a loan trades. In stress, it is the difference between a credit committee that acted on evidence and one that has to reconstruct what it knew and when.

“Themis has revolutionised our compliance approach. Their KYC and AML tools streamlined our processes, improving efficiency and accuracy. More than a platform, Themis offers unmatched value and expert support. Their team’s insights and responsiveness make them an essential partner in staying compliant and proactive in a rapidly changing regulatory landscape.”
Jannes Coetsee
Chief Investment Officer

From Teaser to Repayment

The Private Credit lifecycle with Themis

Pre-Investment screening

Themis Search screens the borrower, parent, subsidiaries, key directors, and beneficial owners against sanctions, PEPs, litigation, adverse media, and structural risk. AI Investigator turns that screening into a sourced, time-stamped integrity profile that drops into the Green Light memo within minutes of upload. Bad deals are killed early. Good deals reach term sheet faster.

Confirmatory EDD

Where automated screening flags areas of concern, Themis Investigations delivers Level 2 and Level 3 enhanced due diligence: UBO mapping, source-of-wealth analysis, jurisdiction-specific OSINT, and ground-truth intelligence in opaque markets. Reports are structured for credit-committee consumption: executive summary, risk-rating matrix, and a documented evidence trail behind every conclusion. Faster and at materially lower cost than the established investigative firms.

Post-investment monitoring & portfolio oversight

Every position is enrolled into continuous monitoring on the Themis Search platform from the day funds disburse. Borrowers, parents, subsidiaries, principals, and key counterparties are tracked against sanctions, litigation, adverse media, and material changes in operating profile. Alerts are time-stamped, audit-ready, and delivered in days rather than at the next quarterly reporting cycle. The result is one continuous record of integrity oversight across every loan in the portfolio, from origination to repayment.

Our sector expert

Jake Astor
Managing Director, UK & Europe
Based in London, Jake leads strategy, growth, and senior client relationships across the UK and Europe. He works with clients and partners to support strategic priorities, deepen senior relationships, and drive Themis’s expansion across European markets.

He joined Themis from J Goodwin and Co, a boutique investment bank where he was a Partner advising later-stage technology companies on capital raising and M&A. Before that, Jake spent 15 years in Asia, including as a founding partner of Cassia Investments, a consumer private equity fund investing across China and Southeast Asia. He has also founded several technology companies.

Built for the team

How Themis fits each role in a credit fund

Themis touches different parts of the credit fund for different reasons. The value shifts by role.

1
Originating Partner / Head of Origination

Faster decline decisions on the deals that should never have got past first review, freeing analyst capacity for the deals that genuinely warrant pursuit.

2
CIO / Head of Credit

Higher-quality credit decisions and defensible IC governance, supported by a documented integrity record on every position.

3
MLRO / CCO

A continuous, time-stamped audit trail across screening, EDD, and monitoring, built for the regulatory environment credit funds operate in today.

4
Head of Portfolio Monitoring

Continuous surveillance across 50 to 150 active positions, with material changes flagged in days rather than at the next reporting cycle.

5
COO / Head of Operations

One platform replacing a fragmented vendor stack, with predictable unit economics across origination, EDD, and monitoring.

Across Fund Strategies

Where Private Credit funds deploy Themis

The product is the same across strategies. The emphasis shifts with the structure of the loan and the risk profile of the borrower.

Direct Lending Vehicles

Borrower integrity, sponsor and management screening, and continuous monitoring across senior secured loans. The integrated workflow runs from teaser to repayment with one audit trail behind every position.

Mezzanine & Hybrid Structures

Concentrated risk per position amplifies the value of integrity DD. Level 3 EDD on principal directors and beneficial owners, plus continuous monitoring designed to catch borrower behaviour shifts before the senior lender sees a covenant breach.

Distressed Credit / Special Situations

High-velocity screening on counterparties involved in restructurings, secondary purchases, and loan-to-own positions. Sanctions, litigation, and adverse media tracked in real time as situations evolve.

Co-Lending & Syndicated Deals

Independent integrity DD across the borrower group, lender partners, and agents. Coordinated monitoring across the lending consortium, with a consistent audit trail across all participants.

Level 3 EDD Report

See what a credit-committee-ready EDD report looks like

Our enhanced due diligence reports cover multiple jurisdictions and combine platform-driven screening with human investigative depth. The output is a credit-committee-ready report: executive summary, sourced findings, risk-rating matrix, and a documented evidence trail. Each project includes a debrief with your team.

Built for what the market is asking for

Why it matters

The pressure on credit funds to demonstrate adequate procedures is rising on three fronts at once. None of it is enforcement-led. All of it is the everyday environment in which the fund needs defensible evidence on file.

LP Operational Due Diligence

Limited partners increasingly ask borrower-level integrity, sanctions, and ongoing monitoring questions in their ODD process. Themis produces the documented record that answers those questions cleanly, supporting fundraising and re-up cycles.

Back-Leverage and Bank Financing Requirements

Subscription line, NAV facility, and CLO leverage providers are tightening compliance evidence requirements down the chain. Documented monitoring across the portfolio is becoming the standard the bank wants to see.

Senior Manager Personal Accountability

Senior managers in credit funds, including the MLRO and Head of Credit, face personal liability under SM&CR for the adequacy of fund procedures. Themis gives the individuals responsible the evidence trail they need to demonstrate that procedures were followed at every stage.

Country Risk Briefings

Country Specific Insight

Expert briefings on the political, economic, and integrity risks of specific jurisdictions that affect deals, counterparties, supply chains, and post-close exposure. Download today.

What next?

Whether you're assessing a prospective borrower, building a credit committee pack, or strengthening oversight across your loan book, Themis fits inside how your team already works.

Either, book a one-to-one with Jake Astor to discuss how Themis can support you with better, more defensible decision making, or complete the form below to discuss your fund's specific needs.

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