About Counterscope
Last reviewed: 2026-07-10
Counterscope (Arabic: مرصد) turns the UAE’s official public record into a clear counterparty-risk signal. We read legal, regulatory, credit-distress and registry filings so you can see the risk in a company before you sign, lend, or partner — in both English and Arabic.
Why we built Counterscope
Checking who you are about to do business with in the UAE is slow and scattered: the records exist, but across many courts, regulators and registries, in two languages, and rarely in one place. Counterscope brings them together into a single, explainable score — from 300 to 900, graded A to E, where higher is safer — so a check that took days takes minutes, with the source evidence behind every point.
How it works
Every legal event on the official record contributes to a company’s score, weighted by how serious it is, how recent, who prevailed, and the company’s role in it. The engine is a pure calculation — no AI and no randomness in the score itself — so the same records always produce the same grade.
What we cover
Counterscope draws only from official UAE sources — the DIFC and ADGM courts, the DFSA and other regulators, mainland and free-zone registries, and public insolvency and payment-default records. Coverage grows as we add sources.
What we stand for
Four principles shape everything we publish:
- Evidence over inference
- We never infer. Only what stands on the official record is scored, and every point links to the exact source document behind it.
- Explainable and reproducible
- No black box: the score is a transparent calculation you can audit, and identical records always yield an identical grade.
- Honest about what we don’t know
- A clean result means nothing was found in the sources we cover — not a clean bill of health. We are explicit about the limits of our coverage.
- Official public records only
- We build from official public legal, regulatory and registry sources — never rumour, hearsay, or private personal data.
What Counterscope is not
Counterscope is a legal-risk signal from public records — not a credit score, not a sanctions or PEP check, and not a verdict on any company. It is built to focus and speed up your own due diligence, not to replace it.
Common questions
What is Counterscope?
Counterscope is a counterparty-risk intelligence service for the UAE. It turns official public legal, regulatory, credit-distress and registry records into an explainable 300–900 risk score, graded A to E, with the source evidence behind every point.
Who is Counterscope for?
Anyone weighing a UAE counterparty — SME owners, and compliance, legal, credit and procurement teams — who needs to understand a company’s legal and financial-distress risk before signing, lending, or partnering.
Where does Counterscope’s data come from?
Only from official UAE public sources: the DIFC and ADGM courts, the DFSA and other regulators, mainland and free-zone registries, and public insolvency and payment-default records. Every score links back to the filings behind it.
Is Counterscope a credit score or a sanctions check?
No. It is a legal-risk signal from public records — not a credit score, not a sanctions or PEP screen, and not a verdict on a company. Use it to focus your own due diligence, not to replace it.
How do I contact Counterscope?
Email the team at info@counterscope.ae — for questions, coverage requests, or press.
Contact us
For questions, coverage requests, or press, reach the team at info@counterscope.ae.