Per matter
Commission one defined evidence question, review or investigation. Aperture controls its research finding while your organisation retains its own professional role and client relationship.
Professional capacity · Partner-instructed or white-label where agreed
Add independent research capacity without adding permanent headcount.
Law firms, advisers, consultants, transaction teams and other professional organisations can use Aperture Research Works as an external evidence capability for defined client or internal matters.
One relationship, several delivery models
Use Aperture where the evidence burden exists, without rebuilding the capability internally.
Recurring capacity
Where similar questions recur, use DESK or the External Evidence Desk to reduce repeated onboarding and scoping friction.
White-label delivery
Where specifically agreed, approved outputs may be supplied for use within your client delivery or house style. Attribution, publication, resale and usage rights are defined in writing before delivery.
What the professional team gains
Extra evidence capacity without transferring the professional judgment.
- source-traceable external research on bounded material questions;
- independent challenge of claims, reports, counterparties and factual assumptions;
- defined escalation when private, specialist or regulated evidence is required;
- written outputs that can be reviewed by the responsible professional;
- capacity that can expand from one matter to repeated use without an unlimited-work promise.
The boundary stays clear
Counsel remains counsel. The adviser remains the adviser. The client-facing professional remains responsible for the advice, regulated opinion, recommendation or representation that belongs to that role.
Aperture independently tests the research and evidence layer.
Typical users
Designed for professional teams with recurring evidence burdens.
Law firms & counsel
Source checks, authority currentness, factual chronology, research reliance and evidence packs.
Counsel Research Assurance →M&A, restructuring & corporate advisers
Target, counterparty, fiduciary, transaction and external-record verification around a defined decision.
Fiduciary & distressed evidence →Consultants, experts & specialist firms
Independent external fact testing where a recommendation, report or client deliverable depends on a material proposition being true.
Professional adviser evidence layer →Commercial structure
Scope the work to the evidence burden and intended use.
Defined fixed-fee matter
Best where the question, evidence boundary and deliverable can be stated clearly in advance.
Retained capacity
DESK and External Evidence Desk arrangements are available where recurring use justifies reserved research capacity.
Expanded usage rights
White-label use, publication, commercial redistribution, resale, removal of attribution, exclusive use or other expanded rights require written agreement and may affect the fee.
See current indicative fees → · See usage and intellectual-property terms →
Not the same as referral
Delivery and referral are separate commercial relationships.
Professional research capacity means Aperture performs defined research or verification work.
Channel or referral relationships may instead involve a professional introducing a suitable matter or Aperture identifying a qualified opportunity under a separate written arrangement.
Choose the relationship first
If you need Aperture to do the evidence work, use this page. If you want to refer matters or explore a partner programme, use the Channel Partner route.
See all ways to work with ApertureStart with one real matter.
Send the decision, the factual question, the intended use and the deadline. Aperture will determine whether a defined professional-capacity arrangement fits.
Discuss professional research capacity