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GLEIF Level 2 Relationship Data (Who Owns Whom) Model

Model corporate family trees, ultimate beneficial owners, and direct/ultimate accounting consolidation parents using GLEIF Level 2 data.

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Official Regulatory Standard & Verification Protocol Authority: Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) ↗

Quick Technical Summary: Model corporate family trees, ultimate beneficial owners, and direct/ultimate accounting consolidation parents using GLEIF Level 2 data. Implementation conforms to ISO 17442 Legal Entity Identifier.

Execution SLA

<1ms Edge (Cloudflare V8)

Governing Norm

GLEIF Level 2 Standard

Throughput Limit

512 KB / Payload

Data Privacy

100% In-Memory (Zero Store)

Specification & Structural Breakdown

GLEIF Level 2 records provide transparency into corporate ownership structures by answering "who owns whom" through Direct and Ultimate Accounting Consolidation Parents.

Relationship Type	Definition	Accounting Threshold
Direct Parent	Entity that prepares consolidated financial statements including the child	Typically >50% voting control
Ultimate Parent	Highest consolidation parent in the corporate hierarchy	Highest level parent

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Parsed JSON Response Model

The edge microservice transforms input payloads into strongly-typed hierarchical JSON with zero cold starts:

HTTP 200 JSON Payload

{
  "childLei": "5493006MHB84DD0ZWV18",
  "directParentLei": "5493000P9J24H2T76A28",
  "ultimateParentLei": "5493000P9J24H2T76A28"
}

Copy-Paste Integration Code

Integrate this validator directly into your application using your production API key:

cURL

curl --request POST \
  --url "https://global-lei-corporate-tax-id-validator-api.stanzaapi.com/api/v1/lei/validate" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --header "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  --data '{
  "lei": "5493006MHB84DD0ZWV18"
}'

Node.js (Fetch)

const response = await fetch("https://global-lei-corporate-tax-id-validator-api.stanzaapi.com/api/v1/lei/validate", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "x-api-key": process.env.API_KEY || "YOUR_API_KEY"
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
  "lei": "5493006MHB84DD0ZWV18"
})
});

const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

Python (Requests)

import requests
import json

url = "https://global-lei-corporate-tax-id-validator-api.stanzaapi.com/api/v1/lei/validate"
headers = {
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
}
payload = {
    "lei": "5493006MHB84DD0ZWV18"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.json())

package main

import (
	"bytes"
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"os"
)

func main() {
	url := "https://global-lei-corporate-tax-id-validator-api.stanzaapi.com/api/v1/lei/validate"
	payload := []byte(`{"lei":"5493006MHB84DD0ZWV18"}`)

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, bytes.NewBuffer(payload))
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
	req.Header.Add("x-api-key", os.Getenv("API_KEY"))

	res, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

Frequently Asked Questions & Technical Notes

What happens if an entity has no parent company?

The LEI record specifies an official opt-out reason code (e.g. NATURAL_PERSONS, NO_KNOWN_PERSON, NON_CONSOLIDATING).

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