Legal

Onboard clients faster while staying compliant

Verify clients, UBOs, and counterparties in minutes. Run AML, KYC, and sanctions checks in one workflow with an audit-ready trail.

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Automated AML checks
UBO discovery to 0.01%
Ongoing client monitoring
Audit-ready digital trail

Trusted by legal, risk and compliance teams who need speed and control

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Law firms face new compliance and financial risks

While law firms are being asked to move faster, regulators are imposing stricter AML rules, fraud risks are growing, and manual processes are creating gaps in compliance and operational efficiency.

  • AML failings now carry unlimited fines
  • Hidden ownership creates hidden liability
  • Manual onboarding slows case opening
  • Weak records complicate audits and reviews

Turn compliance and financial risks into a competitive edge

Transform rising AML fines, hidden liabilities, and slow onboarding into a streamlined, compliant advantage. Predict risks, automate checks, and monitor clients continuously to reduce exposure and win more business.

Built around the way legal onboarding actually works

Instead of treating AML, KYB, and monitoring as separate tasks, Red Flag Alert supports the full legal workflow, from intake to ongoing review. Assess, run checks, and monitor changes without manual admin.

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Assess the client and matter

Start with the legal entity, its owners, and matter risk. Then decide which checks are needed based on structure, jurisdiction, and risk profile.

02.

Run checks without slowing fee-earners

Complete AML, KYB/KYC, IDV, and ownership checks in one digital process. Get clear results and risk flags in minutes.

03.

Record decisions and stay aware

Track every decision and update in a secure audit trail, and keep monitoring clients continuously so high-risk cases never slip through the cracks.

Protect revenue and reputation with smarter client intelligence

Faster onboarding, consistent controls, and audit-ready evidence. Open matters sooner, apply risk standards uniformly, and defend decisions with confidence.

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Faster onboarding and earlier billing

Replace weeks of back-and-forth with one comprehensive digital workflow, and get to work sooner without compromising compliance or accuracy.

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Consistent decisions across your firm

Apply the same onboarding and review process across all your teams to reduce variation and make risk decisions easier to justify.

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Stronger evidence for audits and reviews

Maintain time-stamped records of checks, findings, and actions so you can answer audits and regulator requests faster and with less effort.

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A better digital onboarding experience

Legal onboarding shouldn’t slow down fee-earners or force compliance teams to rebuild data across systems. Red Flag Alert unifies identity, ownership, AML, and screening checks into one workflow.

  • One joined-up process for all checks
  • Cleaner data from the start
  • Checks completed in minutes
  • Every step is audit-ready
Industry

Legal

Location

London

We’ve certainly seen positive changes, and the time to onboard clients is significantly faster. The data that we get in is much cleaner.

Andy Warren
CIO at Kennedys
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Beyond point-in-time compliance

Risks are constantly evolving so one-off checks aren’t enough. Red Flag Alert links your onboarding with continuous monitoring so you can act on changes before they become problems.

  • 12-24 hours earlier alerts on key signals
  • Up to 90 alert signals per entity
  • Twice-daily updates across your client book
  • Full visibility into ownership and risk changes
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Get legal risk cover through our packages

Lifecycle Intelligence and Automation

Connect onboarding with wider risk and compliance intelligence. Identify who to work with, onboard clients in minutes and monitor for future changes, all in one platform.

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Onboarding and Compliance

Run KYB/KYC, IDV, UBO, sanctions, PEP, and adverse media checks in one platform, and maintain a digital record for file reviews and audits.

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Portfolio Monitoring

Monitor sanctions exposure, changes in ownership, and distress signals across your entire client base following onboarding new clients.

Explore Portfolio Monitoring

Frequently asked questions

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