- Due Diligence
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Legalian.io is a KYC/AML compliance platform offering continuous, real-time monitoring of a client base, handling fragmented registers, extensive sanctions lists, and nested ownership structures in a single portal with a transparent data basis.
Legalian positions itself as an automation layer rather than another tool: it writes results directly back into existing systems, so users only log in when irregularities occur. Traction claims: 100+ customers, 2,300+ active users. Used by firms including PwC and Möhrle Happ Luther. Hosting is offered in the EU or in a Sovereign Cloud Germany option.
Key Features
KYC-Engine – native access to global commercial and transparency registers, 144 countries, 10 of which are connected via direct API integration
Sanktionsnetzwerk (Sanctions Network) – Goes beyond direct hits by mapping connections and shareholdings around sanctioned entities, including agentic downward searches that registers don‘t cover.
EDD Reports – Enhanced due diligence at scale: cross-jurisdictional deep research delivered in hours instead of days or weeks, with every finding sourced.
Sentinel – Continuous monitoring of the entire client portfolio; UBO, PEP, sanctions, and adverse-media changes are detected within hours, making KYC reactive and 100% change-focused.
End-to-end workflow: register search → control structure & UBO mapping → PEP/sanctions/adverse-media screening → pre-filled client questionnaires → risk assessment with mandatory human review → audit-ready reporting package
AI Capabilities
AI is used for research, not for decisions: agentic downward searches around sanctioned entities, automated adverse-media and PEP research across the web and global lists, and our large-scale, language- and format-agnostic deep investigation. Legalian compiles and structures the evidence; the risk assessment itself always requires a human decision - human-in-the-loop review is mandatory in every workflow.
Integrations
Open native API for integration into any system landscape (practice management, CRM, DMS, etc.), plus out-of-the-box standard integrations with DATEV, Vertec, ADVOSERVICE, and other common practice-management tools. Legalian writes results back directly into existing systems, so it operates as an automation layer rather than a separate tool.
More Information
Legalian positions itself as an automation layer rather than another tool: it writes results directly back into existing systems, so users only log in when irregularities occur. Traction claims: 100+ customers, 2,300+ active users, and a 90% reduction in unnecessary re-reviews per Sentinel benchmark; used by firms including PwC, Möhrle Happ Luther, and others with high compliance requirements. Hosting is offered in the EU or in a Sovereign Cloud Germany option.
What sets it apart
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Primary-source data model: registers and sanctions lists are accessed directly at the source - not sourced from aggregators - so every finding stays traceable to its origin.
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Change-focused economics: subscription plus per-event fees mean clients pay for relevant changes, not routine re-checks.
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Automation layer, not another tool: writes back natively into existing practice-management systems
Key Facts
- Category
- Legal Tech/ Reg Tech
- Founded
- 2023
- Pricing
- Subscription + usage (hybrid). A fixed monthly subscription (managed or sovereign cloud instance), ongoing Sentinel monitoring, and a per Check Fee charged only per onboarding or material change — nothing in between. PEP and sanctions screening and full control-structure resolution are included in pay-as-you-go; add-ons (video identification, adverse media research, EDD reports, standalone sanctions database) are billed individually.
- Deal Stage
- Strategy, Transaction, Integration
- Target Market
- Legal, Tax, Corporate, Real Estate, Finance and Banking, Insurance
