Compliance & MLROs
Run a defensible, risk-based AML programme with auditable evidence for every decision.
- Risk-based scoring
- Audit-ready reports
- Continuous monitoring
Due diligence & risk
Lexis Diligence+
Know who you're doing business with — globally, defensibly.
Lexis Diligence+ — AML, KYC and third-party risk screening. Global sanctions, PEPs, adverse media and 500m+ company records.
- Global sanctions, PEPs and watchlists in one search
- Adverse media across 40,000+ sources in 80+ languages
- Company and beneficial ownership data on 500m+ entities
- Configurable risk scoring with full audit trail
500m+
Company records
80+
Languages covered
40k+
News sources
30+ yrs
Archive depth
Who Lexis Diligence+ is for
Built around the roles that rely on it every day — from research and drafting to compliance and advisory.
Legal & in-house counsel
Clear conflicts, reputational and counterparty risk in one workflow before signing.
- Litigation history
- Adverse media
- Sanctions exposure
Procurement & third-party risk
Screen suppliers, agents and resellers at portfolio scale with deduplicated alerts.
- Batch screening
- UBO visibility
- Reviewer routing
Investigations & forensics
Trace individuals, entities and networks across 30+ years of global news and litigation.
- Relationship graphs
- Multilingual archive
- Source-linked evidence
Banks & financial services
Integrate diligence into onboarding, CLM and transaction monitoring via API and bulk feeds.
- REST APIs
- Risk-tiered monitoring
- Core system integration
Corporate boards & ESG
Surface ESG, bribery and reputational risk across customers, suppliers and partners.
- ESG risk categories
- Board-ready reports
- Reputational screening
Capabilities
Everything Lexis Diligence+ brings to your team — built for legal and regulated workflows.
Unified diligence search
One query across sanctions, PEPs, adverse media, company data and litigation — deduplicated and ranked by relevance.
Sanctions & watchlist screening
Continuously updated global, EU, UK, US OFAC and regional sanctions and law enforcement watchlists.
PEP & RCA coverage
Politically exposed persons, relatives and close associates, with role history and jurisdiction context.
Adverse media in 80+ languages
Structured negative news from 40,000+ licensed sources across 30+ years, categorised by risk type.
Corporate & UBO data
Ownership structures, directors and ultimate beneficial owners across 500m+ entities worldwide.
Configurable risk scoring
Match your policy: tune fuzzy matching, thresholds, risk tiers and reviewer workflows.
Ongoing monitoring & alerts
Continuous monitoring on any subject or portfolio with deduplicated, prioritised alerts.
Structured EDD reports
Generate branded enhanced due diligence packs with evidence, sources and reviewer commentary.
Full audit trail
Every search, hit, decision and reviewer action is timestamped and retained for regulators.
How it works
Retrieval first, generation second — every step grounded in trusted content.
- Step 1
Capture the subject
Add a person or entity manually, via batch upload or through API from your onboarding system.
- Step 2
Run a unified screening
Search sanctions, PEPs, adverse media, company and litigation data in a single query.
- Step 3
Review with risk scoring
Configurable risk model ranks hits and surfaces the evidence that matters first.
- Step 4
Document the decision
Reviewers add structured notes and dispositions — every action timestamped to an audit log.
- Step 5
Export a defensible report
Generate KYC, CDD or EDD packs with sources, evidence and a clear risk conclusion.
- Step 6
Monitor continuously
Set ongoing monitoring and receive deduplicated alerts when status, ownership or coverage changes.
Lexis Diligence+ in practice
Real workflows from practitioners across UK firms — research, advisory and drafting.
Banking — Onboarding
Onboarding a corporate client in minutes
A relationship manager needed to onboard a new corporate customer with subsidiaries across three jurisdictions before a quarter-end deadline.
Lexis Diligence+ screened the entity, its UBOs and directors across sanctions, PEPs and adverse media in one query — producing a complete CDD pack in under 10 minutes.
“What used to take half a day across three tools was one search and one report.”
Law firm — Client take-on
Clearing a high-risk client
A partner wanted to take on a new client linked to a jurisdiction flagged by FATF, and needed evidence the firm had performed enhanced due diligence.
An EDD report consolidated sanctions, PEP, adverse media and litigation findings with reviewer notes — accepted by the MLRO and retained for inspection.
“We took on the client with confidence — and a defensible file if anyone ever asks.”
Procurement — Supplier risk
Screening a global supplier base
A compliance team needed to re-screen 12,000 active suppliers for sanctions and adverse media after a new EU package was announced.
Batch screening flagged 38 suppliers for review with deduplicated alerts routed by region — closed within a week.
“We re-screened the entire supplier base in days, not months.”
Investigations
Mapping a hidden network
Forensic investigators needed to map ownership and relationships behind a shell company involved in a suspected fraud.
Relationship graphs linked directors, addresses and adverse media across five jurisdictions, exposing the network behind the entity.
“The network was hiding in plain sight once we connected the data.”
Security & compliance
Lexis Diligence+ meets the same standards as the legal professionals who rely on it.
Regional data hosting
Hosted in the UK/Europe with strict data residency controls for regulated industries.
End-to-end encryption
AES-256 at rest and TLS 1.2+ in transit across every search, report and audit record.
Audited and compliant
Independently audited to SOC 2 Type 2, with controls aligned to GDPR and UK MLR 2017.
Permissioned access
Granular role-based permissions, SSO and tenant-level segregation of investigations.
Defensible by design
Every search, hit and decision is logged for regulator and auditor review.
Admin governance
Configure risk policy, list usage, screening frequency and reviewer workflows organisation-wide.
Frequently asked questions
- What is Lexis Diligence+ used for?
- Customer onboarding (KYC/CDD), enhanced due diligence on high-risk relationships, third-party and supplier risk, anti-bribery and corruption checks, sanctions screening and ongoing monitoring across customers, counterparties and beneficial owners.
- What data sources are included?
- Global sanctions and watchlists, politically exposed persons (PEPs) and state-owned entities, adverse media from 40,000+ news sources in 80+ languages, company and ownership data on 500m+ entities, and biographical and litigation records — all consolidated into one search.
- Does it support ongoing monitoring?
- Yes — set continuous monitoring on any individual, entity or portfolio and receive alerts when sanctions status, PEP status, ownership or adverse media coverage changes.
- Is the workflow auditable?
- Every search, decision and reviewer action is timestamped and retained in a full audit trail, with structured reports you can export for regulators, auditors and internal committees.
- Which regulations does it help with?
- Aligned with the EU AMLR/AMLD, UK MLR 2017, FATF recommendations, US OFAC requirements, the UK Bribery Act and the US FCPA — supporting risk-based programmes across financial services, legal, corporate and public sector.
- Can teams configure their own risk model?
- Yes — configure risk scoring, screening thresholds, fuzzy matching tolerance and approval workflows to match your internal policy and risk appetite.
Questions by role
Targeted answers for the people who use Lexis Diligence+ every day.
Compliance & MLROs
- Can I evidence a risk-based approach?
- Yes — configurable risk scoring, structured reviewer notes and full audit trails evidence a documented, risk-based approach to every regulator.
- How fast can we onboard a customer?
- Most standard KYC checks complete in under a minute, with EDD packs generated in a single export.
Legal & in-house counsel
- Can I run conflict and reputational checks together?
- Yes — search litigation history, adverse media and sanctions exposure in one query before opening a matter or signing a counterparty.
- Is the source content defensible?
- Yes — every hit links back to a verifiable source with publication date, jurisdiction and structured metadata for evidence.
Procurement & third-party risk
- Can we screen suppliers and resellers at scale?
- Yes — batch upload portfolios for one-off or continuous screening, with deduplicated alerts routed to the right reviewer.
- Does it cover ultimate beneficial owners?
- Yes — corporate ownership data on 500m+ entities surfaces UBOs and complex ownership chains for screening.
Investigations & forensics
- How far back does the news archive go?
- 30+ years of licensed news and litigation content across 80+ languages, searchable with relevance and date filters.
- Can I trace networks of related entities?
- Yes — relationship graphs link individuals, companies, addresses and directorships to surface hidden connections.
Banks & financial services
- Does it integrate with our core systems?
- Yes — REST APIs and bulk feeds integrate with onboarding, case management and transaction monitoring platforms.
- Can we segment monitoring by risk tier?
- Yes — apply different screening frequencies, lists and thresholds per customer segment or product line.
Corporate boards & ESG
- Can we screen for ESG and reputational risk?
- Yes — adverse media categories cover bribery, sanctions, fraud, human rights, environmental harm and labour practices.
- How are findings reported to the board?
- Branded, structured reports summarise risk score, evidence and recommended action for committee review.
Pair diligence with research and AI
Lexis Diligence+ sits alongside the Lexis+ research and AI stack — so legal, compliance and risk teams work from the same trusted source.
Generative legal AI
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Research + Guidance
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Tax
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