Silks has announced a strategic integration with identity verification provider Credas, giving mid-market law firms a way to embed certified ID checks directly into AI-powered compliance workflows. The partnership is designed to support faster client onboarding and same-day drafting of bespoke client care letters without moving data outside a secure firm environment.
Designed specifically for mid-market law firms, Silks centres its offer on privacy and workflow control. The company said its platform keeps firm and client data within each organisation’s own trusted tenant and within the UK, a structure intended to reduce the data sprawl and compliance risk that can come with using general-purpose AI tools for regulated legal work.
Within that setup, firms can trigger Credas identity checks at key stages of onboarding and matter management, either by connecting an existing Credas account or by adopting both products together. Results then feed into compliance records inside the Silks environment, which means staff do not need to switch between separate systems to complete verification and document workflows.
Updated guidance issued by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and HM Treasury in late 2025 clarified that only Identity Service Providers certified against the UK Government’s Digital Identity and Attributes Trust Framework meet the standard for fully compliant digital identity verification under the Money Laundering Regulations, according to the companies. Silks said the Digital Use and Access Act 2025 placed the framework on a statutory footing, leaving less room for law firms to rely on uncertified platforms or in-house processes that offer weaker regulatory assurance.
Mel Kang, founder and chief executive of Silks, said: “Law firms shouldn’t have to choose between adopting powerful AI and staying on top of their compliance obligations. Our partnership with Credas means that law firms can open and onboard clients the same day of receiving an enquiry and identity verification is no longer a separate, manual step. It’s woven into the workflow, exactly where it needs to be. And because everything stays within your own secure environment, firms can act with confidence.”
Credas is certified under the Trust Framework, giving the integration a regulatory position that Silks argues is increasingly important as scrutiny from the Solicitors Regulation Authority grows. Rhian Del-Valle, director of enterprise partnerships at Credas, said: “Silks’ AI powered workflows can help law firms revolutionise their compliance requirements while still ensuring their clients details and personal information is kept within a secure and private workspace.”
As law firms look to shorten the gap between first enquiry and compliant matter opening, the partnership places document drafting, identity checks, and record-keeping inside the same workflow rather than treating them as separate steps.
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