Overview
Engage for Businesses (KYB) enables firms to onboard and manage business clients within Legl. It connects company data, associated individuals, compliance checks, and monitoring into a single, auditable workflow.
It is typically used by compliance and onboarding teams managing corporate clients.
What you can use Engage for Businesses for
You can use Engage for Businesses to:
Search for and verify company entities
Generate Company Reports with ownership and financial information
Run sanctions screening against a business
Identify directors, PSCs, shareholders, and group structures
Run Instant Screening (PEPs and sanctions) on associated individuals
Send CDD or custom Engage workflows to business contacts
Associate businesses with other businesses to represent entity relationships
Monitor businesses for ongoing changes
How Engage for Businesses works
Engage for Businesses combines company registry data, screening tools, and workflow automation.
When a business is searched and selected:
Legl surfaces company registry data and ownership structure
Sanctions screening can be run in real time
A Company Report can be generated with financial and structural data
Associated individuals can be screened or sent due diligence workflows
Businesses can be associated with other businesses or individuals to represent corporate relationships
All activity is recorded on the Business Contact page
If monitoring is enabled, changes are flagged automatically
This creates a connected KYB process with a full audit trail.
Where to find Engage for Businesses in Legl
You can find Engage for Businesses under Engage → Businesses in the left-hand navigation menu.
From here, you can:
Start a new business search
Access existing business records
Run reports and screening checks
Manage associated contacts and business-to-business associations
Send Engage requests
Permissions and access
Access to Engage for Businesses depends on your firm's user permissions. Users with appropriate Engage access can search, run reports, and send workflows. Some actions such as reviewing reports or managing monitoring may depend on role settings within your firm.
Important information
Engage for Businesses supports compliance workflows, but review and final decisions remain the responsibility of the firm.
Screening results must be reviewed and marked accordingly.
Company data is sourced from external registries and may vary by jurisdiction.
Ongoing monitoring must be enabled to receive alerts for changes.
Individual due diligence is separate from company-level checks.