Overview
You can screen every individual and entity in a company's corporate structure in a single action, instead of screening directors and shareholders one at a time.
This covers directors, shareholders (including indirect shareholders), and persons with significant control (PSCs) shown in a company's Structure & ownership tab.
You would use this when onboarding a business and you want to run AML or sanctions checks across its full ownership structure in one step, rather than screening each person or entity individually.
Before you start
You must have access to Engage for Businesses.
A Company Report must have been run so that directors, shareholders, and PSCs are visible in the Structure & ownership tab.
Anyone already screened in the last 30 days is automatically excluded from the list, so check the "last screened" note before assuming someone still needs to be screened.
How to bulk screen all shareholders and directors
Go to Engage > Businesses.
Select the relevant business, then click View next to the Company Report.
Go to the Structure & ownership tab.
Click Screen all, in the top right of the tab or next to the org chart, to open the Screen corporate structure panel.
Review the list of individuals and entities shown. Each row shows Name, Type (Individual or Business), Role, Date of birth (for individuals, where available), and Result.
Optionally narrow the list using the filters: Show only >0% ownership, Show only ≥25% ownership, or Reset view to clear any filters.
Select who you want to screen using the checkboxes. You can select everyone in the list or just a subset. On large structures, select only the people and entities you need to screen, as each one is billed as a standard watchlist or sanctions check. Anyone already screened in the last 30 days is excluded automatically, with a note showing when they were last screened.
Add a matter reference (optional).
Assign a reviewer (optional). The reviewer is notified when they are assigned.
Add a note for the reviewer (optional).
Click Submit.
ℹ️ Important
Each screening is charged individually.
If screening an individual, this will run a Watchlist Screening
If screening a business, this will run a Sanctions Screening
What happens next
Each submitted check runs instantly and moves from pending to completed, with a View action to open the result once it's ready. Screening does not notify the individuals or entities involved.
People and entities you screen are added to Ongoing Monitoring, so you are alerted to future changes.
Each director or shareholder you screen is created as an individual contact in Legl. They also appear on the company's contact page, in the Activity and Associated contacts tabs.
Individuals you select receive a full AML screen. Companies and other entities you select receive a sanctions and watchlist check only, and this does not include credit risk, financials, or legal events.
ℹ️ Further guidance
Troubleshooting
Someone I expected isn't in the list: they may have been screened in the last 30 days, so check the "last screened" note. Only people and entities shown in Structure & ownership are included.
Results stuck on pending: refresh the page. If a check is still pending after a few minutes, contact our Support team.
Important information
Individuals get a full AML screen; companies and other entities get a sanctions and watchlist check only, with no credit risk, financials, or legal events included.
Bulk screening covers the individuals and entities in this company's structure only. It does not screen the directors of a company that holds shares in it.
Entities are matched using name and date of birth, where available. This matching is not perfect, so the same individual can occasionally appear more than once in the list, for example if a director record has no date of birth but a shareholder record for the same person does, or if their name is recorded slightly differently between roles. This is a deliberate tradeoff, since it is safer to risk screening someone twice than to miss screening them.
Anyone already screened in the last 30 days is automatically excluded from the list, with a note showing when they were last screened, so you will not duplicate a recent check.
Each person or entity you screen is billed as a standard watchlist or sanctions check.
Screening does not notify the individuals or entities involved.