Mid-market law firms can utilise Credas’ identity verification solution directly within Silks’ privacy-first AI platform, giving them same-day client onboarding and a clear audit trail for AML compliance.
The Credas & Silks integration
Silks is an AI platform built specifically for mid-market law firms, designed around a privacy-first architecture that keeps all firm and client data within each firm’s own secure UK-based tenant. It helps firms move faster on client onboarding and matter management without creating compliance risk.
Through the Credas and Silks integration, law firms can trigger Credas identity checks at critical points in their client onboarding and matter management workflows. Results feed automatically into compliance records, all within the Silks environment. Firms can connect an existing Credas account or adopt both solutions together for end-to-end coverage.
Rhian Del-Valle, Director of Enterprise and Partnerships at Credas, added: “Silks’ AI-powered workflows can help law firms transform how they manage compliance requirements, while ensuring that client details and personal information remain within a secure and private workspace.”
Why certified ID verification matters now
This partnership comes at a significant moment for UK law firms. Updated guidance from DSIT and HM Treasury, issued in late 2025, confirmed that only Identity Service Providers (IDSPs) certified against the UK Government’s Digital Identity and Attributes Trust Framework (DIATF) meet the standard for fully compliant digital identity verification under the Money Laundering Regulations. The Digital Use and Access Act 2025 placed the Trust Framework on a statutory footing, making the position clear: firms relying on uncertified platforms or unregulated in-house processes can no longer demonstrate the same level of regulatory assurance.
Credas is a certified IDSP under the Trust Framework. For mid-market law firms facing increasing SRA scrutiny, working with a certified provider is no longer best practice, it is the compliant standard.
What this means for law firms
Firms using the Silks and Credas integration can onboard clients on the same day an enquiry is received, draft bespoke client care letters, and complete identity checks without leaving the Silks environment. Identity verification is no longer a separate manual step. It sits within the workflow, exactly where it needs to be.
“Law firms shouldn’t have to choose between adopting powerful AI and staying on top of their compliance obligations,” said Mel Kang, Founder and CEO of Silks. “Identity verification is woven into the workflow, exactly where it needs to be. And because everything stays within your own secure environment, firms can act with confidence.”
