For law firms managing counterparty risk at global scale.
Morgan Lewis is expanding rapidly across London, Paris, and the US — onboarding new partners, new clients, and new counterparties at pace.
Xapien delivers comprehensive, automated due diligence on deal counterparties and individuals in minutes, not days.
Trusted by leading institutions Including two Magic Circle firms and numerous Am Law 100 firms
The challenge
How the fastest-growing firms are rethinking
due diligence.
Elite law firms are growing through lateral hires, practice buildouts and cross-border expansion — adding new clients, counterparties and matters in parallel, all requiring due diligence. The processes designed for steadier growth — manual research across multiple databases, fragmented screening tools, inconsistent coverage — were never built for that pace.
Those pulling ahead have learned that being a great firm is no longer just about being great lawyers. Onboarding speed has quietly become a clear differentiator, and the strategic question is no longer whether to automate due diligence but how quickly. When diligence clears in hours rather than weeks, growth compounds — and word travels.
Time-to-engagement
New engagements arrive expecting work to begin within hours. Multi-day counterparty checks create friction that costs deals and frustrates clients.
Cross-border complexity
Operating globally means due diligence spanning multiple jurisdictions, languages, and data sources simultaneously.
Partner onboarding at scale
Lateral hiring and new practice buildouts bring an unprecedented volume of new client relationships — each requiring fresh diligence, all at once.
At Morgan Lewis
Counterparty intelligence
matters more than ever.
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Platform
Every check. One report. Built around your risk framework.
Xapien consolidates sanctions screening, PEP checks, adverse media, beneficial ownership research, and corporate structure analysis into a single unified report — fully customisable to Morgan Lewis’s risk framework. Research that takes days today can be done in minutes.
Counterparty intelligence
Comprehensive automated research on deal counterparties, adverse parties, and new clients — surfacing sanctions, PEP exposure, adverse media, and ownership structures in minutes.
Global coverage
Consistent depth across UK, European, US, Asia-Pacific, Middle Eastern, and African jurisdictions — critical for a firm with active practices across three continents and growing.
Rapid turnaround
Compress multi-day research cycles into minutes. Client and lateral partner onboarding proceed without bottlenecks — diligence becomes part of how you win work, not what slows it down
Risk and compliance reporting
Consistent reporting shaped to your risk framework, not ours — severity tiers, escalation logic, and output structure all configurable to your existing review workflows, fully sourced and audit-ready.
Impact
What this could look like for Judith Alton and the
Risk & Compliance team at Morgan Lewis.
Days to minutes
Counterparty research turnaround
Xapien’s automated research eliminates multi-day manual cycles — structured findings ready for risk and compliance review on demand.
Days to minutes
Counterparty research turnaround
Xapien’s automated research eliminates multi-day manual cycles — structured findings ready for risk and compliance review on demand.
Days to minutes
Counterparty research turnaround
Xapien’s automated research eliminates multi-day manual cycles — structured findings ready for risk and compliance review on demand.
This is the new standard in due diligence
Remember dial-up? Things change. Don’t let legacy tools hold you back.
The compromise:
The trade-off between comprehensive due diligence and speed
Fragmented systems won’t scale and new providers disrupt workflows
Hours wasted on false positives or no-go third parties
Old technologies not built for today’s risk environments
The Xapien standard:
100% due diligence delivered at commercial pace
Integrates painlessly into existing workflows to scale
Triage risky counterparts earlier with unparalleled accuracy
Purpose-built AI handles current and future risks
Let’s streamline your due diligence practice.
We’d welcome the opportunity to show Judith Alton and the Risk & Compliance team at Morgan Lewis how Xapien can unify counterparty research — accelerating matter intake, protecting the firm’s reputation, and keeping pace with your growth.