LegalFabConflicts
Conflicts & New-Business Compliance

Your conflicts
analyst.

One governed layer over new-business intake — it reads the matter, resolves every party, runs the rules and prepares the decision. A person clears every gate.

01 · The mandate

It doesn’t just
search names.

It establishes who the firm represents, what the work actually covers, which entities matter, what information is held, and which rule applies.

What LegalFab establishes
Who the firm represents
What the proposed work covers
Which entities & relationships matter
What confidential information is held
Which rule applies — and why
02 · Intake

Every new matter,
checked before it opens.

LegalFab validates the intake record, issues the search scope, and surfaces the risk on every incoming matter — before it can open.

New-business intake · live
Current client on the opposite sideCFL-48213 · Corporate / M&ARegulatory review
Former client — potentially material informationCFL-48219 · DisputesConfidentiality shadow
Low-confidence name match — verify entityCFL-48224 · Banking & financeVerify
No conflict found — cleared automaticallyCFL-48226 · Real estateClear
03 · Client perimeter

Build the
client perimeter.

Who is represented, who is excluded, whether group treatment is agreed, and whether OCG terms extend the restrictions — established before any rule runs.

Client perimeter · CFL-48213
RepresentedMeridian Capital Ltd
Expressly excludedMeridian subsidiaries
Group treatmentAgreed
OCG restriction§7 · extends to affiliates
04 · Entities & relationships

Resolve
every party.

It resolves every entity and relationship into one graph — each edge carrying a confidence score, so a name match is never mistaken for an identity.

Entity graph · CFL-48213
ClientMeridian Fund II Director AdverseNorthgate Counsel 0.970.88
05 · Status determination

Current, former,
or adverse.

Inactivity creates a review task — not automatic former-client status. Engagement terms, closure, continuing obligations and open undertakings decide it.

Lifecycle & client status
Meridian Capital — current clientactive engagement · matter openCurrent
Kessler Group — review task raisedno closure evidence · open undertakingFormer?
Northgate Holdings — adverse partyopposite side on proposed matterAdverse
06 · Confidentiality shadow

The information you hold —
that you can’t disclose.

It tests original records, derived material, human knowledge and materiality. Destruction alone does not retire the shadow.

Confidentiality shadow · Kessler
Material information heldYes
Owner & groupProtected · ring-fenced
6.4 exceptions tested4 / 4
Shadow active — do not disclose beyond authorised groupmaterial & adverse to the proposed matterShadow
07 · Barrier feasibility

Can a barrier
actually hold?

Before seeking consent, it tests team separation, controls, undertakings, supervision and timing — and whether no real risk of disclosure can be proven.

Barrier feasibility test
Team separation — achievable
Physical & technical controls in place
Undertakings & supervision defined
Knowledge already shared — limited
Barrier feasible — proceed to conditionsno real risk of disclosure demonstrableFeasible
08 · Rule evaluation

Run the rules.
See the reasoning.

Every rule runs against the resolved graph — status, confidentiality shadow, barrier feasibility, cross-jurisdiction scope — with the reason attached.

Rule evaluation · CFL-48213
Client status — current client identifiedopposite side on the proposed matter
Confidentiality shadow — raised, barrier feasibleteams separable · no shared supervision
Determination
Allow with conditions.
The matter must not open until an information barrier is evidenced in LegalFab. Regulatory, not commercial. Condition owner: Risk Partner.
Confidence
0.86
09 · The result

Clear. Conditions.
Block.

Every determination is issued in the firm’s own language — scoped, time-bound, and expiring the moment a listed fact changes.

Issued result · CFL-48226
ClearAllow-with-conditionsRegulatory blockConfidentiality block
Clearance · issued
Case CFL-48226 is CLEAR solely for the named client, matter aspects, parties, team, acting entity and jurisdictions. This clearance must be re-run if any listed fact changes — party, ownership, scope, team, confidential information or consent.
10 · Adjudication & audit

A person decides.
Every gate is logged.

LegalFab prepares the decision; the partner or risk lead approves it. Every determination carries an evidence pack — and re-fires the moment the facts change.

Adjudication & audit
Human adjudication & escalationpartner approval · challenge & appeal path
Evidence pack & auditevery determination, sourced and replayable
Continuous monitoring & re-fireclearance re-runs if any listed fact changes
11 · Coverage

Tuned to
every practice.

The same governed layer applies the right triage across the firm — each practice with its own scenario library and control notes.

Practice-area triage
Corporate, M&A & PEbuyers · portfolios
Banking & financelender / borrower
Disputes & investigationsopposing parties
Insuranceinsurer / insured
Real estate & projectsprocurement
Employment & mobilitylateral hires
Private client & trustsestates
IP, technology & datalicensing
Cross-border & networkjurisdictions
In short

New business,
cleared.

Grounded, attributable and defensible — at the volume the firm actually runs. LegalFab prepares the decision; a person makes it.

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