iDenfy, a regtech company specialising in identity verification and fraud prevention, has announced a partnership with Legaline, a legal technology platform operating in the UAE. Under the agreement, iDenfy's automated identity verification and anti-money laundering (AML) screening have been integrated into Legaline's client onboarding process, allowing the platform to verify clients from any country in real time.
Addressing a fragmented legal market
Legal services in the UAE operate across a jurisdictionally complex structure that includes federal legislation, seven separate emirate-level systems, two common-law financial centres in the DIFC and ADGM, and more than a dozen additional free zones. According to UAE population data, foreign nationals accounted for close to 88% of the country's population in 2026, meaning a large share of people seeking legal assistance are newcomers unfamiliar with local jurisdiction, lawyer selection, or standard fee structures.
Legaline describes its platform as an operating system for legal work in the UAE, built around three layers. The first is an artificial intelligence layer that provides citation-grounded legal research and document drafting based on a lawyer-validated corpus of UAE law. The second is a marketplace layer that matches structured legal tasks with verified, UAE-licenced lawyers. The third is a trust layer, called Safe Deal, which holds client funds through Stripe and releases them only once both parties sign a closing act, ensuring clients pay only for completed work.
Identity verification underpinning trust
For this structure to function, Legaline required assurance that every client is verified before lawyers commit professional time to a case. iDenfy's verification technology supports document checks across more than 16,000 document types in over 200 countries and territories, addressing the wide range of passports, national identity cards, and residence documents presented by Legaline's international client base.
Domantas Ciulde, CEO of iDenfy, said the company's role was to ensure every client on Legaline's platform is verified quickly and accurately regardless of the issuing country of their documents. Dmitry Grinik, founder of Legaline, said the integration allows lawyers to engage new clients with confidence from the first message, given that most of the platform's users are newcomers to the UAE.
iDenfy holds ISO 27001 certification for information security management and maintains GDPR compliance, alongside regular audits of its data-processing practices. The company combines automated checks with a 24/7 human review team that assesses flagged registrations, distinguishing poor-quality submissions from those showing signs of fraud. iDenfy charges per successful verification rather than per authentication attempt. Legaline stated that integration speed, completed within hours, was a factor in its selection of iDenfy among several providers evaluated.
Extending verification to AML and lawyer onboarding
Beyond identity checks, Legaline uses iDenfy's AML screening to support compliance for its Safe Deal system, checking clients against international sanctions and watch lists as part of due diligence when funds move through the platform. Lawyers on Legaline undergo separate verification through UAE legal licensing requirements and Stripe's Know Your Business (KYB) onboarding process, so each engagement involves a KYC-verified client and a KYB-verified, licensed lawyer.
According to Legaline, the integration replaced a patchwork of manual identity checks with a single verification flow, reinforced marketplace integrity by reducing the risk of anonymous or fraudulent requests, and supported compliance readiness aligned with payment-partner and regulatory expectations.
