How an international law firm locked down client-matter access across its UK practice
A top-tier firm with offices in London, Manchester, and Edinburgh unified identity for solicitors, paralegals, and external counsel — enforcing strict, matter-scoped access under one auditable platform.
3
UK offices
1,200+
Fee earners
100%
Matter access audited
70%
Fewer standing privileges
The challenge
Confidential client matters, conflicts-of-interest walls, and external counsel each demanded tightly controlled access. Legacy systems couldn't enforce matter-level boundaries, regulators and clients expected a complete audit trail, and onboarding external counsel for a single case was slow and over-permissive.
The solution
- One identity platform spanning solicitors, paralegals, support staff, and external counsel.
- Matter-scoped, least-privilege access with ethical-wall enforcement per client and case.
- Immutable audit logging of every document and matter access event for SRA and client review.
- SIEM and threat mitigation to detect anomalous access to privileged client material.
Authdog products used
Results
Every matter access event is logged and exportable for client and regulatory review.
Ethical walls are enforced automatically instead of relying on manual process.
External counsel onboard in minutes with access scoped to a single matter and revoked on close.
Security teams detect and contain suspicious access to privileged material in real time.
“Client confidentiality is everything in this profession. Authdog lets us prove — to clients and regulators — exactly who touched a matter, and keeps access scoped to the people who should have it.”
Build identity that scales across markets.
Talk to us about rolling out Authdog for your industry and region.