# Due Diligence Check

> Source: https://bryter.com/de/use-cases/due-diligence-check/

A Due Diligence Check allows UK law firms to rapidly collate all information necessary to assess the potential risks of a business relationship with a prospective or existing client.  

#### Background

In the UK, law firms are required to carry out client due diligence checks (CDD) when establishing a business relationship or entering into a high value occasional transaction with a client in order to comply with The Money Laundering Regulations 2017. The Law Society of England and Wales has in turn detailed what this legislation means for law firms in detailed guidance – which details the Client Due Diligence process and checks law firms are expected to carry out on their clients and transactions in order to comply with this legislation.

With a Due Diligence Check this process is automated, via our [no-code app builder](https://bryter.com/applications/no-code-app-builder/) which takes care of assessing prospective clients and the proposed transaction against various data sources such as sanctions lists. The user is guided through an interactive questionnaire, based on which the information necessary for performing all key CDD functions is gathered. If specific scenarios require it, the legal department can be automatically notified, and an approval workflow can be triggered.