Legal & Conveyancing

Protected Property & Settlement Transactions.

Verify all parties, protect client funds, and eliminate banking detail substitution risk.

Law firms and conveyancing practices operate on confidentiality, trust, and precision. Yet most sensitive communication — client onboarding, settlement instructions, due diligence files, contracts, and high-value property transfers — still moves through unsecured email.

When identity and communication are disconnected, risk enters the relationship. High-profile legal fraud incidents have shown how email-based instruction and assumed identity can expose even sophisticated firms to significant financial and reputational loss.

Calling to confirm bank details has become standard practice — but it is reactive, manual, and still vulnerable to coordinated social engineering and AI voice manipulation. SOTRU embeds verification directly into the relationship itself.

The Risk

Email was never designed for regulated, high-trust legal environments.

  • Client instructions are spoofed
  • Settlement details are altered in transit
  • Confidential contracts circulate through unsecured channels
  • Counterparty identity is assumed, not verified
  • Sensitive documents are forwarded without control

In law, assumption is liability.

How SOTRU Secures Your Firm

Verified Client & Counterparty Identity

Confirm companies, directors, authorised representatives, and banking details directly against trusted sources. Know exactly who you are engaging with before you act.

Identity-Verified Communication

All messages are encrypted and tied directly to verified organisational identity. You are no longer communicating with an email address — you are interacting with a verified legal counterparty.

Trusted Transactions

High-value payment instructions and banking details are validated before funds are released. Invoices are compared against verified credentials to prevent manipulation or redirection.

Protected Document Exchange

Share due diligence files, settlement agreements, and privileged documentation securely. Access-controlled. Encrypted. Auditable. No public links, no uncontrolled forwarding.

Continuous Monitoring

Track changes to authorised representatives and verified information across ongoing matters. If something changes, you see it — no silent updates, no blind spots.

Complete Audit Integrity

Every verification, every instruction, every document shared is recorded and defensible — supporting regulatory compliance, professional indemnity, and dispute resolution.

What this enables

  • Reduced exposure to impersonation and instruction fraud
  • Stronger client trust and reputational protection
  • Clear evidentiary records in high-stakes matters
  • Faster onboarding of verified counterparties
  • A defensible compliance posture

Built for High-Trust Legal Work

SOTRU supports firms handling:

Corporate advisory
M&A transactions
Litigation
Private client and trusts
Cross-border instructions
Board and governance communication

Where confidentiality and certainty are critical, verification must be continuous.

Use cases

Property Purchase Transactions

All parties verified before transfer proceeds. Banking details locked to verified attorneys.

Bond Registration

Lender, attorney, and borrower identities confirmed. Payment instructions tamper-proof.

Trust Account Disbursements

Beneficiary identity verified before funds released from client trust accounts.

Cross-Border Property Deals

Foreign buyer and seller verification against trusted registries in their jurisdiction.

Estate & Inheritance Transfers

Executor and beneficiary identities verified. Prevents impersonation during estate winding up.

Commercial Property Transactions

Director and signatory verification for company-owned properties and large commercial deals.

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Stop Fraud Before It Costs You

One prevented fraud incident typically pays for years of SOTRU. Register your business and start verifying in minutes.