Partnership
Silks & iManage
Silks partners with iManage to bring legal-grade AI to the platform law firms already trust with their documents, emails, and matter files. Open matters faster, stay compliant by default, and put every answer a fee earner needs one question away — without moving a single document out of your DMS.
The Partnership
Intake, inception & inflow. Legal-grade AI for law firms with iManage
Silks and iManage are partners by design. Through a purpose-built, iManage-approved integration, Silks connects directly to your iManage data and works with it in real time.
Your DMS is the closest thing your firm has to a single source of truth. So rather than asking firms to adopt yet another silo, we built Silks to work where that truth already lives. Partnering with iManage means Silks plugs directly into the system your lawyers open every morning — matter workspaces, documents, and emails — so intelligence arrives inside your existing workflow, not alongside it.
For our clients, that translates into three things: faster adoption (no new habits to learn), stronger compliance (one system of record, no re-keying), and better answers (Matter AI grounded in the full matter file, not a copy of it).
Matter opening that lands straight in iManage
Silks automates new business intake end to end — client onboarding, conflict checks, AML and KYC compliance, and risk screening. The moment a matter is approved, Silks provisions the iManage workspace with the correct metadata, security, and folder structure. No re-keying, no orphaned matters, no compliance gaps between intake and your DMS.
Engagement letters, drafted and filed automatically
Silks generates AI-powered, compliant engagement letters in minutes, tailored to matter type and client.
Every letter, version, and signed copy is filed automatically to the right iManage workspace — a complete, auditable record from first contact to signed retainer.
Matter AI grounded in your iManage content
Fee earners ask questions in plain language; Silks Matter AI answers with instant, cited responses drawn from the documents and emails already in the matter's iManage workspace. Because Silks reads from iManage rather than duplicating it, answers are always current and your DMS remains the single system of record.
Silks benefits...
For the firm
Faster matter opening means clients onboarded sooner and billing that starts earlier. One synchronised record from intake to archive strengthens your compliance position and simplifies audits.
For fee earners
Less time on intake admin and hunting through folders; more time on billable, client-facing work. Every matter answer is one question away.
For risk and compliance teams
Conflict, AML, and KYC checks are completed, evidenced, and filed before a matter opens — not chased afterwards. Full audit trail, held in iManage.
For IT
No migration, no duplicate repository, no new security model. Silks respects iManage permissions and ethical walls, and adds AI capability to the investment you've already made.
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