Legal AI and legal work
When legal AI can draft the contract,
“What do I need a lawyer for?”you might ask.
In short: to check the law and the facts behind the draft, recommend what your company should agree to, negotiate the difficult points and make sure the decision is carried through. A document is only useful if it fits the business, can be agreed and leaves your team clear about what happens next.
What We Do
Verify
Legal AI can produce a convincing answer from incomplete information, make assumptions that are not obvious and generate incorrect citations or conclusions. We question missing facts, check sources and test whether the draft addresses the real issue, rather than treating fluent wording as proof.
Advise
A list of risks does not tell you which ones to accept. We connect the legal position to your market position, bargaining power, delivery commitments, priorities and earlier decisions, then recommend a practical course of action. Your team knows where their input is needed and why it matters.
Negotiate
Suggesting alternate wording is not the same as reaching agreement. We understand the other side’s concerns, your leverage and the trade-offs, then work towards terms your business can deliver. You get help resolving the difficult points, not another list to negotiate yourself.
Follow through
Signature is not the end of the matter. We record approvals, obligations, negotiating fallbacks and the reasons behind decisions, so your team can act on them. Renewals and follow-up actions remain visible, and the next deal starts with the benefit of what you have already agreed.
On checking legal AI outputs and retaining professional responsibility: SRA guidance on the misuse of AI.
Our use of legal AI
Tools will change.
Your legal support stays consistent.
We use suitable technology to reduce repetitive work and organise context. Greater efficiency means more legal work is covered within predictable fees, giving you more value from your legal spend. A qualified lawyer verifies substantive outputs, advises on your position and records agreed decisions for future use.
You are not buying a subscription to one legal AI vendor. You are working with people who know your business, check the work and take responsibility for the advice, using appropriate tools as those tools improve.
Our use of legal AI is subject to confidentiality and data-protection requirements. Before including client information, we assess the tool’s data-handling terms and use appropriate privacy, security and access settings.
How our clear processes help