Corporate AI investment

Harneys announced a firmwide rollout of Harvey AI as part of its broader AI strategy to improve efficiency, consistency, and client service. The tool will be used across all offices and all employees to support drafting, issue identification, and review of large document sets under internal governance and lawyer oversight.

Gowling WLG announced firm-wide adoption of Harvey across its UK LLP business and will roll it out across its offices in the UK, Europe and Middle East. The firm says it has invested heavily in cutting-edge AI technology over the last few years and is using Harvey to improve client service and working processes.

Elevate says it has built its own agentic AI platform to help customers implement AI across legal operations, contracts, spend, entity management, discovery, intellectual property, and medical legal use cases. The article frames this as internal capability-building and ownership rather than a simple software deployment.

360 Law Group has built out its AI contract review offering over the past year and launched AiLa through 360SmartReview. The system gives clients AI-driven RAG analysis, a Word plug-in, and is being extended to more document types and eventually contract generation.

360 Business Law is the current platform for AiLa, the firm's AI contract review system. It is offering SME contract reviews using AI and plans to extend access to 360 Law Services for additional document types.

360 Law Services is slated to receive AiLa for reserved legal work such as wills and leases. The page says the plan is to make the AI system available through the regulated arm as the offering expands.

Wilson Sonsini is launching a Defense Tech industry group, leveraging its existing experience advising defense and dual-use technology clients and Michael McGinley’s background. The page frames it as part of the firm’s effort to advise innovators in a sector increasingly shaped by advanced technology, including AI-related national security work.

The firm appointed Paul Orchard as Director of Innovation and Legal Transformation for EMEAPAC to accelerate its internal transformation and innovation agenda. The role is focused on deploying new technologies, including AI, across the region and enhancing both internal operations and client service delivery.

Clio announced Vincent Studio, a new feature for large law firms and enterprise legal teams that tailors how Vincent is used across an organization. The feature embeds firm processes and expertise into AI-powered workflows to scale institutional knowledge with consistency and governance.

Ashurst says it ran an extensive trial and pilot of Harvey involving over 525 people across 38 practice groups and 23 offices, then used that feedback to support a global rollout. The firm is investing in AI literacy, tailored training, and firmwide adoption of GenAI for legal service delivery.

Alexi says it built a comprehensive platform for team-first litigation workflows, emphasizing fact-grounded drafting and ethical AI use in a private environment. The page presents this as an internal product-building effort rather than a customer funding announcement.

HSBC announced a strategic partnership to roll Harvey out across its in-house legal function as part of a wider push to embed AI across the bank. The bank framed the effort as reimagining how its legal function operates while maintaining enterprise-grade controls and security.

Fenwick is naming a Director of AI Innovation and Operations, indicating a key hire for their internal AI capabilities.

Gravity Stack says it is testing, evaluating, and operationalizing emerging AI capabilities, and it points readers to updates from its AI Lab. The page presents this as part of its internal effort to help clients navigate AI adoption.

Weil launched Ask DealVision, an AI program that delivers rapid responses to private equity M&A questions. It leverages internal firm data going back to 2018 to speed up common deal tasks.

DLA Piper expanded its use of Harvey to more than 3,000 lawyers and business professionals worldwide. The firm says this scale-up is part of its pace-setting AI strategy and that it is committed to utilizing, investing, and building advanced technology solutions for client service.

Cadwalader will benefit from Hogan Lovells' joint venture ELTEMATE and its proprietary chatbot CRAIG, which already supports more than 4,400 users. The page frames this as strengthening the combined firm's in-house AI capability and reducing dependence on external technology providers.

Ropes & Gray established the TrAIlblazers track, allowing first-year associates to dedicate 20 percent of their creditable time to learning and innovating with AI.

Ropes & Gray hired former Meta executive Gretchen Greene as chief of artificial intelligence strategy to accelerate the firm’s use of AI and create measurable value for clients. The firm is also expanding an AI pilot scheme across its business.

CMS expanded access to Harvey firmwide across all 21 member firms in more than 50 countries, giving over 7,000 lawyers and staff access to the platform. The firm says the deployment is part of its commitment to innovation and to using advanced technology to deliver legal services at scale.