Corporate AI investment

Seyfarth has an in-house incubator, Seyfarth Labs, and its real estate team is using Orbital Copilot for practice-specific AI workflows. The page says the team is moving from out-of-the-box workflows to building custom Blueprints to reduce manual review and align drafts with the firm’s house style.

Farrer & Co appointed a head of innovation and AI to expand its use of artificial intelligence and bridge lawyers and technologists. The role is meant to identify AI uses, pilot technologies, and roll successful tools across the firm.

Harvey’s in-house Legal team is using and adapting Harvey’s own AI products to automate vendor reviews, redlining, and document extraction. The post says the team has built dozens of workflows and uses the tools to save time and improve operational efficiency, but it does not state a budget commitment.

Linklaters created a team of 20 lawyers to help deploy artificial intelligence across the firm. The team will advise lawyers worldwide on using AI to improve workflows and client service, and will work with data science colleagues on implementation.

Linklaters has built its own chatbot as part of its internal AI investment. The article says the firm also runs a start-up style sandbox to develop ideas for AI tools.

Linklaters runs a start-up style sandbox to develop ideas for AI tools. This is an internal environment for testing and developing AI applications across the firm.

Linklaters has launched a 20-lawyer global team of specialist AI Lawyers to embed AI directly into its practice groups and client delivery work. The team combines external hires with internal lawyers who received dedicated AI training and an internal AI bootcamp.

Skadden hired Vince DiMascio as its first chief digital and information officer to lead the firm’s global digital and technology agenda, including its rollout and use of AI tools. The firm said AI, data, and analytics are becoming increasingly central to client needs.

White & Case launched Atlas, a conversational AI assistant built on its proprietary AI platform. The firm is also continuing to build and improve the platform, including curated data-set search and other applications, to support differentiated internal use and adoption.

White & Case says it has invested in change management capability for AI adoption and has created an Innovation Champions Network. The effort is meant to help lawyers become creators and active leaders of innovation rather than just consumers.

Freshfields says it has invested in building a market-leading AI team to advise companies on high-stakes technology matters worldwide. The firm frames this as part of its integrated approach to AI and broader tech counseling.

JPMorgan Chase built LLM Suite, a proprietary internal AI platform, and onboarded more than 200,000 employees within eight months; its legal team uses it to review contracts and analyze documents. The bank's disclosed figures — $18 billion of 2025 technology spend and up to $2 billion a year on AI — are firm-wide, not legal, so no amount is attributed to this initiative.

Al-Tamimi & Co. has launched Legora firm-wide, becoming the first Middle East law firm client to install an Arabic version of the platform. The deployment is meant to meet the needs of its Arabic-language practice.

Hogan Lovells built ELTEMATE CRAIG, a firm-built generative AI suite originally designed for litigation support tasks. The article says it was developed and governed entirely in-house and deployed securely within the firm’s framework.

The firm has appointed its first global Chief AI Officer to head up its global AI strategy and oversee the responsible rollout of emerging tech across its legal services. The role is intended to help the firm use AI and legal technology to deliver greater value to clients.

Aderant acquired Virtual Pricing Director (VPD), a SaaS legal pricing solution that leverages AI and adaptive workflows to assist law firms with pricing matters accurately.

BakerHostetler announced a strategic three-year partnership with vLex to accelerate its data-driven approach to practice intelligence and workflow optimization. The page says the deal is meant to help the firm deliver smarter support and insights to clients.

Broadfield selected Harvey as a firmwide AI platform to support its innovation strategy and delivery infrastructure. The platform will be used to streamline workflows, improve efficiency, and enhance legal workflows across jurisdictions.

Portolano Cavallo announced a strategic partnership with Legora and said it will adopt the generative AI platform to enhance summaries, drafting, comparison, contract review, analysis, translation, and deep searching for its legal services.

Linklaters announced a firmwide internal roll-out of Legora across all 30 offices after a competitive process and trials across five practice groups. The firm says the tool is being embedded into BAU work and backed by training, with the partnership also intended to support joint client conversations.