Following a three-month pilot, Mishcon de Reya is now adopting Legora, which will be made available to fee earners across all practice areas at the firm.
The trial period is said to have revealed high usage among users, with a range of practice areas including corporate, real estate, private, and innovation testing the platform. Mishcon said that Legora enabled lawyers on these teams to directly feedback how they were using the platform and ensure that Legora supports the firm’s real legal needs and use cases, while allowing the firm to work on scoping collaboration with its clients too.
Nick West, technology partner & chief strategy officer at Mishcon de Reya, said: “We’ve got two years’ worth of experience using our in-house genAI tool, deReyAI, so we were looking for a product which would be a step-change in capability for us. We chose Legora because it combines a strong current feature set with a clear, ambitious roadmap. The team impressed us with their pace, product vision and understanding of legal workflows. We believe Legora can significantly accelerate and improve how we work today and has the potential to fundamentally transform how we deliver value to clients in the future. We are thrilled to be partnering with them.”
Usage data from the trial period revealed that Legora supported workstreams at all levels and areas of the firm, with paralegals, associates, and partners alike putting it to use for a variety of tasks.
Natsha Holme, managing associate in the private wealth disputes team at Mishcon de Reya, said of Legora: “It has proven invaluable for tasks such as summarising large volumes of information, extracting relevant data from documents, creating polished drafts from rough notes (e.g., attendance notes of meetings), and proofreading documents. It is also a useful starting point for research queries. However, it remains essential to verify Legora’s output in much the same way as if a trainee had produced the work. I am excited by the additional functionality Legora has introduced, and anyone who is not currently using AI to complement their practice is being left behind.”
Commenting on the partnership and full rollout of the platform, Legora’s CEO Max Junestrand said: “It’s rewarding during a pilot phase when we can see lawyers really digging deep into Legora to make full use of our capabilities and to help to shape future ones. This has certainly been the case with Mishcon de Reya. From the start, we have been so impressed with the engagement and enthusiasm from the team to utilise Legora in a way that truly empowers its lawyers. And I couldn’t be happier that we will be working with Mishcon de Reya across the entire firm.”
Legora has won a raft of large law firm customers over the past year, including Addleshaw Goddard, Taylor Wessing, Dentons and Goodwin.