Major win for Legora as Linklaters rolls out AI platform firmwide

Linklaters is rolling out legal AI platform Legora across all 30 of its offices, in one of the biggest endorsements yet for the fast-growing startup.

The move adds the Magic Circle heavyweight to a fast-expanding list of top-tier firms working with the Swedish-founded startup, which already counts the likes of Goodwin, Dentons, Mishcon and Taylor Wessing as customers.

Legora's tools are designed to speed up drafting, research and contract review, with lawyers able to process bulk document analysis in minutes rather than hours. The rollout comes after an "extensive pilot" where lawyers tested Legora alongside the firm's in-house tools and adoption "proved strong".

Legal AI push

For Linklaters, the deal bolsters a growing legal AI arsenal. The firm is one of several large players to have its own in-house AI chatbot. Linklaters' is called Laila and is used more than 200,000 times a month. It also has internal tools for due diligence and contract lifecycle management.

For Legora, founded in Stockholm just two years ago, the deal is a major win and continues a run of momentum. The company raised $80 million in a Series B round in May at a $675 million valuation, struck a major UK partnership with Deloitte Legal this month, and recently hired former Morgan Lewis partner Kyle Poe as VP of legal innovation to spearhead US growth. Poe told Non-Billable AI represents a "generational reordering" moment for the legal industry, with smart AI use a chance for firms to "leapfrog competitors."

What they said

Paul Lewis, Linklaters’ managing partner, said: "We are already using it [Legora] alongside our suite of Gen AI tools and we are energised by how our teams are harnessing it to deliver for our clients on their most complex, cross-border mandates."

Legora CEO Max Junestrand added: "We’re proud to partner with Linklaters on this next phase of their innovation journey. We look forward to continuing to collaborate closely with their market-leading team of lawyers and supporting them in delivering for their global clients."