DWF will use Legora to streamline its volume-based legal operations, manage contracts and automate time-intensive tasks, benefiting fully from the deep capabilities of the platform.

Founded in 2023, Legora is designed to maximise collaboration between legal services and machine intelligence to complete end-to-end tasks more quickly and accurately, enhancing the efficiency of workflows. Legora helps professionals review tens of thousands of documents, supports mark-up in Word, and is enabled with world-class data partnerships, with enterprise-grade security and privacy. It is currently utilised in more than 20 countries by over 250 clients. 

Within legal operations, Legora will aid DWF in a number of complex areas including:

• Cyber incident responses

• Contract Risk Analysis and Redlining

• Supporting Corporate Due Diligence

• Legal Abstraction workstreams 

• Automating Workflows in Volume based operations

This will accelerate turnaround times, increase the volume of work handled by DWF, and the quality of the end results for clients. 

Julia Perez, global head of legal operations at DWF, said: "Partnering with Legora is a pivotal step in executing our strategy to deliver transformative, technology-enabled legal solutions for our clients. Our differentiator lies in our deep and unique approach to adoption - embedding change across the business globally and dramatically improving deliverables. By integrating Legora into our legal operations, we are not only driving efficiency but also reinforcing our commitment to innovation and client service at scale. We’re already seeing up to 60% faster turnaround times. This means our clients get quicker, more accurate responses and real-time insights, all without compromising on quality.”

DWF combines Legal Services, Legal Operations and Business Services to offer bespoke solutions for clients across the globe. Its Integrated Legal Management approach delivers efficiency, price certainty and transparency for its clients while focusing on quality of service.

DWF's legal operations offering includes over 500 legal, technology and process engineering specialists across the US, India and the UK. Originally established in 2001 as the world's first alternative legal services provider (ALSP), it was acquired by DWF Group in 2020. Recognised as a Band 1 provider by Chambers & Partners, the team is widely regarded as a market leader in delivering innovative, efficient, and high-quality legal solutions on a global scale. 

Jon Grainger, chief technology officer at DWF, said: “At DWF, we invest in technology that empowers our people and helps us to deliver positive outcomes with our clients. Embedding Legora into our legal operations is a prime example of this—leveraging cutting-edge AI to streamline complex workflows, enhance accuracy and scale our capabilities. This partnership reflects our broader strategy to lead with innovation and integrate technology at the core of how we operate as a modern legal business.”

Legora’s Head of UK&I, Alex Fortescue-Webb, added: “Collaborating with DWF to deeply embed Legora into the heart of its legal operations business has been extremely rewarding for both teams, and we look forward to continuing our close relationship. We never underestimate the importance of working side-by-side with our customers to ensure they are taking full advantage of the platform, and this partnership clearly demonstrates the breadth of work that Legora can help lawyers deliver upon. We’re incredibly excited for the future of our partnership with DWF as we enable them to take giant strides in benefitting from best-in-class legal AI across their business.”

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About DWF

DWF is a global provider of integrated legal and business services. It has approximately 5,000 people and offices and associations located across the globe. DWF recorded net revenue of £435million in the year ended 30 April 2024. For more information visit: dwfgroup.com

About Legora

Legora, the collaborative AI platform for lawyers, serves over 250 law firms and in-house legal teams across more than 20 countries. Co-founded by CEO Max Junestrand and CTO Sigge Labor, Legora now has offices in New York, Stockholm and London and has raised $120M in funding to date. Legora helps lawyers review, draft and work more effectively with AI. Legora.com