Our partnership with Schoenherr captures a firm already working with AI at scale and turning its focus to something more ambitious: how to go deeper, how to work differently, and how to build new ways of collaborating with clients and partners.

Beyond implementation

At Schoenherr, AI is embedded across the full legal workflow, from pitching through to delivery, helping teams respond faster, structure work more effectively, and focus attention where it matters most.

“You don’t need to study law to look for clauses in 60 contracts,” says Martin Ebner, Partner at Schoenherr. “You study law to ask the right question and process the outcome.” This means less time spent on repetition, more time spent on judgment.

A different kind of transformation

Working with Schoenherr, one theme comes through consistently: this is not simply about deploying tools.

As Conor Grennan, former Chief AI Architect at NYU Stern, explains, “It looks like digital transformation, but really acts much more like change management, changing the way people think.”

“AI adoption without the right mindset is just a headline — and strong adoption was never the destination. The real work is challenging how people think about their work, and building from there,” says Andrei Salajan, Director Legal Tech & Innovation at Schoenherr.

That change is visible in how teams approach their work, how they learn, and how they collaborate. It also requires trust, in the technology, and in the process of learning by doing.

Collaboration in practice

One of the most important shifts captured is how collaboration is evolving. Legal work is becoming more connected, across law firms, in-house teams, and technology platforms.

Max Junestrand, CEO of Legora: “What stands out about Schoenherr is the depth of their commitment – this is a firm that invests in understanding technology and shaping it together with its partners. Andrei and his team recognized early on what we were building at Legora, and we are exploring what the future of collaboration between law firms, technology providers, and clients can look like”.

That collaboration bleeds across how tools are being built, how workflows are redesigned, and how firms and clients increasingly operate as part of the same system.

Building with firms, not just for them

At Legora, this is exactly where we focus.

Working closely with firms like Schoenherr, we are delivering technology into existing workflows. We are building alongside the people using it, shaping how legal AI develops in practice, and how it supports better outcomes for clients.

Because the most meaningful progress comes from how tools are applied, adapted, and improved together.

What comes next

The pace of change in legal technology is only accelerating.

“Top people, top clients, top matters, top technology — that is the standard. The firms that shape what comes next will be the ones building alongside the people driving this transformation,” says Alexander Popp, Managing Partner at Schoenherr.

The partnership between Legora and Schoenherr shows a glimpse of how leading firms view AI post implementation, how it fits into their work, their teams, and their client relationships.

The next chapter of legal work will be defined by that approach. And it will be built collaboratively.