Linklaters Rolls Out Legora In Key Customer Win

In what is a key win in the genAI productivity platform war, global law firm Linklaters has chosen Legora and will roll it out firmwide.

This means it will be available across ‘all 30 offices [and] is the latest step in Linklaters’ strategy to support the world’s leading corporates, banks, funds and financial sponsors on their most complex, cross-border mandates,’ the firm said.

It will also build upon Linklaters’ own suite of genAI and technology tools, including proprietary chatbot Laila, online due diligence platform ReportIQ, and CreateiQ 2.0, the firm’s contract lifecycle management platform, they added.

Paul Lewis, Firmwide Managing Partner, said: ‘More than equipping our teams with the best tools in an AI-enabled world, our partnership with Legora further strengthens our capabilities and enhances the support we are able to provide our global clients. We are already using it 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.’

Max Junestrand, CEO of Legora, 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.’

Earlier this month, Linklaters’ Australian alliance partner, Allens, also chose Legora. That move perhaps played a part in the decision. See here. Interestingly, Allens also decided to bring aboard Thomson Reuters’ CoCounsel, alongside its adoption of Legora.

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Is this a big deal? In short, yes. In terms of global law firms, Linklaters is right up there – and of course is also a Magic Circle firm. It has (see map below) a fully international presence with just under 3,000 lawyers (associates and partners). That is a lot of seats – and a lot of clients who will now be receiving work where Legora has helped a Linklaters lawyer.

I.e. a deal this size is the same as doing multiple deals with a number of other smaller law firms – so, a notable boost to Legora as it battles with Harvey and other players to be the productivity platform of choice, providing AI skills across a wide range of needs from drafting and review, to legal research.

The move follows a series of major law firm wins for both Harvey and Legora, and as other players seek to carve out some marketshare as well. At present, it seems like Harvey has the edge in the US in terms of the number of AmLaw 100 firms, while Legora seems (based on public announcements) to have an edge in the UK – the two largest legal markets in the world, although America is clearly the larger.

That said, the UK is home to several giant law firms. A&O Shearman declared early for Harvey, and Freshfields has gone heavily into what Google and Gemini can offer – although as reported in AL, they are no strangers to the legal AI platforms mentioned here, so that picture could change at some point. Slaughter and May has not declared yet – as far as AL can see, nor has Clifford Chance, the other member of the Magic Circle, but has spoken openly about working closely with Microsoft’s Copilot.

The war will keep raging, that is for sure.

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