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Added 2026 · Tier 2 · Large International / NationalTactician

Bird & Bird

Tactician category in Lawyer Innovation Map 2026. Close Legora co-development partner from early stage, plus internal AI Playground for lawyer-built tools.

Platforms in use
Legora
Proprietary tools and programmes
  • AI Playground

    Internal proving ground where lawyers build and test their own tools, with the most useful moving into live matter work. Innovation hours formally allocated and tracked into performance and reward structures.

  • ESG claims tool

    Built from an idea raised through the internal innovation pathway, then deployed with a client.

  • Custom workflow tools

    Franchise renewals workflow management; AI-driven contract review; client self-serve tools for regulatory topics including NIS2.

What is happening
  • ·Legora firmwide rollout announced 2025 after a six-month proof-of-concept that engaged 675 individuals across nearly every Bird & Bird office.
  • ·First ran a major POC with Leya in July 2024, before the rebrand. Strongest take-up in Corporate, Employment and IP.
  • ·Legora Portal co-design partner - helped shape Legora's shared-workspace product (general availability Q1 2026).
  • ·Working directly with Legora engineers, feeding in workflow requirements, testing features in live environments.
  • ·Experimenting with autonomous processes for NDA comparisons (read, benchmark, suggest edits with human oversight).
  • ·Joined the Swiss GenAI legal benchmarking project (April 2025) alongside Dentons.
  • ·Santos: 'The value add that we witnessed from the six-month trial exceeded all expectations.'
  • ·Santos's next phase: pricing and service design - subscription models and value-based arrangements, billing built into the technology from the outset.
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