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№ 14 · Tier 2 · Large International / NationalArchitect

Pinsent Masons

Multi-vendor portfolio with client-facing AI products.

Platforms in use
LegoraV7 GoXapienLexis+ AIContractPodAi / Leah
Proprietary tools and programmes
  • Electrify

    AI-enabled DD platform for multi-site infrastructure projects (energy and electrification rollouts). Began with single client need, refined for broader use.

  • Portana

    Interactive M&A reporting platform replacing static reports.

ALSP & NewLaw arm
Vario
Multi-service NewLaw
Launched 2013Scale ~2,000-strong bench

Multi-service ALSP arm: on-demand freelance lawyers, managed legal services, legal project management and legaltech consultancy. Bench of ~2,000 professionals. Expanded to the Middle East (2024) and Ireland (2025). ContractPodAi/Leah powers Vario's managed legal services (Jul 2025).

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What is happening
  • ·Legora firmwide strategic partnership (Feb 2026) following pilot across corporate, commercial, and property groups. Initial rollout to 1,000 users with plans to expand. Co-creation model.
  • ·V7 Go GenAI automation platform (Aug 2024).
  • ·Xapien LLM-powered AML compliance tool (Nov 2024).
  • ·Lexis+ AI pilot showed 30 mins/week saved per user.
  • ·ContractPodAi/Leah strategic partnership (Jul 2025), agentic AI powering Vario managed legal services. Includes reseller element.
  • ·Time spent on innovation work recorded and counted toward internal targets, factored into performance and bonus discussions.
  • ·Published frameworks for trustworthy AI and EU AI Act high-risk classification.
  • ·Responding to second-order effects of AI - using automation to manage the surge in mass claims and tribunal activity that generative tools have helped create.
  • ·May 2026: Hayley Harris (ex-BCLP, under Judy Mackenzie Stuart) hired as global chief knowledge and AI adoption officer, effective June 2026. COO Matt Peers: 'Every week someone promises the world through a new module and Hayley will be custodian of the tools and how they work and fit together.'
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