Global Legal Partners LLP - 90% Reduction in Document Review Time

About Global Legal Partners LLP

Global Legal Partners is a full-service international law firm with 800 attorneys across 12 offices specializing in corporate law, litigation, and regulatory compliance. The firm handles complex multi-jurisdictional cases requiring review of millions of documents. Manual document review consumed thousands of billable hours and created bottlenecks in case preparation. Associates spent 70% of their time on repetitive document analysis rather than higher-value legal work, while discovery costs ballooned and clients demanded faster turnaround.

800

Attorneys

12

Office Locations

50M+

Annual Document Volume

The Challenge

Document Review Bottleneck

Associates spending thousands of hours on manual document review and classification

⚠️ 12,000 billable hours monthly on document review

E-Discovery Cost Explosion

Large cases requiring review of millions of documents at high cost per document

⚠️ $2.8M average e-discovery cost per major case

Inconsistent Classification

Human reviewers applying different standards, creating quality control issues

⚠️ 18% error rate in privilege classifications

Case Preparation Delays

Slow document review delaying case strategy and court deadlines

⚠️ 6-8 week delays in major litigation

The AI Solution

Intelligent Document Classification

AI models trained on legal documents automatically categorize and prioritize for review

Multi-language support
Privilege detection
Relevance scoring

Contract Analysis AI

Automated extraction of key clauses, obligations, and risk factors from contracts

Clause extraction
Risk identification
Obligation tracking

Legal Research Assistant

AI-powered case law research and precedent analysis

Semantic search
Citation analysis
Argument suggestions

Predictive Coding

Machine learning that improves accuracy as attorneys review documents

Active learning
Quality metrics
Confidence scoring

Implementation Journey

1. Pilot with Litigation Team

6 weeks

Selected major litigation case for pilot
Trained AI on firm's historical documents
Integrated with existing document management
Trained 40 attorneys and paralegals

2. Practice Group Expansion

8 weeks

Deployed to corporate and regulatory teams
Customized models for different practice areas
Established quality control workflows
Achieved 95% attorney adoption

3. Firm-Wide Rollout

12 weeks

Deployed across all 12 offices
Integrated with legal research platforms
Trained 800 attorneys
Migrated historical case files

4. Advanced Features

6 weeks

Implemented contract analysis AI
Added multi-language support
Built custom models for specialized practice areas
Integrated with billing systems

Transformational Results

Metric	Before AI	After AI	Improvement
Document Review Speed Associates can review 10x more documents in same time	50 docs/hour per attorney	500 docs/hour per attorney	90% faster
E-Discovery Costs Significant cost savings passed to clients, winning more business	$2.8M per major case	$750K per major case	73% reduction
Classification Accuracy Near-elimination of privilege waiver risks	82% accuracy	99.7% accuracy	21% improvement
Attorney Billable Hours Attorneys focus on high-value legal strategy instead of document review	1,200 hours/year	1,650 hours/year	38% increase

What the Team Says

“Ademero changed how we practice law. Our associates are doing the work they went to law school for - legal analysis and strategy - instead of endless document review. Client satisfaction is at an all-time high.”

David Morrison

Managing Partner

“The AI doesn't replace lawyers - it makes us better lawyers. I can take on more complex cases knowing the AI handles the heavy lifting on document review, and I can trust it caught everything important.”

Lisa Chen

Partner, Litigation

“Our e-discovery costs dropped dramatically while quality improved. Clients love that we can handle massive document productions quickly and accurately. It's become a competitive advantage.”

Robert Williams

Director of Legal Operations

Key Lessons Learned

💡 Start with High-Volume Use Cases

Document-heavy litigation showed immediate ROI and built momentum

💡 Attorney Training is Critical

Success required teaching attorneys to supervise AI rather than manually review

💡 Quality Metrics Build Trust

Showing accuracy improvements over time convinced skeptical partners

💡 Integration with Workflows

AI had to fit seamlessly into existing case management processes

90% Reduction in Document Review Time