Law firms Pinsent Masons and ContractPodAi team up strategically to broaden the scope of AI-driven legal services they offer.
Pinsent Masons, a global law firm with a strong presence in major international business centres and key commercial centres in the UK, has partnered with ContractPodAi, a pioneer in legal GenAI and a leader in Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM). This collaboration aims to simplify complexity and deliver greater value to businesses by integrating ContractPodAi's Leah AI platform into Pinsent Masons' Managed Legal Services and Consulting offerings.
At the heart of this partnership is Leah, an agentic AI platform that will become a core technology powering Pinsent Masons' Managed Legal Services. This integration will make contract handling faster, smarter, and easier to manage for in-house legal teams. The combined CLM and AI capabilities of Leah will support the delivery of end-to-end contracting services, enhancing operational efficiency, surfacing key insights, and enabling better rights management and contract performance analytics at scale.
Pinsent Masons Vario, the firm's professional services division, will also benefit from this partnership. The Leah platform will be used across both managed legal services and consulting, thereby delivering scalable AI-enabled solutions that reduce complexity and increase productivity for corporate legal departments. This collaboration marks a significant evolution in legal service delivery, pushing AI adoption forward in contract management and legal workflows, positioning Pinsent Masons as an innovator among law firms leveraging AI technologies for in-house legal teams.
The joint development and investment in advanced AI-driven legal tools target specific in-house needs, especially in rights management and analytics of contract performance. These enhancements aim to empower strategic decision-making and contract oversight, further solidifying Pinsent Masons' commitment to practical and scalable innovation.
Mike McGlinchey, Head of Legal Technology Consulting at Pinsent Masons Vario, expressed enthusiasm for the partnership, stating, "We're excited to be working with ContractPodAi to deliver AI-powered solutions that will transform how we support in-house teams with intelligent, efficient, and scalable contract management and legal services."
ContractPodAi, headquartered in London with teams across the world, has been recognized as a CLM Visionary by Gartner for four consecutive years and named a Leader in the 2024 IDC MarketScape for Corporate Legal CLM Software. This partnership represents a significant step in the growing adoption of AI across the legal industry.
In summary, the collaboration between Pinsent Masons and ContractPodAi leverages ContractPodAi’s AI-powered CLM platform, Leah, to transform how Pinsent Masons supports in-house teams with intelligent, efficient, and scalable contract management and legal services. This partnership is set to redefine legal processes, empower strategic thinking, and offer real-time analysis, ultimately advancing AI-powered legal solutions for in-house teams.
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Businesses can expect increased efficiency and value due to Pinsent Masons' integration of ContractPodAi's Leah AI platform, a pioneering AI solution, into their Managed Legal Services and Consulting offerings. This partnership, backed by advanced AI-driven legal tools, aims to provide intelligent, efficient, and scalable contract management and legal services, positioning Pinsent Masons at the forefront of technological innovation in the legal sector.
