Legal
International law firm (400+ lawyers)A London-based international law firm was spending an average of 14 hours per associate per week on routine contract review during M&A due diligence — a process that generated significant write-offs as clients refused to pay associate time on document sorting.
72%Reduction in contract review time
$3.1MAnnual associate time recovered
4×More matters handled per team
VFACE deployed a RAG-based contract analysis system trained on the firm's 12-year precedent library. Associates received pre-annotated documents with flagged clauses, deviation alerts, and suggested redlines — shifting their role from extraction to judgment.
Solution
- →RAG system built on firm precedent library (180,000 documents) with ISO 27001 data handling
- →Clause extraction engine covering 47 standard contract clause types with 94% accuracy
- →Redline suggestion workflow integrated into the firm's existing document management system
- →Partner review dashboard showing deviation frequency and negotiation outcome tracking
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