Freeths strengthens AI strategy through expanded partnership with Legora

Leading law firm Freeths builds on its position as a leader in legal innovation with the announcement of an expanded, long-term partnership with Legora.

Legora’s emerging market leadership in Generative AI for the legal sector has demonstrated tremendous potential to accelerate, transform, and redefine a diversity of core legal tasks and workflows. The two businesses have been collaborating since early 2024, but this new commitment affirms Legora’s position as a cornerstone of Freeths’ AI strategy, helping deliver complex legal work faster, securely, with legal expertise and judgement “in the loop” at every turn.  This partnership underscores the firm’s commitment to responsible and secure AI adoption across its 13 offices.

As an AI-forward firm, Freeths prioritises responsible and secure integration of technology into legal workflows and approach, particularly around data security and governance, has been central to this journey. The collaboration places Legora at the heart of Freeths’ AI strategy, helping deliver complex legal work faster, more securely, and to the high standards clients expect.

Director of Knowledge and Innovation at Freeths Nick Pryor said: “We've been working with Legora since before they were Legora, nurturing a long-term partnership built on strong foundations and shared values. Client data security and a responsible approach to AI are non-negotiable for Freeths - and Legora has consistently exceeded our demanding expectations. Their recent ISO 42001 certification marks a pivotal milestone, allowing us to formalise our collaboration through this expanded multi-year commitment.”

By embedding Legora’s capabilities into core workflows, Freeths’ legal teams can reduce time spent on routine review and analysis, focusing instead on strategic, high-value advisory work. This approach supports competitive fee structures while maintaining exceptional service levels.

Freeths Corporate Partner Francis Dalton continued: “We are leveraging Legora's analytical and review capabilities to dramatically reduce routine tasks, allowing our lawyers to focus on high-value strategic advisory work whilst maintaining competitive fee structures. Legora helps us meet the exceptional service levels our clients rightly expect of us, and we're delighted to be collaborating with them."

Alex Fortescue-Webb, Head of UK&I at Legora, added: “Our work with Freeths has been an extremely rewarding process. From the very start of our partnership, their team has been eager to embrace AI in a responsible way that we champion at Legora. I’m looking forward to working with Freeths, as we continue to scale and expand across the UK.”