The Future of Legal Drafting

How people and AI can unleash the power of firm knowledge.

Published by The Global Legal Post in association with LexisNexis, this report is based on in-depth interviews with senior lawyers and executives at top firms in Germany, Spain, Portugal and the Netherlands. 

Discover how:

- Advanced tech will reshape access to collective knowledge

- Firm knowledge plus AI is key to training junior talent

- AI-powered workflows will transform lawyer roles

- Client relationship-building is central to future value delivery

Curated insights from the experts

contributing to this report

“With AI tools, we have democratised
the access to knowledge, but we
need to ensure that younger lawyers
continue to receive proper training.”

Marta Magalhães Cardoso,
VdA

“[Gen AI] delivers more individualised drafts than before. Our KM work and our document automation work before was rather static and rules-based, you covered the most-used documents, and you could automate a few types or categories of use cases, but that’s it. With Gen AI, you can create much more individualised agreements.”

Dr. Pierre Zickert,
Hengeler Mueller

“A lot of clients are definitely in favour of using AI if you use AI responsibly, so it’s not only about the possibilities, but also the safe and responsible use with checks and balances on confidentiality. It’s also a win-win, because the quality of our products is going up, and at the same time, it is becoming more cost-effective.”

Tom van Helmond,

Loyens & Loeff

“We have to be more collaborative using intelligence
and using AI tools if we want to identify relevant
precedents or clauses in seconds. There are a lot of
ways AI can help us, but lawyers have to share their
knowledge so we can get the most out of the AI
systems.”

Sara Molina Perez-Tomé,
Head of knowledge management, VdA