- Partners were reviewing every clause in every contract, regardless of how routine the language actually was
- Client turnaround on standard agreements slipped because review queues backed up behind senior calendars
- Junior staff could not be trusted with the review yet, so nothing got delegated at all
- Contract analysis flagged clauses that fell outside the firm’s standard terms automatically
- Routine language received a plain summary instead of requiring a full line by line read
- Partners kept final sign off on every contract, with review time freed for what actually needed it
Senior judgment is the most expensive resource in a professional services firm. It should never be spent reading language that has not changed in years.
Hary Periya
- The real cost here was never the contract review itself. It was who was doing it
- Junior staff were not the risk. Untracked, inconsistent review across the firm was the actual risk
- AI did not replace partner judgment. It made sure partner judgment only got spent where it counted
- Average partner review time per standard contract dropped substantially across the pilot group
- Client turnaround on routine agreements improved enough to become a selling point in proposals
- Review consistency improved because every contract now followed the same flagged criteria
Partner Review Time Reduced
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Contracts Reviewed Monthly
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