Law firm Pinsent Masons teams up with ContractPodAi to expand AI offerings in legal services.
In a groundbreaking move, Pinsent Masons, a leading international law firm, has partnered with ContractPodAi, a London-based technology company, to advance AI-powered legal solutions for in-house teams. This collaboration marks a significant step forward in the evolution of legal services.
The core technology powering this partnership will be ContractPodAi's agentic AI platform, Leah. Leah will be integrated into Pinsent Masons' Managed Legal Services offering, providing end-to-end contracting services that support the delivery of strategic legal and business collaboration within organizations.
Leah AI, designed specifically for in-house legal teams, offers substantial benefits within contract lifecycle management (CLM) by transforming legal workflows into strategic business advantages. By automating tasks, enhancing compliance, and providing real-time analysis, Leah helps in-house legal departments reduce complexity, surface insights, and improve operational efficiency.
Leah goes beyond basic automation, integrating seamlessly with enterprise systems to redefine legal processes and empower strategic thinking. For buy-side and procurement teams, Leah streamlines vendor contract management, automating contract intake, surfacing risks, ensuring policy compliance, and supporting better negotiation and renewal decisions.
The collaboration includes joint investments in developing advanced AI-driven solutions. Mike McGlinchey, Head of Legal Technology Consulting at Pinsent Masons Vario, praised the partnership and ContractPodAi's technology and ambitions. He expressed that the integration of Leah will help in-house legal departments reduce complexity, surface insights, and improve operational efficiency.
ContractPodAi 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. The firm delivers secure, enterprise-ready innovation to accelerate growth and ensure measurable ROI.
Pinsent Masons Vario Consulting, the firm's professional services division, will use the Leah platform to support Managed Legal Services and Consulting. By breaking down silos among legal, business, and technical teams, Leah facilitates faster, data-driven decision-making, turning legal departments from cost centers into sources of enterprise value and competitive advantage.
This partnership is a testament to the growing adoption of AI across the legal industry. By leveraging advanced agentic AI, the partnership aims to transform contract lifecycle management for in-house legal teams, increasing efficiency, reducing risk, enhancing compliance, and enabling strategic legal and business collaboration within organizations.
The collaboration between Pinsent Masons and ContractPodAi involves joint investments in developing advanced AI-driven solutions, aiming to transform contract lifecycle management within organizations. Leah, ContractPodAi's artificial-intelligence platform, will be integrated into Pinsent Masons' Managed Legal Services offering, promising substantial benefits for business operations by automating tasks, enhancing compliance, and providing real-time analysis.
