Holding Redlich expands Legora AI across legal teams

Holding Redlich has partnered with Legora to deploy an artificial intelligence platform across its Property and Corporate & Commercial teams, following a pilot involving more than 30 lawyers at the national law firm.

The system will be used in day-to-day transactional work, initially focusing on mergers and acquisitions due diligence, contract review, drafting, post-completion transaction management and real estate transactions. Holding Redlich plans to expand the platform to other practice groups after the first phase.

The move adds to a broader push by law firms to apply artificial intelligence to routine, document-heavy legal work, particularly in transactional practices where lawyers review large volumes of contracts, data rooms and supporting materials. In Australia and overseas, firms have been testing whether these tools can reduce time spent on repetitive processes while meeting professional standards on accuracy, confidentiality and supervision.

Holding Redlich chose Legora after a pilot that tested the platform against the practical demands of legal work. Lawyers in the trial assessed how the system handled common transactional use cases and how easily it fit into established working methods.

One factor in the decision was the platform's availability through several existing tools, including a web browser, a Microsoft Word add-in and an Outlook add-in. This allows lawyers to use the software within familiar systems rather than shift to a separate process for each task.

Targeted rollout

The initial deployment in Property and Corporate & Commercial reflects a selective approach to adoption. These teams often handle complex matters with large sets of documents, making them early candidates for software designed to review, draft and manage transaction materials.

Property work can involve leases, sale contracts, development agreements and settlement documentation, while corporate transactions often require detailed due diligence and review of numerous commercial contracts. These workflows have made transactional practices a key testing ground for legal technology suppliers.

Holding Redlich's broader innovation program already includes artificial intelligence tools for legal research, alongside internal policies, training and governance structures. The firm has also set up an Innovation Hub to oversee technology projects, including the integration of artificial intelligence into legal workflows.

William Kontaxis, partner and Innovation Hub lead, outlined the rationale for the deal.

"Holding Redlich has long invested in technology that helps our lawyers solve real-world challenges for clients. By adopting AI platforms like Legora, we can significantly reduce the time spent on document-heavy tasks and deliver faster, more efficient outcomes for clients, while maintaining the accuracy and commercial judgement required for complex legal work," Kontaxis said.

The comments reflect a balancing act many law firms are managing as they expand their use of generative and agent-based artificial intelligence. Firms want to reduce administrative burden and improve consistency, but they must also ensure lawyers remain responsible for judgement calls, risk assessment and final advice.

Wider market

Legora describes itself as a collaborative artificial intelligence platform for legal work, covering research, review and drafting. It says the platform is used by tens of thousands of legal professionals across more than 1,200 law firms and in-house legal teams in more than 50 markets.

Its customer list includes several international law firms and professional services groups, highlighting the increasingly crowded market for legal artificial intelligence software. Providers in this segment are competing on how well their tools handle legal language, integrate with existing office software and support controls around data handling and review.

Heather Paterson, VP of Legora APJ, said: "We're excited to partner with Holding Redlich, a firm with a clear and considered approach to bringing AI into legal practice. We look forward to working closely with their lawyers to embed Legora into the way they work, while supporting the firm as its use of the platform grows."

For law firms, the appeal of these products lies not only in speed but also in the promise of more standardised handling of repetitive tasks. That can be especially relevant in high-volume transactions, where teams need to organise findings quickly across multiple workstreams and produce drafts or summaries in a consistent format.

Kontaxis said the firm's technology strategy is focused on practical use rather than experimentation for its own sake. "Innovation is most valuable when it solves real problems for lawyers and clients. Our focus is on embedding technology into legal workflows where it can improve efficiency, support better decision-making and help our people spend more time on high-value legal work," he said.

He added: "We expect AI to continue playing an increasingly important role across legal research, data handling, knowledge management and litigation workflows. Our priority is ensuring these technologies are implemented responsibly, with appropriate oversight, and aligned with the standards our clients expect from us."