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Published 13 May 2024· via EY Insights UK· Unknown

Azure OpenAI Transforms Legal Compliance Automation at Microsoft UK

Microsoft UK CELA · Legal · United Kingdom

Headline result

The source does not publish a single comparable figure. Reported results are listed below.

Summary

The UK Corporate, External, and Legal Affairs (CELA) team at Microsoft, in partnership with EY Law, implemented an Azure OpenAI-based solution to automate and accelerate regulatory compliance. Faced with the challenge of manually tracking and interpreting fast-changing regulations across many jurisdictions, the CELA team needed a system that could deliver trusted, explainable legal outputs. By deploying semantic AI on Azure OpenAI, regulations are processed and aligned with Microsoft policy, supporting 250+ business use cases. The project shows substantial improvements in legal review speed, consistency, and adoption of advanced AI among legal professionals, with EY Law contributing transformation expertise. The solution enhances internal governance and helps shape legal AI best practices for large, regulated enterprises.

The problem

  1. 01High manual workload for regulatory tracking across jurisdictions.
  2. 02Legal teams require consistent, reliable advice aligned to fast-changing policy.
  3. 03Traditional review methods are slow and not scalable for global enterprise.
  4. 04Internal adoption of new AI technology needs trust and tailored workflows.

What they built

  1. 01Azure OpenAI Service with semantic AI processes and interprets vast regulatory datasets.
  2. 02Automated assessments link regulations to internal policies, supporting legal review and advice.
  3. 03Partnered with EY Law for design, adoption, and validation of workflow for 250+ use cases.
  4. 04Ensured explainability and trusted outputs tailored for legal teams.

Reported results

  1. 01Accelerated review and advice delivery for global regulatory changes.
  2. 02Reduced manual legal workload, freeing up talent for value-added tasks.
  3. 03Greater efficiency and trust in legal compliance operations.
  4. 04Adoption of AI expands productivity and trust in legal workflows.
  • Automated regulatory compliance reviews
  • Accelerated legal review and advice
  • Supported global compliance at scale
  • Validated workflows for many use cases

Source

EY Insights UK

Unknown · 13 May 2024

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How this deployment compares

Computed from the library · data 10 Nov 2026

This is the only Microsoft UK CELA deployment in the library. It is one of 76 compliance automation deployments. Like 63% of records, its source gives no figure.

Microsoft UK CELA in the library

The only Microsoft UK CELA deployment in the library

Still referencedThe source is still online, but no newer Microsoft UK CELA record has appeared yet.

Same pattern, whole library

One of 76 compliance automation deployments

  • 8 records of this pattern came before it; 59 have been published since.
  • Only 11 of the 76 put a number on the result (14%).
Provider mix
  • Microsoft66%
  • AWS22%
  • GCP14%
Most-used technology
  • Azure 11
  • Power Platform 10
  • Amazon Bedrock 10
  • Dynamics 365 9
  • Vertex AI 8
  • Copilot 7

Outlined: used in this record.

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Compliance automation analysis

Results against peers

No figure here. What peers report

Like 63% of records in the library, the source gives no figure. Peers that do quantify similar claims report:

  • Risk, reliability & safety13 figures, all industries · middle half 60%–90%70%median reduction
  • Time & speed283 figures, all industries · middle half 30%–76%50%median reduction
  • Adoption & scale8 figures, all industries · middle half 134%–1100%250%median increase

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How we checked this record

Evidence tier: collected

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Named organization
Microsoft UK CELA
Who published the source
Not determined
Deployment status
The source does not say
Quantified result
The source reports no figure
Source link
Online at last check

Last re-checked 13 Jun 2026.

This record is evidence for

Insight · industryLegal dossierOne of 82 Legal deployments. See which patterns dominate there and what they report.Insight · patternCompliance automation76 deployments share this pattern. See where it is used and how it is built.Trend · momentumRising pattern12 new deployments in the last six months, against 12 in the six before.

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