What was the impact of the AI solution?

Reduced contract review and preparation time by over 40% Lowered operational costs associated with legal document management Decreased human error rates in document preparation and compliance Accelerated dispute resolution timeframes, improving client experience

Source

MicrosoftExpandedProductionEvidence: High75/100

German law firm accelerates dispute resolution with AI-driven document automation

Use case typeLegal workflow automationUpdated Jun 13, 2026

Clifford Chance, a top international law firm, partnered with legal technology provider wexler.ai to drive innovation in core dispute resolution practices. The collaboration leverages Microsoft AI services on Azure and Microsoft 365 to automate key elements of contract review, case file preparation, and document search. The implementation targets critical issues in legal operations: inefficiency, complexity, and high cost. This use case highlights what is possible when large-scale, real-world legal work is transformed by AI. The partnership demonstrates measurable process acceleration, error reduction, and greater compliance in client service—all built on a trusted, production-grade Microsoft cloud stack.

Organization: Clifford Chance
Industry: Legal
Location: United Kingdom
Published: June 2023

Reported outcomes

−40%

timeTime & speed

Strategic outcomes

Speed & agilityAccelerated dispute resolution workflowsCost efficiencyLowered legal document management costsRisk & complianceImproved compliance and reduced errorsCustomer experience & trustImproved client experience

Why do we believe this?Outcome claims, sources, and evidence checks

Normalized claim

Time: 40% decrease

legaltech-talk.comJun 19, 2023News articleInferred claimHigh evidence strength

Reduced contract review and preparation time by over 40%

Last evidence check: Jul 22, 2026

Why do we believe this deployment?Customer identity, provider attribution, maturity, and source checks

Customer: Clifford Chance
Provider: Microsoft
Maturity: Production
Linked source: legaltech-talk.com

Manual contract review processes are time-consuming and prone to human error Preparing legal case files required extensive lawyer hours, driving up operational costs Document searches and discovery processes were inefficient, delaying dispute resolutions Complex legal workflows increased the risk of non-compliance and missed deadlines Deployed Azure AI-powered automation for contract review and clause extraction Implemented AI-driven tools to auto-generate and organize case files Integrated adva

Customer identity supportedSource describes one deploymentMaturity supported

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Use case focus

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1document automation
2legal workflow automation
3AI-based dispute resolution

Manual contract review processes are time-consuming and prone to human error
Preparing legal case files required extensive lawyer hours, driving up operational costs
Document searches and discovery processes were inefficient, delaying dispute resolutions
Complex legal workflows increased the risk of non-compliance and missed deadlines

Deployed Azure AI-powered automation for contract review and clause extraction
Implemented AI-driven tools to auto-generate and organize case files
Integrated advanced document search capabilities using Microsoft 365 and Azure AI
Built AI-enabled compliance checks and deadline management into legal workflows

Technologies

Azure AI Microsoft 365