Legal Operations AI Consulting

Empowering Legal Teams with AI to Streamline Operations and Strengthen Compliance

Protiviti Legal Consulting delivers AI-powered legal operations consulting to help organizations optimize legal spend, automate contract review, and ensure compliance with evolving regulations . Our advanced AI legal operation consulting solutions enable legal teams to manage resources more strategically, improve operational agility, automate contract and document review, and strengthen risk mitigation strategies.

With a focus on legal team training and continuous process improvement, Protiviti helps legal departments respond proactively to evolving regulatory requirements and business challenges. As a trusted partner in the data-driven legal landscape, we deliver tailored AI governance and optimization solutions that support your organization’s operational goals and compliance needs.

AI-Enhanced Contract and Document Analysis

Optimize contract management and legal document handling by automating the identification, extraction, and analysis of critical contract data. Our AI-driven solutions include contextual analysis and search, automated document review, sophisticated compliance tools, and rapid crisis response, all aimed at enhancing operational efficiency, increasing profitability, and effectively mitigating risk.

Outside Counsel Spend & Legal Department Optimization

Protiviti Legal Consulting offers a comprehensive solution for outside counsel. Manage outside counsel spend and drive efficiencies by leveraging analytics and AI-driven processes to ensure compliance with billing guidelines, identify discrepancies, and enhance auditing practices. Improve billing practices, billing compliance enforcement, line item compliance checks, logic-based invoice validation, data-driven partner leverage analysis, and drive sustained improvements in accuracy and efficiency.

Third Party Contract Reviews & Remediation

Comprehensive third-party contract review and remediation services that help organizations manage risk, ensure compliance, and optimize contractual relationships. By leveraging our AI technologies and legal expertise, we deliver actionable insights, including proactive compliance and risk assessment, targeted remediation strategies, and continuous ongoing monitoring and updates.

Early Case Intelligence (ECAi)

Our eDiscovery solutions revolutionize data identification, collection, and analysis for organizations. Our AI-powered tools and approach streamlines manual workflows, accelerates case timelines, and uncovers critical insights with unparalleled precision. Key features include AI-driven preemptive bookmarking, automated case timelines and summaries, and advanced document interrogation to enhance efficiency and decision-making.

Horizon Scanning & Regulatory Mapping

Stay compliant with evolving legal requirements. Our comprehensive approach supports compliance across critical domains such as data privacy laws, cybersecurity regulations, records management, and litigation requirements. We provide AI compliance solutions, help you navigate complex compliance landscapes, design legal risk controls for AI, and implement automated and preventative legal controls to enhance operational resilience and reduce potential legal risks associated with AI deployment.

Responsible AI Policies & Guidelines

Develop and implement responsible AI governance frameworks that meet both operational needs and regulatory expectations. By bringing together teams from technical, cyber and legal disciplines, we assist organizations draft AI acceptable use policies, integrate AI characteristics into existing policies, establish comprehensive AI risk management frameworks, and facilitate ongoing monitoring and compliance reviews. This multidisciplinary approach ensures consistency, alignment, and effective risk management across business functions

AI Risk & Maturity Assessments

Specialized AI risk assessments and maturity evaluations to help organizations assess the effectiveness, reliability, and compliance of their AI systems. By leveraging our AI Studio capabilities, we offer comprehensive risk identification, AI maturity benchmarking, gap analysis with tailored recommendations, custom roadmaps for advancing AI maturity, and ongoing evaluation and governance support. This structured approach ensures responsible AI adoption and continuous improvement aligned with business objectives and regulatory requirements.

Our Approach

Our legal-operations-ai-consulting teams empower legal departments to achieve operational excellence by integrating advanced AI tools with legal solutions into our day-to-day work. Our tailored approaches and tools streamline resource-intensive tasks and enables your teams to focus on strategic priorities.

Transforming Legal Operations with AI

We leverage AI technologies to automate repetitive processes, improve accuracy, and deliver actionable insights. By embedding AI into our solutions we help organizations achieve measurable improvements in efficiency, compliance, and decision-making.

Enhancing Decision-Making with Data-Driven Insights

Protiviti’s legal-operations-ai-consulting teams provide legal departments with access to real-time data and predictive analytics, empowering them to make informed decisions. With intuitive dashboards and reporting tools, legal teams gain visibility into trends, risks, and opportunities.

A Scalable and Tailored Approach

We understand that every legal department operates within a unique context. Protiviti’s AI-driven legal solutions are customized to align with specific organizational goals, ensuring scalability and adaptability to changing needs.

Driving Long-Term Value

By optimizing legal department operations with AI, Protiviti reduces operational burdens, strengthens compliance, and unlocks the full potential of legal teams. Our solutions ensure legal departments are equipped to thrive in an increasingly complex, data-driven legal environment.

Contract Compliance Audit

Overview:

After a strategic acquisition, our client required assistance in evaluating licensing compliance for a newly acquired business unit. Key concerns included potential non-compliance with intellectual property (IP) usage, territorial restrictions, and royalty payment accuracy.

Challenge:

The absence of centralized monitoring for licensing obligations posed significant risks, including financial exposure and reputational damage due to potential contract violations.

Approach:

We utilized our Protiviti Atlas AI platform to streamline and enhance the contract compliance audit process, including:

AI-Powered Contract Analysis: Extracted critical terms, obligations, and restrictions from licensing agreements for efficient review.
Compliance Evaluation: Assessed exposure to non-compliance risks in areas such as IP protection and territory enforcement.
Royalty Reporting Review: Verified the accuracy and completeness of royalty payments in alignment with contract terms.
Operational Controls Assessment: Evaluated mechanisms for monitoring ongoing compliance with licensing agreements.
Actionable Recommendations: Delivered detailed findings and practical solutions to address compliance gaps and strengthen oversight.

Value Delivered:

Accelerated and improved contract reviews using AI-driven insights.
Identified key risk areas and operational control deficiencies impacting licensing compliance.
Provided actionable recommendations to enhance compliance oversight and reduce risks.
Established a scalable audit framework for future evaluations, fostering opportunities for continued collaboration.

Outside Counsel Invoice Analysis

Overview:

A client’s legal department aimed to enhance its invoice review process for outside counsel to tackle challenges related to inaccurate billing and inefficient dispute resolution.

Challenge:

The existing system lacked transparency regarding cost savings and was unable to adapt to emerging overcharge risks, resulting in potential financial inefficiencies.

Approach:

Effective Invoice Auditing Tools: Implemented advanced tools to conduct thorough invoice audits, ensuring fair billing practices.
Compliance Mechanisms: Established robust compliance mechanisms to enforce adherence to billing guidelines.
Structured Dispute Resolution Process: Developed a clear and efficient process for resolving billing disputes.
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs): Created KPIs to improve visibility into expense management and track billing performance.
Commitment to Continuous Improvement: Focused on ongoing enhancements to mitigate the risk of overspending and optimize billing accuracy.

Value Delivered:

The optimized invoice review process led to significant cost savings and ensured fair billing practices, thereby enhancing overall operational efficiency within the legal department.

Responsible AI Governance Framework

Overview:

A global insurance brokerage partnered with Protiviti to establish a responsible AI governance framework that ensured compliance with global regulations, including the EU AI Act.

Challenge:

The client required a comprehensive methodology to assess risks associated with AI systems while aligning their processes with evolving AI regulations and legal standards.

Approach:

Proprietary AI Risk Assessment Methodology: Selected Protiviti for our proven expertise in conducting AI risk assessments tailored to regulatory requirements.
Policy and Framework Review: Conducted an in-depth review of existing IT, privacy, and security policies to identify gaps and opportunities for alignment with AI compliance standards.
Tailored AI Governance Framework: Developed a customized governance framework that incorporated risk management principles, legal requirements, and industry best practices.
Responsible AI Policy Development: Drafted a comprehensive Responsible AI Policy to guide ethical AI development, procurement, and usage across the organization.

Value Delivered:

The implemented AI governance framework became a strategic asset, enabling the client to:

Harness AI responsibly while adhering to global regulations.
Enhance customer experiences by leveraging AI ethically and securely.
Drive operational efficiencies through well-governed AI applications.
Prepare for sustainable growth by aligning AI initiatives with corporate ethics and evolving regulatory expectations.

Insights & Benefits Achieved

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