How HSF Kramer Uses AI to Turn Legal Data into Client Gold
The Australian Financial Review
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- Date Published
- 1 May 2026
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- 1 May 2026, 10:00 am
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Using AI tools such as Legora, the law firm culled 200,000 documents down to 18,500, achieving an 80 per cent time saving over manual review.
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This article examines the operational implementation of AI tools like Legora at Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer to achieve significant efficiency gains in legal document review, reducing delivery times by 80 percent. While the piece highlights advancements in practical AI capabilities within the legal sector, it focuses primarily on productivity dividends rather than existential or catastrophic risks. The coverage is focused on the professional services industry's adoption of frontier tools for data management rather than global AI safety governance or risk mitigation frameworks. It serves as a case study for the rapid integration of high-level AI automation in Australian corporate environments.
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Janek DrevikovskyLegal affairs reporterMay 1, 2026 – 9.59amFor decades, even centuries, big law firms such as Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer have been sitting atop quiet mountains of data.It’s always been there: “It’s just that we haven’t definitionally called it that,” says Ilona Logvinova, inaugural chief artificial intelligence officer at the global firm.Loading...SaveLog in or Subscribe to save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? LoginLicense articleFollow the topics, people and companies that matter to you.Find out moreRead MoreThe AI DividendAIAFR WeekendPerspectiveLegal professionSubscriber exclusiveJanek DrevikovskyLegal affairs reporterJanek Drevikovsky is the Financial Review’s legal affairs reporter. Email Janek at jdrevikovsky@nine.com.auFetching latest articles