Key facts
- A&O Shearman launched a dashboard rating teams' AI adoption and rolled out partner bootcamps, per the primary report.
- A&O Shearman said 96% of partners and 93% of lawyers used its AI tools in September 2026.
- The firm said those users carried out over 558,000 activities on ContractMatrix and Harvey legal workflow tools.
- A&O Shearman said it deployed generative AI enterprise-wide in 2022 and built ContractMatrix with Microsoft and Harvey in 2023.
A&O Shearman has launched a dashboard that rates its teams' adoption of artificial intelligence and rolled out bootcamps for its partners, according to the primary report, which did not date either step.
The firm said that in September 2026, 96% of its partners and 93% of its lawyers used its AI tools, carrying out more than 558,000 activities on its ContractMatrix and Harvey legal workflow tools. A&O Shearman said it became the first law firm to deploy generative AI enterprise-wide in 2022 and built ContractMatrix, an AI-powered contract tool for in-house counsel, with Microsoft and Harvey in 2023.
Hervé Ekué, A&O Shearman's global managing partner, said: "This significant investment signals where we intend to take the firm over the next decade." David Wakeling, the firm's global head of AI, said: "AI changes what we can build for clients and how quickly we can do it."
The firm said a qualified lawyer always takes responsibility for the advice it gives, whatever part AI played in producing it, and that its AI governance committees oversee deployment across practices, sectors and offices. It said it has worked with regulators and policymakers on AI use in legal services, including the UK's advisory AI Growth Lab for legal services.