Ropes & Gray Is Building the Blueprint for AI Adoption in BigLaw

NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / March 12, 2026 / Draftwise has expanded its AI contract intelligence platform to 12 Ropes & Gray offices worldwide, including new multilingual features driving expansion in countries like France. The platform is now deployed across offices in North America, Australia, Europe, and Asia.

Draftwise expanded dramatically in Europe, the United Kingdom, and Asia during the last quarter.

By expanding its use of Draftwise as its precedent research platform, Ropes & Gray can efficiently access and apply its institutional knowledge to new matters.

"Draftwise enables Ropes & Gray to connect experience across offices, making it easier for attorneys to deliver informed advice," said James Ding, CEO and Co-Founder of Draftwise. "Using Draftwise across multiple global offices and languages offers their clients the future of transactional law today - deeper insights in less time."

"Our focus is on client results. With Draftwise, Ropes & Gray attorneys can quickly leverage decades of firm knowledge to inform their advice," said Ropes & Gray's Winston Burt, Director of Legal Technology.

"Here's an example of the value Ropes & Gray gains from this technology," Ding said. "An attorney in Boston may be collaborating with a colleague in Paris, each working exclusively in their native language. Our platform enables them to edit the same document, significantly improving efficiency. Both lawyers can search and analyze precedent in the language in which they practice, facilitating seamless collaboration across jurisdictions."

Ropes & Gray has already migrated to a cloud-based deployment with Draftwise as part of its firm's modernization and growth strategies. The move, which was finalized in 2025, accelerated adoption across transactional teams and streamlined access to precedent intelligence at scale.

The firm has seen sustained growth in user engagement, particularly following the rollout of Draftwise's AI Assistant, which helps attorneys instantly identify relevant clauses, compare language, and surface institutional insights within live drafting documents.

As firms increasingly build comprehensive AI ecosystems, Draftwise plays a key role in the transactional AI stack: unlocking the institutional memory that differentiates leading firms.

About Draftwise
Draftwise is an AI Contract Intelligence platform. Draftwise executes complex drafting, review, and search workflows for top law firms and legal teams globally, including over half the Vault 10, dozens of Am Law 100 firms, Fortune 500 organizations, and financial services firms. The company is headquartered in New York and has a presence in San Francisco and London.

Company Contact:
Sarah Schultz
sarah.schultz@draftwise.com

SOURCE: DraftWise