Today, legal firms across the world are massively investing in legal technology to achieve a greater edge in the industry. This trend has further intensified with the ongoing coronavirus pandemic that has compelled the legal institutions to adopt technologies to executing the legal procedures efficiently. According to a research by Gartner, legal departments will automate 50 percent of their legal workflows related to major corporate transactions by 2024 and also replace 20 percent of general counsel with non-legal staff. Currently, in the legal space, document automation has become a major area of focus. Competitiveness for efficient document management has driven legal firms to adopt automated document-writing software to eliminate the time-consuming and manual drafting processes. The automation tools allow them to manage data collection, reporting, daily tasks, billing and so on. Such automation support not only helps save time but also makes processes cost-efficient by eliminating the need to invest money in hiring professionals for these tasks. Further, these automation solutions have also enabled employees of legal firms to work remotely. Additionally, virtual paralegals have become prominent in this space, helping to increase the operational capacity of the internal corporate teams. These can assist businesses to deal with internal questions that the legal departments face and significantly improve the response time and efficiency.
Today, virtual law firms have also gained tremendous attention amidst the pandemic. From virtual consultations, live chats, virtual hearings to addressing clients’ grievances and electronic court filings, almost every legal process can be executed virtually. This makes it easy for the law firms to offer better client experiences and thereby improve the firm’s engagement with the clients.
Such digital advancements in the legal space have brought about a wave of transformation in the legal space. The law firms now need to become more proficient with emerging technologies to offer the best possible support to clients and generate greater revenues. Against this backdrop, CIO Applications Europe brings to you a list of leading legal tech companies to help you find the right partner for all your legal needs. The magazine also compiles insights from industry experts, CIOs, and CXOs on the current trends, technological improvements and innovations in this space.
We present to you CIO Applications Europe “Top 10 Legal Tech Solution Providers - 2021.”














