Chambers Review
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Litigation Services - Global-wide
What the Team is Known For
Allens' innovation and digital solutions practice advises clients including construction companies and national and regional banks on a variety of matters. The firm's services include managed document review, data management and investigations assistance. The team has particular expertise in the use of large language models, offering access to its own enterprise version of ChatGPT, called Airlie, for use in client work.
Strengths
The strategy Allens applies in connection with their work with us is really thought out and tailored to our organisational needs. Quite specifically, they think about how the flows of documents should work and how they can streamline to make sure there's no duplication or discrepancies.
Allens’ capability to handle complex matters is particularly strong where those matters are data intensive and regulatory in nature. Their ability to quickly and effectively manage, filter and analyse very large datasets is critical to the effective management of large, complex matters. From an innovation and legal ops standpoint, Allens demonstrates strong depth through its dedicated legal technology teams, which work alongside lawyers rather than as a bolt-on service. The team brings together legal, data analytics and eDiscovery expertise, enabling consistent application across workstreams.
Allens' legaltech team in particular is very engaging. They're always there offering a solution when there's a problem to solve; other firms would wait for us to give instructions before acting, but Allens will suggest alternative solutions for a more flexible price.
Work Highlights
Allens advised Westpac Banking Corporation on a class action matter. Allens' Integrated Legal Solutions team handled discovery issues in this matter, which involved a large volume of documents. The team used a commercial eDiscovery platform, proprietary tech tools and its managed review team to help with deduplication, review and redaction.
Notable practitioners
Linda Kozaris, chief innovation and legal solutions officer at Allens, is a key contact.