Groundbreaking contract intelligence applies precedent-driven insights across the entire contract process-analyzing millions of firm documents to use the most relevant language.
NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / August 12, 2025 / Draftwise, contract and negotiation AI for lawyers, today announced two major developments: powerful new capabilities for its agentic AI, advanced AI that can perform complex, multi-step legal tasks autonomously, such as validating contracts against term sheets in seconds and providing tailored clause recommendations based on a firm’s past deals, and a major global expansion into EMEA and APAC, along with significant growth in its North American footprint.
Global adoption accelerates
Draftwise now powers contract drafting and review across NAM, EMEA, and APAC, with recent additions including two Am Law 50 firms, Fortune 500 companies, and boutique real estate firms. This growth brings the company’s customer base to more than half of the Vault 10 law firms, dozens of Am Law 100 firms, and multiple Fortune 500 organizations.
Gunderson Dettmer Partnership Drives Product Innovation with Agentic AI
The multi-year partnership between Draftwise and Gunderson Dettmer has been instrumental in developing enterprise-grade agentic capabilities. As an early design partner, Gunderson provided critical feedback that shaped the agent’s ability to handle complex transactional work.
Gunderson Dettmer Partnership Drives Product Innovation with Agentic AI
The multi-year partnership between Draftwise and Gunderson Dettmer has been instrumental in developing enterprise-grade agentic capabilities. As an early design partner, Gunderson provided critical feedback that shaped the agent’s ability to handle complex transactional work.
“This partnership has redefined what’s possible in legal technology,” said Joe Green, Chief Innovation Officer at Gunderson Dettmer. “Our lawyers are genuinely excited about Draftwise – that’s rare with new technology. Draftwise perfectly aligns with our innovation strategy of adopting cutting-edge solutions that enhance our ability to serve clients in the fast-moving venture capital ecosystem. Draftwise continues to deliver tangible improvements in how efficiently our teams handle complex deals.”
“When lawyers see what Draftwise is capable of and how easily they can access decades of winning insight in minutes, they can’t wait to get access,” said James Ding, CEO and Co-founder of Draftwise. “Our work with Gunderson confirms this excitement with demonstrable results; our product amplifies the strategic thinking that takes law firms decades to develop. Draftwise customers can now scale their institutional knowledge across every transaction, intuitively and with confidence.”
Three Significant New Capabilities for Legal Teams
Building on the successes and insights gained through the Gunderson partnership and work with early users, the latest Draftwise release introduces capabilities that fundamentally advance how lawyers approach deals:
Intelligent Precedent Benchmarking: Lawyers can instantly analyze what’s standard across precedent and identify unusual terms. Simple questions like “What other reps and warranties might my client want in this agreement?” or “How does this clause compare to recent similar agreements?” deliver insights that previously required hours of manual research.
Automated Term Sheet Validation: Draftwise checks draft agreements against term sheets in seconds, identifying alignment issues through instructions like “Check this SPA against the uploaded term sheet.” This eliminates time-consuming manual cross-referencing.
Strategic Contract Guidance: Advanced capabilities provide sophisticated legal strategy, such as “Delete buyer/seller reps that my client hasn’t agreed to in the past 2 years” or “Make my clause more buyer-friendly based on recent similar deals.” The AI learns from a firm’s historical practices to provide tailored recommendations and can extract essential information from your ad-hoc request
Legal teams interested in agentic capabilities can contact [email protected].
Rapid Global Expansion with Legal Expertise
Draftwise has grown to nearly 70 employees globally, with significant expansion in London and New York City, andhas strengthened its legal expertise, including notable hires of three former practicing lawyers:
Emily Lew joins from Magic Circle firm Slaughter and May, where she led the Client & Practice Solutions team for five years. She now heads client engagement efforts in London.
Elizabete Ludborza, a former founder and London-based attorney with in-house experience, has joined the GTM team.
Stephanie Nweke practiced at Wilson Sonsini in the Venture Capital group and is now on the GTM team in New York City.
A new London office supports the growing international team, and a significant expansion of the New York office in Manhattan is planned for the fall.
Measurable Client Impact
Recent case studies demonstrate real-world results. Global law firm Womble Bond Dickinson reported noticeable efficiency with Draftwise, with time savings that compound across hundreds of searches per transaction.
According to the case study, Womble’s lawyers, “don’t need to bounce out of Word, run a DMS search, look for language there, find a template, insert it, and copy-paste.” Draftwise ” … simplified all that … it turned a roughly 10-minute endeavor into a 60-second search.” The product’s ability to learn from each firm’s specific practices and precedents means these efficiency gains improve over time, creating compound institutional knowledge.
“Our attorneys are absolutely more optimized when they use Draftwise,” Bill Koch, Womble’s Chief Knowledge & Innovation Officer, shared in the interview.
Rebrand Reinforces Mission
Today’s announcement coincides with Draftwise’s comprehensive rebrand, solidifying its categorization as a market leader in transforming how lawyers work.
“Our vision is a legal industry where institutional insights are never buried,” said Ding. “Every lawyer should inherit the expertise that came before them. We’re turning cultivated legal strategy into an enduring asset that every lawyer in an organization can turn into value for the client.”
Meet the Draftwise team at ILTACON 2025, conference attendees can connect with the team through events detailed at: https://www.draftwise.com/events/iltacon2025
About Draftwise
Founded in 2021, Draftwise is contract drafting, review, and negotiation AI powered by your legal knowledge. Draftwise executes complex drafting, review, and search workflows directly within Microsoft Word, drawing from your organization’s best guidance, precedent, and language.
Draftwise serves top law firms and legal departments globally, including over half the Vault 10, dozens of Am Law 100 firms, and Fortune 500 organizations. The company is headquartered in New York and has offices in London.
Learn more at http://www.draftwise.com.
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