Allen & Overy
Moves
2
Categories
5
Earliest
Feb 2023
Latest
Apr 2025
AI moves timeline
- PartnershipApr 7, 2025
A&O Shearman and Harvey launch agentic AI agents with law firm revenue share
A&O Shearman and Harvey co-developed agentic AI agents for four practice areas: antitrust filing analysis, cybersecurity, fund formation, and loan review. Multi-step reasoning agents that break down complex issues. A&O Shearman shares in software revenue — available to corporations, law firms, and financial services via subscription or usage-based fees. A first-of-its-kind law firm revenue share with an AI vendor.
- Product AdoptionFeb 15, 2023
Allen & Overy deploys Harvey firmwide — first major law firm to roll out GPT-based generative AI
Allen & Overy became the first major law firm to deploy generative AI firmwide, rolling out Harvey to 3,500+ lawyers across 43 offices after a beta trial (begun November 2022) in which lawyers ran roughly 40,000 queries. Led by A&O's Markets Innovation Group (David Wakeling). Used for contract analysis, due diligence, research, and regulatory compliance, with mandatory lawyer review of outputs.