AI capability profile
Debevoise & Plimpton
Debevoise & Plimpton: 4 tracked AI moves since 2025 across legal research, compliance & regulatory and infrastructure & platform.
- Tracked since
- 2025
- Tracked moves
- 4
- Capability areas
- 4
- Latest activity
- Aug 2026
Where AI is being used
Capability areas derived from every publicly tracked move at this firm.
Legal Research
2 movesDebevoise launches STAAR 2.0, built on Legora's Portal architecture, in partnership with Legora
Compliance & Regulatory
1 moveDebevoise hires two Davis Polk lawyers to power STAAR AI platform expansion
Infrastructure & Platform
1 moveDebevoise hires two Davis Polk lawyers to power STAAR AI platform expansion
Training & Talent
1 moveDebevoise launches 'AI Decathlon' hands-on skills training program
In their own words
Attributed statements captured on tracked moves.
“Mari's experience in litigation and investigations and Kendall's experience advising financial institutions add important capabilities to our AI practice at a time of growing client demand, especially for our STAAR platform." — Avi Gesser, Head of AI Practice, Debevoise & Plimpton”
“STAAR reflects our view that the efficiencies created by AI should be shared directly with our clients... STAAR 2.0 is the result of thousands of hours of legal work on AI issues and allows clients to query that body of experience using AI, to see whether Debevoise has addressed a given issue before, and if so, how." — Avi Gesser, Co-Chair, Data Strategy & Security Group, Debevoise”
Tracked activity
Every move TVPi has recorded for this firm, newest first.
- Key HireAug 17, 2026
Debevoise hires two Davis Polk lawyers to power STAAR AI platform expansion
Debevoise & Plimpton hired Mari Grace and Kendall Howell, both formerly of Davis Polk, as counsel in its Data Strategy & Security practice. The pair will help drive the continued evolution of STAAR, Debevoise's proprietary AI advisory platform, and support a forthcoming AI software product launch to guide clients through AI risks.
- PartnershipMar 9, 2026
Debevoise launches STAAR 2.0, built on Legora's Portal architecture, in partnership with Legora
Debevoise launched STAAR 2.0, the second iteration of its subscription-based, client-facing AI advisory platform, built in collaboration with Legora using its 'Portal' architecture. The platform lets in-house legal/compliance teams query natural-language AI search across ~120 documents distilling Debevoise's AI regulatory/compliance experience, plus a tabular regulation-comparison tool across jurisdictions. Beta testing (through August 31, 2026) includes named clients Blackstone, Capital One, Evercore, GSK, and New York Life. Debevoise's partnership terms allow Legora to reuse STAAR 2.0 code with other firms.
- OtherDec 10, 2025
Debevoise launches 'AI Decathlon' hands-on skills training program
Debevoise launched a 10-session 'AI Decathlon' training program (starting January 2026) built around hands-on team challenges covering skills like spotting hallucinations, testing outputs, and drafting with AI, led by the firm's Applied AI Team alongside the Data Strategy & Security group and practice-area AI task force members.
- Product AdoptionDec 8, 2025
Debevoise wins FT Innovative Lawyers North America Award for STAAR
Debevoise won the Financial Times Innovative Lawyers North America Award in the 'Innovation in New Legal Products' category for its STAAR platform, having previously been named a finalist in October 2025. This is third-party recognition confirming STAAR's market standing as a genuine client-facing AI product.
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AI Activity Score
36
Rank #19 of 164
↑ Rising
Activity by quarter
Move mix
- Other1
- Key Hire1
- Product Adoption1
- Partnership1
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