Freshfields
Moves
3
Categories
5
Earliest
Nov 2025
Latest
Apr 2026
AI moves timeline
- PartnershipApr 23, 2026
Freshfields and Anthropic Form Multi-Year AI Co-Innovation Partnership
Freshfields announced a multi-year agreement with Anthropic to co-build AI legal workflows and deploy Claude firmwide across 33 offices to 5,700 employees, with adoption surging ~500% in six weeks. The firm is also an early adopter of Thomson Reuters' CoCounsel Legal rebuilt on Anthropic's technology.
- PartnershipApr 23, 2026
Freshfields signs multi-year co-development deal with Anthropic — deploys Claude to 5,700 employees
Magic Circle firm Freshfields signed a multi-year strategic co-development agreement with Anthropic. Claude deployed to 5,700 employees via Freshfields' proprietary Freshfields Lab AI platform. Adoption grew 500% in six weeks. Firms will co-develop agentic legal workflows. First Magic Circle firm to deploy Claude wall-to-wall. Also an early adopter of CoCounsel rebuilt on Claude.
- Product AdoptionNov 4, 2025
Freshfields selects DeepJudge as core AI knowledge platform alongside Anthropic/Claude
Magic Circle firm Freshfields selected DeepJudge as a core component of its AI and knowledge strategy after a detailed evaluation. CIO Gil Perez emphasized responsible, targeted use of proprietary knowledge. DeepJudge raised $41.2M Series A the same week (led by Felicis with Coatue).