Jones Day becomes a founding partner of Draftwise's Ontonomi legal ontology, deploying it first in M&A and private equity
- Vendors
- Draftwise
- Significance
- High
- Confidence
- Confirmed
Why this matters
Jones Day is building AI capability with partners, with Draftwise in the stack. This is a high-significance signal for buyers benchmarking their panel.
Jones Day and Draftwise will deploy Ontonomi, Draftwise's legal ontology offering, across multiple practice areas, starting with M&A and private equity. The aim is to structure and connect the firm's precedents, positions and experience so lawyers and associates can draw on senior judgment. Ropes & Gray was named a founding partner at the Sept 29 launch, so Ontonomi now has two of the largest US firms behind it.
"We have seen extensive AI adoption across the Firm, and it is clear that it works best when pointed at trusted, curated knowledge. - Giles Elliott, Global Chair of AI and Innovation, Jones Day"
- Significance
- High
- Source type
- Firm Press Release
Vendors involved
DraftwiseJones Day on Panorama
Full timeline of tracked moves, capability areas, vendors in use and their Legal AI Capability Index standing.
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