ABB's Legal & Integrity Transformation Program sets a contract-data-first, governance-second path for 450+ lawyers toward an 'AI first, Legal always' model

Manuel Morasch, VP Legal and leader of ABB's Legal & Integrity Transformation Program, describes three group-level pillars: a single cross-divisional contract repository, a shared risk and playbook framework, and an AI governance policy. ABB sequences the work in four phases (foundation, pilots, scale and optimize, continuous improvement) and requires that vendor models do not train on ABB data without explicit consent. Divisions keep autonomy over tool choice within those guardrails.