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Gavel

AI-powered contract review and document automation platform for legal professionals to streamline and accelerate legal workflows.

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Adoption position

of 63 active vendors

Law firms

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Recent signal

Rising · last 6 months

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Gavel shows rising visible market activity and emerging adoption evidence across 1 firm. The strongest tracked signal is vendor selection, with activity concentrated among a smaller group of firms.

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Momentum and adoption pattern

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Adoption activity by quarter

'25 Q3

'25 Q4

'26 Q1

'26 Q2

'26 Q3

'26 Q4

Observed move mix

Vendor Selection100%

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Use cases

Contract review/Redlining Document summarization Contract drafting Client intake / triage Knowledge management Compliance monitoring Pricing

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Law firms in the evidence

Leading firms by published record count, with the complete market record available below.

1 firms · 1 records

Perkins Coie
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Evidence ledger

Every published record naming Gavel, newest first.

Vendor SelectionSep 29, 2026Observed
Relativity Announces KPMG and Three Global Firms Join claiR Advanced Access Program; Acquires Gavel
Perkins Coie
At RelFest Chicago, Relativity announced KPMG (first alliance partner), Latham & Watkins, Ashurst Perkins Coie, and Troutman Pepper Locke joined the Advanced Access program for claiR, its conversational AI for lawyers (GA expected early 2027). Relativity separately announced it is acquiring Gavel to bring aiR directly into Microsoft Word. Quote: "The future of legal technology is not simply finding documents; it is generating actionable intelligence." — David Nides, KPMG US.
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About Gavel

Gavel (gavel.io) is a legal technology company that provides AI-powered contract review, drafting, and document automation tools primarily for lawyers and legal teams. Its main AI product, Gavel Exec, integrates with Microsoft Word and offers features such as reviewing, redlining, and drafting commercial contracts using precedent-based AI. The platform is designed to streamline legal workflows, allowing legal professionals to apply their playbooks and automate document creation, making the process up to 90% faster. The target audience is lawyers, legal teams, and specifically real estate attorneys seeking efficient, privacy-safe AI solutions for contract management and legal document automation.

Use cases in depth

Gavel.io offers AI-powered contract review and legal document automation tools for law firms and legal teams. Here are the main features and functions: 1. Gavel Exec (AI Contract Review in Word & Online) - First-pass contract review with standards and key issue highlights - Draft and rewrite clauses to match preferred positions - Redlines and negotiation-ready comments directly in Word - Benchmarking: Compare clauses to market data for off-market positions - Playbooks: Apply built-in or custom playbooks for consistency - Collaboration in shared workspaces - Unlimited usage plans and free trial available 2. Gavel Workflows (Document Automation) - Automate Word and PDF document generation from client intake forms - Build custom workflows with conditional logic and calculations - Secure, encrypted client intake portals - Turn existing templates into automated workflows - Ready-to-use legal template library for various practice areas - Supports estate planning, family law, real estate, corporate, probate, and more 3. Integrations - Connects with Clio, DocuSign, Zapier, and other tools 4. Legal Commerce Tools - Package and bill for online legal services 5. Security & Support - SOC II, HIPAA, and PCI compliance - AES-256 encryption, zero data retention policy - Unlimited customer support and free onboarding Gavel is designed for solo practitioners, SMBs, large law firms, and legal startups, helping automate document workflows, manage client data, and streamline contract review processes.

Security & compliance

Gavel.io stores customer data in AWS data centers that are certified for SOC 1-3 and ISO 27001. Gavel itself does not explicitly claim SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR, or CCPA certification for its own platform, but leverages AWS’s compliance for data storage. Gavel acts as a data processor and supports GDPR compliance for its customers. Payment processing is handled by PCI-compliant vendors. There is no explicit claim of HIPAA or CCPA compliance for the Gavel platform itself.

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