From document chaos to review-ready clarity
A 120-lawyer European firm specializing in cross-border M&A and contract law replaced fragmented review workflows with Kervalt. The result: due diligence moves 70% faster, every answer carries a source citation, and client data never leaves European servers.
RESULT
70%
Faster due diligence reviews
RESULT
0
Made-up citations in final memos
RESULT
100%
EU data residency guaranteed
RESULT
3x
More cross-default risks surfaced
01 / CHALLENGE
High-volume transactions, fragmented insight
The firm advises on 40+ mid-market transactions per year. Each matter dumps thousands of agreements, disclosure schedules, and corporate records into data rooms. Associates spent days on keyword searches and manual cross-referencing, often missing cross-default clauses hidden in subsidiary financing agreements.
Basic AI tools promised speed but delivered isolated text fragments and invented citations. Partners could not trust the output for client memos or regulator submissions. Meanwhile, clients were asking for faster turnaround and stricter data-sovereignty guarantees.
THE FIRM AT A GLANCE
- 120 lawyers across three European offices
- Focus: M&A, private equity, and complex contract law
- 40+ transactions reviewed annually
- Required: EU data residency and legal privilege protection
02 / SOLUTION
One clear view across the entire matter
Kervalt replaced point-solution AI with a single workspace where finding text, mapping relationships, and checking facts work together.
FIND
Search by meaning across the data room
Kervalt indexes every representation, warranty, and indemnity clause by meaning. Lawyers ask questions in plain language and get context-aware answers, not keyword matches.
CONNECT
Map relationships across documents
Kervalt traces corporate ownership trees, cross-default chains, and related-party obligations across thousands of documents. Hidden risks surface as interactive paths.
VERIFY
Exact precision for terms and dates
Kervalt checks structured schemas for closing dates, survival periods, monetary caps, and notice windows. No more spreadsheet errors driving wrong-way risk.
"We stopped accepting AI answers we could not verify. With Kervalt, every output links to the exact contract page and clause. Our partners now sign off on AI-assisted memos because the citations are real."
Managing Partner, Corporate & M&A
European law firm, 120 lawyers
KEY WINS
- First-pass review time cut from 5 days to 36 hours
- Cross-default risks surfaced in a mid-market carve-out
- No leakage to outside AI services
- Client data stays on EU servers
03 / OUTCOME
Legal teams move faster, clients stay safer
The firm now runs AI-assisted due diligence without compromising on verifiability or sovereignty.
OPERATIONAL IMPACT
Senior associates redeploy from manual document review to client strategy. Junior lawyers ramp faster because Kervalt teaches them the matter structure as they query it. The firm bids more competitively on fixed-fee mandates.
CLIENT IMPACT
Clients receive earlier risk flags, fully cited issue lists, and transparent progress reports. Legal privilege and EU data residency are guaranteed by architecture, not contract clauses.
NEXT STEP
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