Ropes & Gray takes an open-architecture approach to AI, which means we build from the inside—designing, testing, and refining capabilities that reflect how our attorneys actually practice and how fast the technology is evolving. There are two invaluable benefits. The first is legal work that is faster, sharper, and more valuable, amplifying the judgment and precision our clients expect. Every capability we build starts with a client need or a strategic objective. Technology follows.

The second benefit is the speed and nimbleness with which we can pivot to the best solutions in the marketplace. Our attorneys bring these capabilities to bear across corporate, litigation, and regulatory matters, and we counsel companies on how to use AI and the legal and compliance challenges that AI itself presents.

Our work is judged by what we deliver. No single vendor owns our roadmap. We evaluate, combine, and replace providers as the field moves, because tying an entire practice to one technology partner means inheriting that partner's limitations, pricing, and risk. Clients get solutions from us that are shaped by their business objectives.

The legal profession is transforming. We are defining what elite law looks like on the other side.

How We Help Clients

We bring the flexibility of open architecture and the power of AI-driven capabilities to every stage of work and counsel for clients navigating AI's practical, legal, and regulatory landscape.

Asset Management. We collaborate with private equity and asset management clients to build bespoke AI workflows that supercharge every phase of dealmaking and fund formation—compressing days of manual work into precise, AI-assisted outputs.
Mergers & Acquisitions. Our deal teams integrate AI throughout the transaction lifecycle, from diligence and drafting to closing mechanics, delivering faster execution and earlier risk identification.
Capital Markets. The capital markets environment is changing faster than ever. By integrating advanced AI-driven solutions, we provide clients with more tailored strategies and insights that optimize outcomes and position them for success. AI informs our judgment and delivers efficiencies at every stage of a transaction.
Healthcare & Life Sciences. We help clients achieve outstanding results and move their AI initiatives forward with confidence by combining deep transactional, regulatory, and industry knowledge with next-level AI expertise, supporting everything from drug discovery partnerships and cutting-edge platform builds to clinical workflow integrations and beyond.
Financing. We leverage AI to generate initial drafts of financing provisions, bring loan agreements into conformity with negotiated term sheets, and identify market terms across competitive lender proposals. Clients get greater speed, accuracy, and efficiency.
Antitrust. Our teams deploy AI in antitrust analysis—from initial research and substantive overlap analysis to a proprietary platform that accelerates closings, tracks regulatory filings, and monitors compliance programs.
Litigation. Our litigation and enforcement attorneys deploy AI-enhanced research tools throughout the case lifecycle, adhering to rigorous verification protocols and compliance with court-specific AI disclosure requirements. Our nationwide generative AI court order tracker guides compliance and informs advocacy.
Advanced E-Discovery and AI Strategy. Clients get an industry-leading e-discovery team with 18 years of continuity and deep courtroom experience, deploying best-in-class AI tools with vendor-agnostic judgment. We have unmatched expertise in developing AI-driven workflows that accelerate outcomes, mitigate risks, build future-ready e-discovery programs, and control costs in high-stakes litigation and investigations.
Risk Management. We help clients build AI governance frameworks—including internal policies, third-party vendor diligence, and data security protocols—to identify risks and monitor compliance.
IP Transactions. Our attorneys advise AI innovators on collaboration and intellectual property deals and licenses. We integrate leading AI technology with proven IP transaction expertise to deliver faster, sharper results on IP-intensive deals focusing on strategy and structure, providing actionable intelligence and competitive differentiation for our clients.

AI at Ropes & Gray

Our approach is built on a conviction: We are innovators, and our depth of engagement is what turns technology into client value.

A head start that keeps us ahead. We have been building AI-enabled workflows for years, on an even longer foundation of technology investment. The result is institutional knowledge that newer programs cannot shortcut: cleaner data, sharper internal benchmarks, and attorneys who know where these tools help and where they do not.

Client transparency. We discuss proposed AI relevance for each phase of a matter in advance, decide together with clients in real time whether to adjust strategy, and provide playbooks and self-scoring methods so clients can see exactly when, how, and why we use AI to enhance our work.

Equipping Every Attorney for AI-Powered Practice

We require all our attorneys and business support professionals to integrate AI into their daily work. To accelerate that commitment, we established AI Ascend, a first-of-its-kind initiative ensuring that every attorney at Ropes & Gray develops native AI fluency and the ability to innovate.

Through dedicated Innovation Hours of up to 100 creditable hours per year, attorneys invest real time in mastering our AI capabilities, whether tied to a client matter or not. Our TrAIlblazers track allows first-year associates to spend 20 percent of their creditable time learning and innovating with AI, making AI foundational to being an elite attorney from day one.

Custom AI Solutions for Legal Workflows

Our dedicated AI innovation team, led by our chief information officer, chief of artificial intelligence strategy, practice innovation counsel, and director of technology innovation, oversees the development of bespoke AI solutions tailored to specific client needs.

Every use case is staffed with in-house legal technology professionals and an attorney team focused on designing a solution. Teams test multiple vendors against real matters, work directly with providers to identify gaps and improve accuracy, and iterate until output meets our standards for quality and consistency.