Legal teams supporting M&A, contract lifecycle management, and litigation are under constant pressure to move faster, surface risk earlier, and deliver insight—not just documents. Yet many organizations

continue to treat core enterprise platforms as basic storage or file-sharing tools, leaving powerful capabilities untapped and workflows fragmented across multiple systems.
This session examines how law firms are maximizing the tools they already have to drive meaningful gains across three of the most resource-intensive areas of legal work: M&A, contracts, and litigation. Through real-world examples, panelists will share how they moved beyond passive document management to activate features such as structured metadata, workflow automation, and AI-enabled analysis—without introducing unnecessary complexity or risk.

Rather than focusing on new technology purchases, the discussion centers on practical optimization: how legal teams identified overlooked functionality, aligned it to specific use cases, and delivered measurable improvements in efficiency, visibility, and cost control. Attendees will walk away with concrete ideas they can apply immediately—regardless of firm size or maturity—using platforms already embedded in their legal and IT environments.

Discussion topics include:

• How M&A teams streamline diligence, deal collaboration, and post-close organization by structuring unstructured deal data
• Practical approaches to improving contract lifecycle management through automated workflows, metadata extraction, and document standardization
• Litigation use cases for organizing large document populations, accelerating review readiness, and improving collaboration with outside counsel
• Governance, change management, and risk considerations when expanding how existing tools are used across legal teams