Program

Platform Reckoning

Decide what to do about the platform you are about to renew.

The problem

Your matter management or e-billing platform predates all of this, and the vendor has added an AI module on top of the old architecture. The AI-native alternatives are genuinely better at the narrow thing and do not do matter management, accruals or spend reporting at all. The renewal is the moment you have leverage, and it is the moment nobody has time to think.

The evidence

  • 48%

    of corporate legal teams say the right tools aren't in place.

    Thomson Reuters Legal Department Operations Report, 2026

  • 2×

    legal technology budgets are on course to double by 2028.

    Gartner, May 2026

  • 28%

    of general counsel name technology and AI their top priority for 2026 — double the 14% who did in 2025.

    Thomson Reuters Legal Department Operations Report, 2026

What you get

  • Coverage map: what your incumbent does, what the AI-native tools do, and the work neither covers
  • Tested evidence on your own matters, not a feature matrix
  • Total cost picture across licenses, services and the internal time each option needs
  • A recommendation with the trade-offs stated, including the cost of staying
  • Renewal negotiation points, dated against your contract
  • If the answer is to move: a migration plan with the honest timeline

How it works

  1. PHASE 1

    Evidence

    Contracts, usage, and what the department actually does day to day. Interviews across legal, finance and IT.

  2. PHASE 2

    Baseline

    Test the incumbent's AI module and the credible alternatives against your matters, with the failure cases recorded.

  3. PHASE 3

    Design

    Model the options end to end — cost, risk, internal effort, what breaks — and take a recommendation to the decision makers.

  4. PHASE 4

    Ship and prove

    Support the renegotiation or stand up the first migration slice, and leave the measure that tells you whether it worked.

Every engagement leaves an instrument behind. Here it is: A coverage map and test set you re-run at every renewal.

What it costs

Scoped range

3–6 months

Scoped on the number of platforms in scope, the number of jurisdictions and whether the decision ends in a migration plan or a renegotiation. We quote after the first two weeks of evidence, not before.

What it does not include

We do not resell any platform and take no vendor fees, which also means we cannot get you a discount as a partner. If the honest answer is that your incumbent is fine for another term, that is the answer you will get. A full migration is delivery work beyond this program, planned here and quoted separately.

What it typically leads to

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