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Legal services.

Matters opened the same day, contracts reviewed against the playbook, time captured and deadlines watched. Fee-earners review. Hive does the rest.

Use cases

What legal teams run on Hive

  • Contract redlines
  • Clause extraction
  • Regulatory monitoring
  • Matter intake and conflicts
  • Diligence doc review
  • Precedent search
  • Time capture and billing
  • Deadline and docket tracking
  • Client status reporting
  • Contract redlines
  • Clause extraction
  • Regulatory monitoring
  • Matter intake and conflicts
  • Diligence doc review
  • Precedent search
  • Time capture and billing
  • Deadline and docket tracking
  • Client status reporting
Legal services

Matters opened the same day.Deadlines watched, time logged.

Governed autonomy

Autonomy is earned, not switched on.

Every use case starts on a rung you choose. Each approval teaches Hive the boundary. As approvals become routine, the work moves up a rung, within limits you set and can pull back at any time.

AdvisoryHive surfaces and recommends. People act.
Draft for approvalHive prepares the output. A person reviews and sends.
Execute after approvalHive runs the whole process once a person says go.
Autonomous with exceptionsHive runs routine cases itself and routes only the exceptions.

Connect your matter data

Mail, documents and time in one governed workflow, matter open to bill.

The work Hive takes over

Use case examples. A sample of the work Hive takes over. The full map is drawn with your team in week one.

Billable time is reconstructed from memory on Friday afternoon.

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Draft for approval

Hive reconstructs the day from emails, calls, documents and calendar, drafts narrated time entries against the right matter, and asks for a quick confirmation. The leakage closes.

ReadsOutlook, Clio, iManage, calendar
OutputTime entries, drafted narratives
6.4 hrs reconstructedNarratives draftedConfirmed in 9 minLeakage: down

Client due diligence and AML checks slow every matter opening.

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Execute after approval

Hive runs ID and AML checks on opening, assembles the CDD file, and flags anything that needs a fee-earner's judgement. The matter opens the same day.

ReadsClio, AML provider, Outlook
OutputCDD file, matter opened
CDD: 14 mattersID + AML run2 flagged for reviewOpened same day

Invoicing and WIP lock-up drift because nobody owns the chase.

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Execute after approval

Hive drafts bills from recorded time, chases aged receivables on schedule, and surfaces lock-up by matter and by partner.

ReadsClio, LEAP, Xero
OutputDraft bills, chase log, lock-up view
Bills drafted: 22£148kAged AR chasedLock-up: 61 to 48 days

New-client enquiries go to voicemail, and to the firm that called back first.

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Autonomous with exceptions

Hive answers calls and web chat, qualifies the enquiry, runs the conflict check, and books the consultation with a one-page brief for the fee-earner.

ReadsPhone, web chat, Clio
OutputQualified enquiry, conflict result, booking
28 enquiries19 qualifiedConflicts checked14 consults bookedMissed: 0

Engagement letters and routine forms eat fee-earner time.

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Draft for approval

Hive generates the document from matter data and the firm's precedent library, ready for review and sign-off.

ReadsClio, precedent library
OutputEngagement letter, forms
Engagement letter + 2 formsFrom matter + precedentFee-earner: review only

Clients chase because nobody tells them where the matter stands.

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Execute after approval

Hive tracks deadlines and status, sends plain-English milestone updates with a running cost position, and flags anything approaching a limitation date.

ReadsClio, Actionstep, Outlook
OutputClient updates, limitation alerts
140 mattersUpdates sent2 limitation dates caughtStatus calls: down 40%

Document review and bundles take days of paralegal time.

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Draft for approval

Hive sorts, de-duplicates and indexes the documents, and drafts the bundle for review.

ReadsiManage, data room
OutputIndexed set, draft bundle
2,400 docsDe-duplicatedIndexedBundle drafted

The partners can't see which matters are profitable or underwater.

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Advisory

Hive maintains a live view of WIP, lock-up and matter profitability, and surfaces the matters and clients that need a partner.

ReadsClio, LEAP, Xero
OutputPartner brief, Monday 07:00
WIP live3 underwater matters2 clients for partnerMon 07:00

Every contract review starts on page one, against a playbook nobody has written down.

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Draft for approval

Hive reads the counterparty draft against the firm's playbook and precedents, marks up every deviation with the fallback position, and drafts the redline and cover note for the fee-earner to review.

ReadsiManage, precedent library, playbook
OutputRedlined draft, issues list, cover note
84-page SPA read23 deviations markedRedline draftedFee-earner: review only

A regulation changes and nobody knows which clients and clauses it touches.

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Advisory

Hive monitors regulators, courts and legislation for the firm's practice areas, maps each change to affected matters and precedent clauses, and briefs the relevant partner with what needs updating.

ReadsRegulator feeds, legislation, iManage
OutputChange brief, affected-matter list
3 changes this week41 matters touched2 precedents to updatePartner briefed
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