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Customer Story

Kellerhals Carrard:

On the Forefront of Legal AI

with Harvey

Kellerhals Carrard

Stefano Perucchi

Partner, Kellerhals Carrard

About Kellerhals Carrard

Kellerhals Carrard is the largest Swiss law firm with over 300 legal experts and is known for its deep legal expertise and commitment to innovation. The firm is represented in 6 major cities of Switzerland and in Shanghai and Tokyo.

Renowned for its entrepreneurial spirit and business acumen, Kellerhals Carrard blends tradition with cutting-edge technology to deliver high-value legal services across all areas to a diverse clientele, including corporates, international organizations, public authorities, and private individuals.

As client expectations rise, efficiency has become a critical differentiator. To stay ahead, Kellerhals Carrard sought a solution to streamline legal tasks – without compromising the rigorous legal standards their clients demand.

Opportunity

Every week, Kellerhals Carrard attorneys dedicate hours to reviewing contracts, analyzing precedents, and conducting risk assessments. These workflows, while essential, required labor-intensive processes, reducing time for high-value legal work.

For Partners Stefano Perucchi and Massimiliano Maestretti, the challenges were clear:

  • Contract review and analysis required extensive effort to extract key insights.
  • Precedent-heavy research demanded time-consuming review of large volumes of case law.
  • Tight deadlines left less time for strategic advisory and complex legal problem-solving.

To cement its competitive edge, Kellerhals Carrard turned to Harvey, unlocking the ability to work faster while upholding the same rigorous quality standards. "Unlike generic AI tools, Harvey is made for lawyers and we want to leverage the best tools for the benefit of our clients”, said Perucchi.

Solution

Through a structured implementation, Kellerhals Carrard integrated Harvey into its core legal workflows, which include contract analysis, precedent research, and document drafting. The results were measurable and led to increased client satisfaction:

  • Attorneys experienced significant efficiency improvements, allowing more time to focus on strategic, high-value legal work.
  • Accelerated contract review allowed to streamline workflows, enhance risk assessments, and bolster client negotiations.
  • Assisted legal research enabled attorneys to locate the appropriate precedents significantly faster, thereby affording more time to develop even stronger arguments.
  • Compliance reviews were also optimized, ensuring that teams could remain ahead of stringent deadlines, while delivering a watertight result.

"Harvey translates complex legal concepts and contractual language into structured insights, eliminating the need for repetitive manual review that was previously time-consuming" said Perucchi.

For Maestretti, Harvey’s ability to scale expertise and streamline processes has had a tangible impact: “We can now deliver expertise and insights more quickly, allowing us to spend even more time on what matters the most: our clients.”

Impact

In the world of high-stakes corporate law — quality and efficiency are paramount. Firms that integrate advanced technology don’t merely optimize workflows—they unlock new strategic capabilities that set them apart in a competitive landscape. "Generative AI is becoming a fundamental aspect of legal practice – it empowers lawyers to provide even greater professional value to their clients" stated Maestretti.

By eliminating procedural bottlenecks, Harvey accelerates contract completion and review turnaround, enhances negotiations by providing insights into data, and ensures alignment with client requirements and expectations in a fast evolving landscape—deepening trust and strengthening long-term attorney-client relationship.

With more time for deal strategy, risk assessment, and advisory work, attorneys can focus on delivering those business-critical insights their clients rely on.

Kellerhals Carrard sees AI as an essential pillar of modern legal practice, providing the speed and analytical depth today’s professional landscape demands. With Harvey, Kellerhals Carrard isn’t just keeping up with change – it’s setting the standard for modern legal excellence.

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