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Willkie Farr partners with OpenAI to build proprietary AI platforms — ChatGPT Enterprise rollout + Wendell Intelligence suite

Willkie Farr & Gallagher

Willkie Farr & Gallagher announced a collaboration with OpenAI to accelerate development and deployment of next-generation AI platforms across legal and business operations, including a firmwide ChatGPT Enterprise rollout. Operating through Willkie Works (the firm's internal AI build shop), the partnership gives Willkie access to OpenAI frontier models and Codex. The firm's existing proprietary portfolio includes: Wendell Intelligence (unified AI front-end), Wendell Financial Insights (matter/financial analytics), Wendell Horizon (professional development/attorney training), and specialized Wendell tools for private funds secondaries and class action claimant analysis. Willkie is also an Harvey Innovation Partner and has deployed LexisNexis Protégé, with ChatGPT Enterprise and OpenAI models powering the next generation of these platforms. The firm recently achieved ISO/IEC 42001:2023 AI governance certification.

Clifford Chance launches AI Knowledge Bank — 400,000+ documents, built with Microsoft and Epiq Advisory

Clifford Chance

Clifford Chance launched its AI Knowledge Bank, a new knowledge management platform developed over six months in partnership with Epiq Advisory for Law Firms and Microsoft. The repository holds more than 400,000 reclassified and AI-summarised firm documents, built entirely within Microsoft 365 and Azure (SharePoint, Power Platform, Graph API, Azure AI Studio), and features permissioned natural language search with metadata-driven access controls to protect client confidentiality. The platform gives the firm control over its own KM roadmap rather than relying on third-party software, and is designed to feed trusted internal knowledge into generative AI tools.

Norm Law appoints ex-Sidley Global Head of Real Estate Alan Weil as Partner, deepening AI-native firm leadership bench

Norm Law LLP, the AI-native affiliated law firm operating alongside AI infrastructure provider Norm Ai, appointed Alan Weil — formerly Global Head of Real Estate at Sidley Austin — as Partner and Head of Real Estate. Weil will lead the firm's real estate practice and collaborate with attorneys, legal engineers, and AI engineers to build AI-native workflows for complex real estate transactions and financings. The hire follows Norm Ai's $120M Series C (led by Khosla Ventures, valuing the company at ~$1.2B, with strategic investors including Blackstone, Bain Capital Ventures, Vanguard, Coatue, New York Life, and TIAA) and continues a pattern of senior Am Law leadership joining Norm Law, including Chairman Mike Schmidtberger (former Sidley Austin Executive Committee chair) and partner John Budetti (ex-Kirkland & Ellis, Paul Hastings).