United StatesFinance and insurance2026 – ongoingAres Management
AI-assisted NDA review and negotiation
Ares said AI had almost fully automated NDA review and negotiation
Problem
Reviewing and negotiating nondisclosure agreements required legal work as Ares processed investment opportunities. The firm sought ways to increase output without matching increases in headcount.
Approach
Ares evaluated AI use cases through pilots and expanded those it judged repeatable with strong returns. Its CEO said NDA review and negotiation were almost fully automated by February 2026. He described this alongside a wider rollout of desktop AI tools, without identifying the specific system used for NDAs.
Results
No published figures
Takeaway
Ares reported substantial automation of a defined legal workflow. It did not disclose NDA turnaround times or the share requiring human intervention.
Categories
- Industry
- Finance and insurance
- Business function
- Finance, risk and legal
- Innovation type
- Process innovation
- AI technology
- Generative AI
- Adoption
- Off-the-shelf tool or platform
- Evidence
- Company's own claim
Sources
Source summaries
CEO Michael Arougheti described NDA review and negotiation as almost fully automated. He placed the workflow within a broader program that piloted proposed uses before deploying selected applications.
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