United KingdomProfessional services2023 – ongoingSimmons & Simmons
Percy internal generative-AI legal assistant
Simmons & Simmons reported over 87% of fee earners using its Percy AI assistant
Problem
Simmons & Simmons lawyers needed to compare and interpret lengthy legal documents under tight deadlines. The firm wanted a secure environment for applying generative AI to that work.
Approach
The firm built Percy on Azure OpenAI in 2023. It added retrieval over uploaded documents and expanded the platform with support from an internal AI champions network. Percy supported document comparisons and drafting within the firm's working processes.
Results
Takeaway
The firm reported widespread use after investing in internal training and product development. Usage counts did not establish the average time saved on legal matters.
Categories
- Industry
- Professional services
- Business function
- Finance, risk and legalInternal work and knowledge management
- Innovation type
- Process innovation
- AI technology
- Generative AI
- Adoption
- Built in-house
- Evidence
- Company's own claim
Sources
Source summaries
The firm reported Percy adoption across legal and business services work. It disclosed use by over 87% of fee earners and more than 5,000 daily prompts.
Microsoft described Percy's development on Azure OpenAI from 2023 and its document retrieval capabilities. Firm employees demonstrated document analysis and explained the internal network supporting adoption.
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