Every firm has bought AI tools. When you ask what those tools are doing, you get blank answers. No “Adoption is strong here,”
A partner at a firm asks the firm’s AI assistant to pull together everything the firm knows about a prospective client. The assistant checks whether the partner has access to the relevant files, finds that they do, and returns an
The conversation about agentic AI in professional services has been dominated by offense: new ways to do things, new tools, new ways to make money. The assumption underneath most of it is that the biggest opportunity lies ahead, in work
A firm can buy AI, but it cannot buy the data foundation AI needs to be useful. That has to be built, engagement by engagement, starting with the same problem every accounting and consulting firm recognizes: engagement content scattered across
If you ask a frontier model a question, you’ll likely get a strong, detailed answer — but it’s probably the same one your top competitor’s partner will get when she asks the same question.
Ask Intapp Celeste, on the other
AI is coming to the legal market at an unprecedented rate, bringing plenty of opinions and noise along with it. While much of what the market is sharing is genuinely useful, it can be also difficult to discern what’s true
Part 2 revealed what happens when firms audit their AI workspace access. Most find permission drift. Many discover that approved tools are surfacing data they didn’t intend to share. Part 1 established the governance principle. Part 3 addresses the infrastructure
The traditional law firm model links revenue growth to headcount growth. You win more work, you hire more associates and staff, and leverage expands. AI disrupts this model
Accounting firms have moved quickly from AI experimentation to widespread adoption, and the result is often a fragmented AI stack. Firms adopted AI one use case at a time: a tool for general productivity, another for professional research, another for
Moving to Intapp Compliance with Celeste requires planning, the right execution approach, and a partner who understands regional complexity. Here’s what separates firms that complete the transition cleanly from those that stall.
The case for moving now
EMEA law firms
