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CANADIANLAWYERMAG.COM/INHOUSE MAY/JUNE 2019
you don't have AI, there is only so much you
can review, and the risk of missing some-
thing important goes higher and higher."
With serial acquirers, there is a trend of
companies relying less on traditional firms
and moving it in-house with a complement
of external contract and traditional law
firm support, says Bryan Friedman, gen
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eral manager of Axiom in Canada, which
provides technology-enabled legal and con-
tracting services.
If a deal needs an employment law or
competition law focus, traditional firms
will do a brief first cut, but in-house deal
teams are leveraging different external pro
-
viders to supplement their in-house staff,
says Friedman.
Technology, and specifically AI, is playing
a large role in how due diligence review is be
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ing conducted, compared to five years ago.
"We're seeing a push on both the acquisi-
The volume of the
documents is so
big. If you don't have
AI, there is only so
much you can review,
and the risk of missing
something important
goes higher and higher.
ANNE GLOVER,
Blake Cassels & Graydon LLP
