From the 1990s – when Gowling WLG built its first fully automated practice in-house – through the present, our firm stands at the forefront of innovation in law, from improving processes to incorporating new technologies to transforming the practice of law and beyond. Above all, our objective is to solve real world problems and address our clients’ actual business needs. So, many of our award-winning innovation solutions have come directly from our lawyers, seeking better ways to deliver our services to meet our clients’ changing needs. To facilitate innovation and adoption, cross-disciplinary teams of our lawyers and allied professionals work together to move good ideas from concept to cross-platform implementation adeptly and swiftly.
Naturally, we use a wide range of methods and technologies – driving ideation and collaboration using Design Thinking, and utilizing cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), natural language processing, machine learning, document assembly, workflow automation and more.
Gowling WLG also has a long history of collaborating with technology start-ups to co-develop new practice technologies. At the same time, our forward-leaning inclination has led us to create our own internal software development capabilities so that, in the absence of an off-the-shelf solution, we are equipped to build customized solutions to meet clients’ needs.
Whether we are applying existing cutting-edge technology solutions or implementing our own, our approach to innovation mirrors our approach to all we do: we focus on discovering new and better ways to deliver a great client experience.
Simplify the creation of contest rules and streamline the legal review process with our automated tool, Contest Creator. We’ll guide you through an interactive questionnaire with embedded legal advice to efficiently and effectively craft comprehensive contest rules that fit your specific event.
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Our groundbreaking approach to legal project management helps keep your legal matters on track, on time and on budget. With the help of a collaborative software platform designed specifically for the legal environment, we provide a clear road map for all types of legal issues – from sophisticated corporate-commercial matters to complex litigation in Canada and around the world.
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In an increasingly online world, one of the biggest challenges many businesses face is infringement of their brands, whether that's copycats, counterfeits, fake domains, fake websites and social media pages or illegal streaming. To help protect your brand and to fight infringements, our team at Gowling WLG has created Saturn, a new online brand protection service. Saturn combines clever tech and integrated advice from our award-winning global IP team to help you review infringements and take action quickly and efficiently with its user-friendly intuitive platform.
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Raising capital is no simple task, requiring a law firm that applies an efficient, cost-effective approach that’s in line with all applicable regulatory requirements. By automating private placements through our Smart Raise™ platform, we’re enabling issuers, agents and other market participants to generate and deliver legal documents to investors quickly and with confidence.
Following the Unified Patent Court (UPC) coming into force in 2023, users in receipt of a granted European patent have the option of requesting unitary effect in addition to the existing scheme of performing national validations. The UP is a single patent right conferring protection in all European Patent Convention (EPC) states that have signed and ratified the Unified Patent Court Agreement (UPCA). Users therefore can be presented with the flexibility to obtain patent protection in their jurisdictions of choice through national validations, the UP or a combination of the two. To help you, we have created the UPCalculator™, a cost calculator which helps you to work out if and when a Unitary Patent will be more cost effective than traditional national validations.
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Insurers and companies with a high number of self-retained claims often deal with significant internal costs and administrative burdens when managing portfolio claims. Our XClaim™ portfolio claims management system helps reduce those costs and burdens with improved information flow and sophisticated portfolio analytics to reduce resolution times, lower indemnity payments and identify new opportunities.
